But Seriously Folks... Mid-Year Dysfunctional Politics & Sex Scandal Review...

By


Micheline



I watch the CNN online clips. I read the NY Times...the Washington Post...the LA Times...ad infinitum. I scan for the upshot of the latest political crisis. I must admit, everybody is doing a Class A job of making everybody think that we are crumbling faster than a speeding bullet into a Chicken Little - The Sky Is Falling - The Sky Is Falling mentality! Near-death-nail-biting-end-of-life as we know it in the US of A. Hey everyone - pack it in. Time to go to another world...America is on the brink of total & utter ruination...ah yes...the rise and fall of the great American Empire...didn't that happen somewhere else in history? Rome? Wasn't that the place?


And the Republicans are still scuffling for their Star to Be Born. Who's going to take America by storm? Who's going to appear out of the blue like Mighty Mouse; Superman or Wonder Woman??? Singing in harmony - Here I am to save the day...here I am to save the day.!!! We're searching for Super Stardom in the Church of Latter Day Saints? Or is it the emancipated Lutherans who denounce the Catholic Church? Blah...blah...blah! It's all heresay and conjecture...I belong to the Church of Divine Comedy myself...


Or is it how much moolah the Republicans are raising or not raising? Who - but - who - can beat the current Big-Spender-In-Chief? That is the gazillion $$$ question. We have a spendoholic in the White House.


Superficially, what folks notice is - who has the best hair and wardrobe consultant? Right now, if the Republican Party were going by sheer GQ and Vogue standards...I would venture to surmise that Mitt & Michelle would make a complementary couple in the White House. Would it be Woman On Top? Or Mitt who publicly proclaims that he can beat the current Big-Spender-In-Chief?


Hmmm....let's see....either way...they would both look like the iconic Barbie & Ken of American politics...coming to rescue us - we - from our bipolar economy...schizophrenic health care and whatever other crisis we are knuckling thorough right now...


The whole Republican Chorus Line Auditions are still in their infancy...I say kudos to all of them who have bravely thrown their hat in the ring and are officially open to mud-slugging...the political opera singers keep on singing...the media-o-cracy keeps on zinging...Everyday Is A Winding Road...we shall see who gets a little bit closer...closer.


Meanwhile, back at the farm...in D.C. - everyone is still posturing & hooting & hollering about money-money-money...just like the song in Cabaret - Money Makes the World Go Round. So Happy July everyone - American Independence Month - Is it a myth or is it still the last frontier; the last bastion of hope and freedom on the planet?


Don't touch that dial...we shall see how it all plays out - won't we? Ah, the political opera...but seriously folks? Can we take any of these singers, zingers to heart? Hmmm...I guess...I'm like most folks...I would like to see that glimmer of hope somewhere over the rainbow...I'd like to see that dazzling light out of this long-dark tunnel...



XOXO


Micheline


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By

Micheline


Well folks, it is quite obvious that we are deep in the midst of 2011. Is America better or worse this year with all of this change? Economically that is? Like any other question, it depends on who you ask. For the politicians...let's just say, they're still in business. Exactly what kind of business...I don't know, my crystal ball turns fuzzy with that one. For John & Susie Q. Public....let's just say that I don't hear echoing accolades of thunderous applause coming down from the mountaintops of approval for that inquiry...

The mainstream priorities seem to be economic growth; jobs; and why oh why are we in all of these costly wars all over the planet? And we're not even talking about gas prices, stagflation, and health care overhaul. Phew! I am exhausted with all of these unsolved dilemmas still remaining on the cutting room floor.

The political talking head pundits are busy ankle-biting and bullying each other. The Republican Party really but really needs to get their Chorus Line Auditions in some type of order...we all are really dying to know who is that Republican Star to Be Born ??? And that my friends - is the $15 Trillion dollar question. Who - but - Who - can beat the Current-Big-Spender-In-Chief? That is the bottom line.

But enough about these Political Cyborgs and Aliens in office...at least some of their sex scandals have been lukewarm in entertainment value since the beginning of the year...but quite frankly - The Charlie and The Donald - Trump them all.

The little tawdry sex scandals started about February'ish this year. Let's see, it was kind of kicked off by Rep. Chris Lee of NY who was caught flexing his biceps on Craigslist...followed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy who allegedly had relations with an exotic underage dancer from Morocco - Ruby; The Arnold, former Guv of California who was outed as having a secret love child; and of course don't forget The Weiner from NY who apparently had a fetish for sexting and Twittering in his briefs...and I won't even touch Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former IMF Prez...that drama is still in it's unfolding phase...

But what I truly and sincerely miss is The Charlie as in the Charlie Sheen Madness and The Donald...all of their brilliant tirades...true entrepreneurs of this great country of ours...madmen do make the money, don't they?

Everything else is just kind of filler or is it fodder? Whatever! I wish that I could sense some type of definitive direction this country is taking besides anger and dismay...it will all work itself out...all work out...I'll just be a Pollyanna - she thrived amidst all of this mayhem and madness...someway - somehow - it always works out the way it is supposed to in the divine chaos or is it order of the Universe?

I think it is time to declare July as our Financial Liberation Month! Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue! Or is it $$$Green$$$? Whatever! Ta Ta!

XOXO

Micheline

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