Is Anybody Out There?

I usually write about politics and the state of things today. I am never sure what to expect when I turn on the news, read a newspaper or check things out online. The more information I encounter, the crazier this world seems to me. I grew up in the '50s and '60s when while things were turbulant, they were not as nuts. We were struggling with civil rights, the Viet Nam War, and trying to find ourselves. "Turn on and Tune Out" was the catch phrase and still those times were not as crazy as these.

The amount of scandals were not as abundant. Crooked politicians usually were caught with their hands in the till, not with their hands up someone's skirt, or in someones pants. They were not being caught in public bathrooms trying to make a "hookup". We have had state governors resigning as a result of sexual orientation, illicit affairs, selling senate seats, and so many different things.

Now we have state governors slashing public school budgets, to balance state deficits. While it may work from a financial standpoint in an immediate sense, it is going to be a bad thing when the children of these cutbacks wind up under educated and unable to compete in tomorrow's work force. The real impact is on the less affluent. The rich will not have to worry about their children's education. They are able to buy it. Those who cannot, well it seems like you will be S.O.L.

Hospitals are going bankrupt, healthcare cuts, when does it end? Let us take a look at this whole picture. The economy is struggling; at the state level, everyone appears to be fighting to address deep deficits. What gets to me is that whenever they cut, it is always the less fortunate who get the majority of the budget cuts. This is the Republican way!

Since Ronald Reagan, the homeless population has risen exponentially. Ronald Reagan loved poor people...he made so many of them. The Conservatives have followed his tradition with a smug look on their face as if to say, "So what?" Oh well, let us see which segment of society will wake up first. Right now, everybody is nodding off.