Tired Of It (Again)

I was tired of the “dog and pony show” politicians put on in 2007 and I’m tired of it today, It’s a shame we have to spend so much time listening to our lying politicians lying to us every 2 years or less. The biggest “dog and pony dhow” is for president, but we have to suffer it again and again for local elections, too, in between. I think the system we have now of multiple primaries and caucuses, preceding a national election to choose a president is excessive. It was designed for a much smaller and simpler lifestyle. We don’t need to spend millions, maybe even BILLIONS of dollars and listen to thousands of ads of one politico or another attacking the other, with MAYBE true charges. I get sick and tired of listening to it. But I must do so if I’m to know what’s going on, otherwise. We need a system that doesn’t cost as much, and does not involve months and months of political ads, political speeches, and more and more bullsh-t, followed by more of it for the next election. Surely smart people could come up with a system that doesn’t involve this—but will they? Politicians LIKE the hooraw surrounding any election; they “feed” on it. I HATE it, and I’m a political commentator, so I get more of it than most people. The writer of the article here linked says he is almost relieved to turn to a sports channel. I am not. I live in Denver, where you cannot avoid discussion of the Broncos—or the Rockies, or the Nuggets, or Avalanche, or many, many others, day after day. People seem to be as obsessed with sports as others are with politics. I’m tired of OVERDOSING on anything: politics OR sports. Recently I got a lot of static for not wearing something orange to “support our Broncos.” I told them I was wearing orange skivvies and asked if they wanted to see. That usually shut them up. People obsess about many things, and it makes me sick; politics most of all. (The Penultimate word)