Ranting

Early morning ranting...it doesn't change a thing but it feels good!
I was reading a letter to the editor in our local paper and the letter writer was complaining that people are not being respectful of the President and inferred that it was our patriotic duty to do so. I couldn’t help but think that the writer was stuck in some sort of “time warp” and was back in the second grade, where he was being told all about Plymouth Rock and George and the cherry tree.

Why on earth would you do that? Respect the President? How does one become President? By spending more money and lying more skillfully than the other guy. The election is not determined by popular vote, it’s determined by money. It always has been and I’m sure it always will be. If we really wanted a good president we certainly wouldn’t use the election process to pick one. We spend more time and energy choosing the right cell phone calling plan than we do on choosing our leaders. Can you hear me now?