Politics are a Joke, Fire Everyone

I think it's time for a fresh start in Congress. I think we need to sack the entire lot of them (man I wish I talked British), we need new ideas for new problems and the old timers sitting on Capital Hill aren't getting it done. Exhibit A: Senile old man with a Dragon flip chart. That is not a product of photoshop, that actually happened. Seriously it looks like a page from a deranged conservative children's book. For the Sunshine Days Preschool story time totally appropriate, but on the floor of a house of Congress, come on man get serious.

Now I'm not just picking on the Republicans, although that had to be one of the more blatant displays of "what the hell was that?" that I've seen. Exhibit B: Harry Reid saying that Ted Kennedy's death would "help" them on the health care bill. Really. You think that's just what you needed to push it over the edge, to give you the votes you need a guy dying? I mean who's mind is so easily corruptible that they say "hmm well I was against this, but Ted died and he was for it, so... in his memory I vote yes."

Last but not least we have the general public. It's our fault too, it absolutely is. We voted for Sir George and the AARP club that sits on the hill. But perhaps my biggest beef with the general public has come about as a result of the recent "town hall" meetings on healthcare. What a joke these things are. I would bet money, serious money. That these people who grab the mic know zero about the health care plan other than what they've heard from Olberman, Limbaugh, Hannity, etc. And you think that is a balanced argument? About as balanced as the teeter-totter would be if my nephew and I were to have a go at it (British again). There may be some well informed people out there but by and large the people making the biggest deal of it are simply parroting what they heard from their respective "talking head" which makes great headlines but gets us nowhere.

It's just sad how two colors, two directions, two parties (Red/Blue, Right/Left, Rep./Dec.) have trumped common sense. For one side to say they have all the right answers is lunacy. But each are too immature to work it out... On second thought... maybe Mr Grassley's picture book style dragon flip chart was appropriate.