Populism is the flavor of today!

I like hearing what I want to hear, that’s why I select my own queue on Netflix.  However when it comes to people speaking to me, I already know what I want to know, if they tell me just what I want to hear I figure I might as well talk to myself.  It seems to me that it probably is another form of control.  You ask a candidate for public office: “How are you going to fix the major social issues in this country?”  Then they reply: “Here, have a cookie.” What no milk? Where’s my cable TV? I feel like when you talk to your parents, they will always see you as a child. So a politician will always treat you like a naïve voter or a sucker or some idiot who just wants a cookie. 

Two thoughts, the first is that they know they can’t get away with telling what they want to do so they distract you with cookies.  The second thought is that they truly don’t want to waste the time explaining algebra to the masses so they delineate to a cookie. Algebra…what’s that got to do with anything? Well, it takes higher thinking to do algebra…you told me in math class that you knew you’d never use math for anything useful apparently you meant your brain as well.  At least that is what publicly elected officials think.

Sometimes I just feel like the Senate and the House while in session should just get up and do a rendition of the opening song for Fraggel Rock.  It is just me or do most of them look like Jim Henson puppets anyways?  We need a good old fashion rip down the curtains, take out the garbage, run your car through the frozen food section of a Wal-Mart, spit your gum in the face of religious conservatism, burn down the bourgeoisie revolt.

And what’s with rich old white guys?  Can’t they just play fair?  Why you got to hoard all the draw four wild cards in life?