Reality check: Are John McCain and the Pope kidding?
Two Items from the news of the day:
1. That politicians pander shamelessly (in fact: shamefully) to voters in election years (or in any year) is not new, OK. But offering to give us 18 cents back a gallon until Memorial Day weekend is... ludicrous, if not offensive, and.. low.
Yes, if you look at the total numbers, it is a lot of money but that is the amount of yet another loss for the Fed (i.e., all of us), and we are in need, oh yes.
And we have not yet seen it all, it is just starting (you know what I am talking about, right?... The thing, the word with the R at the beginning); we are on our way down and big time, folks, Do fasten your seat belts for the end of the American century (it was.. last century, the twentieth! We are now in the twenty-FIRST) and we are going to re-enter the cacophonious concert of nation, to be one like the others, with the others, whether we like it or not. Because the people who have been financing us for the last twenty-five years or so are now beginning to tighten the noose around us, because they want or need their share of the goodies (natural resources, to begin with), or they are fed up with our childish ways and worried they won't see their money back.
So, John, (and all others like him), come on, really!!! I fill up and you think the 2 or 3 dollars I will save will make a big difference to me??? How about $ 1 off per gallon? or even $ 2 ??? Or better yet, I have to learn to live within my means, drive less, drive more efficiently (a la grandpa, maybe, too), drive smaller cars.
We are the only nation to drive bigger, heavier, less fuel-efficient cars than in the last twenty years. The rest of the world, since 1990 has downsized, all of them, except the US.
It's been fun, oh, yes! Now.. let's be real. Keep the 18 cents, John, especially if we are going to stay in Iraq for 100 years.
2. And then there is the Pope, always good for another reality check: the Pope has been wishing for a "successful" visit to the US. Well, of course, we all wish that, I do want a "successful" visit, too, any place, any time, not just for me, for you too, for everybody, I am as good as the next guy or gal.
But what IS a "successful" visit? That the US would end up following a lot of what the Pope preaches? There might be some good thigns, there, yes, quite possibly. But there is also a lot of medieval stuff, and I have a feeling women, to begin somewhere, do not like what he preaches -- assuming we do pay attention to what Popes say!..
First of all, no woman can be priest, and I am not sure women are less moral than men or whatever the cause might be for this discrimination -- which has been going on for many centuries and yet the Pope also asks for more equality among people, and rightly so! We should ALL wish for that. So, er, your Popiness, isn't it hard to reconcile equality and discrimination? And I'll stop right here, there is no need to ask you about anything else, you discriminate, and that is not even the law of our land. Not that discrimination does not exist any more just because it is the law. We should wish we were that ...successful, precisely!!
And then, people won't change because you say so, even if you ask nicely (I bet you will admonish and chastise, anyway, I have seen the show before). It does not even work in your own country -- well, OK, The Vatican is not exactly a country and there are no women there, or not many, (or they are not supposed to be there, just like a lot of those boys we heard about), or they aren't exactly your average woman--wait, unless.. you have cleaning ladies?? I bet you do! -- OK, let's use Italy, then: or even all of Western Europe, which you tried to conquer for centuries, by the way: The same news report stated that only 10% (and that's of Catholics only!) go to church. So, why not try to be successful at home? Or, is it why you come here? Relocation? Looking to outsourcing? Better opportunities?
I wonder if you know, or will meet, John McCain? The two of you need to rethink things and get the right vocabulary. He is looking for a VP spot, by the way, you might like it. Plus you are more or less the same age, lots of common memories probably. But you guys might not be able to talk to each other, just because you are of different religions, oh, oh...
In the meantime, we still can't vaccinate every child in this country (not to mention every child in the world), we still can't guarantee decent wages to all, or medical insurance to all, or a decent education (did you see the recent stats on high school dropouts? We are receding!)
And so, your Holiness and John, if you can achieve any of these hereabove goals, that would be successful! But it will take much more than 18 cents a gallon. Would $ 18 (yes, DOLLARS!) a gallon guarantee it? Probably not even.
So, let's find other leaders, OK? Even if both of you are decent guys -- and maybe you are, maybe you are not, but let's face reality, folks. Get out of the millionaires' life and let's get serious about real problems.
