Public Enemies

Politics is simply the art of making the best of imperfect decisions on behalf of someone else that you are supposed to be representing. No matter what you do, you are sure to help someone and hurt someone else. You can even make the right choice and still hurt the wrong people. No doubt it is challenging and takes a special character to do it right. There are those in politics who take their job seriously and do a great job of it. Then there are those who seem to think they are God's gift to America and are serious in their jobs insofar as they get to ride in the cool jet and blather on tv as if they are professionals on topics that surpass their comprehension. They are the enlightened ones; the elites who will bring wealth, health, world peace, and a cooler climate to we, the meager masses. Sound familiar? The promises roll in almost faster than the money rolls out. The entitlements that sound so wonderful and caring often prolong and augment the problems they are designed to correct. Or were they really designed to correct anything? And while they remind you how you are unengaged and uninformed, they cause inflation and devalue the dollars you use to buy groceries or have saved up for emergencies, telling you all the while to give more to the community while they grow fatter on their programs, perks, and parties. Interesting how unemployment goes up as more dollars are spend to "stimulate" the economy. The only thing being stimulated are Al Franken's sunken testes. Are we really going to keep being okay with this situation? As we expect more and more of an ambiguous autonomous government, we will expect less and less of ourselves. In the end, what we will have left is an ambiguous autonomous government and a pitiful public that will thank God for the scraps it is given from whatever is left over.