I have such contempt for all the so-called 'talking heads' who appear on the bankrupt cable news channels (CNN, FoxNews, MsNBC) at times of crisis claiming to know what they are talking about, not that the usual suspects know anything either. Now it's Egypt. Was Tunisia a month ago. On to Yemen. Of course, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq remain perennials.
And then there's the domestic agenda but my contempt there focuses on the self-described budget cutters. Cut the budget by $100 billion say the Tea Party losers but, uh, don't touch defense, Medicare, Social Security. Which leaves what? Environmental Protection? Federal subsidies for education? Why not eliminate the Food & Drug Administration? Let the states handle highway construction and regulation of commerce. They do such splendid jobs at it. Obama is talking about taking the federal government out of the mortgage industry (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac), something that probably makes sense, but the real estate industry -- yes, the business side -- is hollering no, as they fear their industry will suffer. The FACT is that if federal spending is to be curtailed defense and the entitlement programs will have to be hit. But will seniors stand for that? (I won't!!! ;-) )
Anyway, the time may have come to offer myself for prime time. The older I get, the more I realize how dumb, uninformed and ignorant the next generation is proving itself to be. ;-)
