If Politics were religion, and America was my denomination, it’s more likely then not that I would be agnostic by now. The bottom line is no one is happy or can become happy by the recent surge of bad news, unless of course you are happy in which case– You don’t count.

You see– With regard to News: (now called the proverbial “media”) News used to actually be news when journalists acknowledged that they were no Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Cary Grant, or Elizabeth Taylor… Rather they knew they were simply talking heads repeating lines of banter in order to keep the populous occupied until such aforementioned actors came on the tube.

However today is vastly different from literally an age ago. Today represents the pinnacle of the great EGO. Here the wonder and amazement of just being on the tube has reinvigorated a group of, otherwise forgotten, journalists & politico researchers into stars… starts with opinions I might add.

The flop of the final act however comes when we’ve voted and we’re back to the boring humdrum of stuff no one really knows much about. I.e. Macro Economics, Global famine, and Social Welfare.

Yet– All is not bad, in fact we’re at the height of awareness! Lip service is being paid out more frivolously by smart candidates, their army of pundits and commentators, and (of course) a media sold out to the biggest buck.

Lip Service, unfortunately, doesn’t equate to answers. Nor should they, necessarily. To be frank– What American’s really want is a 4 to 8 year forcast to see what all *could happen* so that we can “stump-the-candidate” on things we, in our darkest fears, would dread till doomsday of being asked ourselves.

Let’s be real for a chance… Let’s snap back to a reality we understand… If Joe Shmoe the mechanic says he can fix all my car problems on the cheap– alarm bells would sound off… If a lawyer approaches you in the hospital and says he’s got all the answers you need (for a small price) you’d probably tell him to bug off.. Likewise.. Presidents only show up in your neighborhood for one reason– Your neighbor hood has been wiped off of earth by a terrible something.

So what am *I* really saying here?

What I’m saying is its smoke and mirrors with a tad of gullible-ness to believe anyone that tells you they can fix your problems if only you check your brain at the door.

The Economy will be fixed on it’s terms, Welfare is often taken care of at the state level, National Security is always determined based on current events and recent developments, AARP will continue badger congress and the next president on Old People rights, so the rest comes down to leadership…

The only hopeless thing then, in this country, is whether or not you realize that you are being played my masters of deception…

Never leave home without your brain

~J out