Thursday, September 18, 2014

Send In The Clowns

Welcome friends!

I read one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time the other day so I thought  I might as well share it this time out.  I’ve been so heavy and serious lately I feel it’s high time I lightened up a bit.  The piece was about how most people here in the US feel the current Congress is the worst in their lifetimes.  Wait, that’s not the funny part.  The funny part is that voters have apparently determined to address this thorny issue by voting in additional Republicans thus allowing them to gain control of both the House and Senate.  It’s funny because the obvious and direct cause of most of the dysfunction in Congress over the past several years has been the Republican Party itself, so one can’t help but wonder how these voters are connecting the dots if, indeed, they perceive any dots at all and have any interest in connecting them.  Really, I want to know how voting in additional Republicans will render Congress more functional.  Do you know?

I’ve probably mentioned before, but I might as well review.  I think there are two primary features of the current Republican Party that make it the mighty engine of dysfunction that it has become... Sorry but only selected archived (previous year) posts are currently available full text on this website.  All posts including this one are available in my annual anthology ebook series available at the Amazon Kindle Bookstore for a nominal fee.  Hey, we all need to make a buck somehow, right?  If you find my timeless jewels of wisdom amusing or perhaps even amusingly irritating throw me a bone now and then.  Thank you my friends!