Recently I told someone that my wife and I have started to watch "Wheel of Fortune." The person I told seemed puzzled by my announcement and reminded me that in my area that program conflicted with really good political stuff on one of the cable channels.
I agreed that there is some good political stuff on the cable channels, but that we (that is, my wife and I) have grown tired of politics. We cannot deal any longer with the duplicity of politicians who at one point are in favor of universal health care but in another bawl about "Obamacare"--as if there were such a thing.
Anarchy seems to be the political rule these days. No matter who is ultimately hurt, maybe even destroyed, American politicians have decided their ideologies are more important than the country. When I retired I felt secure that the promises of the government to cover my medical needs, to help with some additional income, and to assure that when I needed to travel the roads would be safe remained tightly intact. However, anarchy now rules the House of Representatives, senators have decided making the President's term last only four years is the priority.
Many may snarl at me and wonder why I think the government owes me a good health care plan or a foundation to my material security. They will argue that I am just a leach slopping out of the government trough. However, none of that is true. I have contributed to Social Security since age 15, I have contributed to Medicare since the day it went into effect, and I gave over 20 years of my life to the service of the nation. In fact, I have contributed in every possible way to assure that I had a sound financial future. But that future depended on the honesty and good faith of those who have been elected to safeguard our futures.
Therefore, it now appears to me that my future well being is no where near as important as the political ideologies of half-baked know nothings who talked loud enough and lied enough to make the majority of Americans vote for them. I took politics seriously, voted in every election since 1952, but my votes have counted little, my opinions are of no consequence, my future has no silver lining. Politics is over for me. So, I think I will buy some vowels as I attempt to guess the secret phrase on "Wheel of Fortune." Guessing secret phrases is about as inspiring as wondering what the half-baked know nothings will do next.
