I mean, really.  Who really does care and why the heck should I?

They would have us believe that although they have held power things are headed in the wrong direction.  The economy is okay but not really.  Our position in the world is sliding but not really.  The globe is warming or at least the climate is changing- really.  The gap between haves and have-nots is widening; income and academic inequalities are just increasing.  Really, really, really.  And there is more but not just now.  Really, trust me.

So who caused all this?  It is always them.   Even when you run across the line to join them you still have to blame it on them.  You can never be fast enough to point a finger that will point back at any us.  There never really seems to be any us until election day.  Elect us.  We will do more with more power.  If you think there are problems it is because of them or the fact that while we do have some power we do not have enough.

It’s never enough.

If we control all the branches then things will greatly improve.  And if they don’t then we can just blame it on them- big business (God they are evil) and not unions; Asia and not our trade policies; conservatives and not our progressive agendas; an unfair share and not unfairly sharing; up and not down; right and not left; legacy and not policy; them and not us.  Never us.  Never.

I am so tired of no one doing much of anything in our federal government.  When will it stop?

I am tired this morning and a bit negative can you tell?

I guess the one bright spot I see is what is happening at the state levels.  And why is that, have you ever asked yourself?  Have you ever looked into some of the reasons why some states are doing well and what they might all have in common?

Does California or Illinois or New York scare you?  How about de Blasio?  Reid?  Pelosi?  How about your president?

No?  They sure should as far as I’m concerned.

Or was it yes?  In that case what have you done in the last six months to do something about it?  Just wishing and hoping it will all go away?

Maybe I should just go back to that way of thinking.  Maybe I should be more like those who just sit back and say “it’ll get better and, besides, I don’t really care about that stuff.”  That was me years ago.  I changed, but not enough.

Now, I’m back to wanting not to care.  I mean, why not, why not not give a damn?  It’s so easy- at least it’s much easier and I assume that’s why so many people go that way.

Nah, who the heck cares.  Who the heck should?  None of this crap is going to make that much of an impact to my life per se- I may be too old but who knows.

I only have two reasons to care.  Guess I had best let that drive me.

God willing.