More Insanity

Burnie’s Bar was noisy when I arrived. A few guys were playing shuffleboard loudly. Max Angst got up, grabbed my arm and hurried me out the door. Soon we were in his car on the way to the Knolls State Park. He pulled into the parking lot on top of the knolls and we got out and sat on the bench looking out towards the city.
“Art, they’re nuts, completely, undeniably nuts.” he told me.
“Who, what? I’m not with you Max” I answered.
“That glorious group running this country, Art. The Senate, The House of Representatives and the whole Bush administration are off their gourd.”
“Is this a statement about their overall performance or is there something particular that brings up this comment.”
“ There’s two things happening at this point in time that point to the insanity of our national government. First, as I have told you often before the government’s broke—eight and a half trillion dollars in debt and borrowing close to three billion dollars a day just to keep functioning. It is in the middle of two wars-- Iraq and the War on Terror-- that require considerable expenditure. Is it not then just nuts to give 70 Billion in tax cuts under these conditions? “
“Second is the problem of our Borders and Ports being wide open and vulnerable to terrorist attack. The game being played here is sickening. The House calls for strict border enforcement with no amnesty for illegal aliens. The Senate’s bill is prone to amnesty but light on border enforcement. Bush calls for something in the middle between these two. Each house will pass its own bill and the legislation will go to a reconciliation committee that will accomplish nothing. The election will come and go and the borders and ports will remain unprotected and the twelve million illegal aliens in our country will still be here working for peon wages just as big business wants. The whole thing is nothing but obscene political theater. American citizens are left vulnerable; aliens illegally in our country will continued to be economically abused only big business will benefit by this crazy show. We need to vote this entire band of phonies in Washington out of office. Vote for Daffy Duck but not for them. Daffy couldn’t do worse then they are doing and it will show them that the American people are sick of the crap that’s selling us out while catering to the wealthy.”
“Another aspect of all this is,” I said, “ Is that the Democrats don’t have a strong program to offer in opposition the Republicans. The people are disenchanted with both parties. Somebody needs to develop a strong third party. The Internet could help them with that. “
“ Art, I’ve just about given up on national politics. I believe serious people have to begin to think on a planetary sale that says every human has the right to a decent life and no one has the right to gather an amount of resources that would allow them to dominate large groups of people. What’s the old saying? Oh yes! Liberty and Justice for all.
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