So Predictable

The time and the temperature. All very important today. (I must be getting old, but aren’t we all?) I forced myself to stay in bed this morning for an extra hour, but it’s still dark and still cold.

If I were king; a thought I often entertain, Daylight Savings time would be a year-round affair. No starting and stopping. I might even declare a Double Daylight Savings Time for my kingdom. My subjects would adore me for my wisdom. ‘All hail King Steven!’

But, when it comes to world affairs, I wouldn’t like to be in charge. I can’t be that devious. I could probably handle the little lies with the usual amount of remorse afterwards. Mea Culpa! So sorry. Please forgive me… But the whoppers that our current world leaders tell! How could you ever say you were sorry for the atrocities committed? They can’t and that’s why they don’t.

Predictable. General Musharraf is betting that the US will continue to fund his dictatorship and I think he has a safe bet. The State Department is making all of the usual noises to indicate their ‘deep’ disappointment, but in the end, the checks will continue to arrive in Islamabad. The US almost always loves a dictatorship because of their stability. Democracies are simply too volatile to depend upon.

I wrote the above based on yesterday’s news. I better take a look at today’s and see if anything changed…