1. That politicians pander shamelessly (in fact: shamefully) to voters in election years (or in any year) is not new, OK. But offering to give us 18 cents back a gallon until Memorial Day weekend is... ludicrous, if not offensive, and.. low.
Yes, if you look at the total numbers, it is a lot of money but that is the amount of yet another loss for the Fed (i.e., all of us), and we are in need, oh yes.
And we have not yet seen it all, it is just starting (you know what I am talking about, right?... The thing, the word with the R at the beginning); we are on our way down and big time, folks, Do fasten your seat belts for the end of the American century (it was.. last century, the twentieth! We are now in the twenty-FIRST) and we are going to re-enter the cacophonious concert of nation, to be one like the others, with the others, whether we like it or not. Because the people who have been financing us for the last twenty-five years or so are now beginning to tighten the noose around us, because they want or need their share of the goodies (natural resources, to begin with), or they are fed up with our childish ways and worried they won't see their money back.
So, John, (and all others like him), come on, really!!! I fill up and you think the 2 or 3 dollars I will save will make a big difference to me??? How about $ 1 off per gallon? or even $ 2 ??? Or better yet, I have to learn to live within my means, drive less, drive more efficiently (a la grandpa, maybe, too), drive smaller cars.
We are the only nation to drive bigger, heavier, less fuel-efficient cars than in the last twenty years. The rest of the world, since 1990 has downsized, all of them, except the US.
It's been fun, oh, yes! Now.. let's be real. Keep the 18 cents, John, especially if we are going to stay in Iraq for 100 years.
2. And then there is the Pope, always good for another reality check: the Pope has been wishing for a "successful" visit to the US. Well, of course, we all wish that, I do want a "successful" visit, too, any place, any time, not just for me, for you too, for everybody, I am as good as the next guy or gal.
But what IS a "successful" visit? That the US would end up following a lot of what the Pope preaches? There might be some good thigns, there, yes, quite possibly. But there is also a lot of medieval stuff, and I have a feeling women, to begin somewhere, do not like what he preaches -- assuming we do pay attention to what Popes say!..
First of all, no woman can be priest, and I am not sure women are less moral than men or whatever the cause might be for this discrimination -- which has been going on for many centuries and yet the Pope also asks for more equality among people, and rightly so! We should ALL wish for that. So, er, your Popiness, isn't it hard to reconcile equality and discrimination? And I'll stop right here, there is no need to ask you about anything else, you discriminate, and that is not even the law of our land. Not that discrimination does not exist any more just because it is the law. We should wish we were that ...successful, precisely!!
And then, people won't change because you say so, even if you ask nicely (I bet you will admonish and chastise, anyway, I have seen the show before). It does not even work in your own country -- well, OK, The Vatican is not exactly a country and there are no women there, or not many, (or they are not supposed to be there, just like a lot of those boys we heard about), or they aren't exactly your average woman--wait, unless.. you have cleaning ladies?? I bet you do! -- OK, let's use Italy, then: or even all of Western Europe, which you tried to conquer for centuries, by the way: The same news report stated that only 10% (and that's of Catholics only!) go to church. So, why not try to be successful at home? Or, is it why you come here? Relocation? Looking to outsourcing? Better opportunities?
I wonder if you know, or will meet, John McCain? The two of you need to rethink things and get the right vocabulary. He is looking for a VP spot, by the way, you might like it. Plus you are more or less the same age, lots of common memories probably. But you guys might not be able to talk to each other, just because you are of different religions, oh, oh...
In the meantime, we still can't vaccinate every child in this country (not to mention every child in the world), we still can't guarantee decent wages to all, or medical insurance to all, or a decent education (did you see the recent stats on high school dropouts? We are receding!)
And so, your Holiness and John, if you can achieve any of these hereabove goals, that would be successful! But it will take much more than 18 cents a gallon. Would $ 18 (yes, DOLLARS!) a gallon guarantee it? Probably not even.
So, let's find other leaders, OK? Even if both of you are decent guys -- and maybe you are, maybe you are not, but let's face reality, folks. Get out of the millionaires' life and let's get serious about real problems.
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