Real questions

Much ado about nothing and nothing to do about something, that seems to be the state of the media in this rapidly decaying country of ours. First the flap over the Hillary/Edwards whispering session. No one seem to have actually heard exactly what they were saying, and no one has claimed they named anyone in particular they wanted to eliminate (from the debate, that is - hold it, I have just been told that although they didn't name names, it was obvious who they had in mind. I'll have to look into this more closely). Hillary seems to have done most of the talking but someone said Edwards initiated the conversation. Wow! It's really important to know that. Hillary also said something to the effect that, "they're not serious." I cannot believe she was talking about Kucinich - or even Gravel for that matter. I think she must have been talking about the so-called "debates," in which case she is absolutely correct. They aren't serious, what with each candidate getting about three minutes to talk and answer questions. It is also true, I believe, that there are too many candidates (on both sides). Some of these candidates have no chance whatsoever of being elected, and they must know it, so they are just on their individual ego-trips. But of course they have every right to run if they wish. It's a free country (oops, I mean it used to be a free country). Someone, Hillary or Edwards maybe, suggested they should break up into smaller groups to debate and select the debaters randomly. That's not a bad idea. I wish it would happen. Here are the questions I would ask:

If you are elected President:

What would you do about the obvious war crimes of Bush/Cheney and this administration?

What would you do about the failed "war on drugs?"

What would you do about the problem of global warming?

What would you do about the failed "war" in Iraq?

What would you do about universal health care?

What would you do about the Israeli lobby and Israel's genocidal policies towards the Palestinians?

What would you do about Afghanistan? Iran? Syria? Lebanon? Darfur? Somaliland?

What would you do about our American "empire?"

What would you do about our obscenely bloated National Defense Budget?

What would you do about our decaying infrastructure?

What would you do about our failing educational system.

What would you do about the enormous gap between the rich and the poor?

What would you do about our immigration problem?

What would you do about our voting rights and questionable electoral system?

What would you do about the separation of church and state?

Don't expect anyone to actually ask any of these questions, at least not in such a direct way. And expect even less that anyone would answer them honestly (except Dennis Kucinich). The system isn't designed ot handle serious, important question like these. In fact, it's designed so the candidates don't have to answer real questions in a serious thoughtful manner. Even if they wanted to answer such questions they wouldn't have enough time. Our elections no longer have anything to do with what is right and proper for the national interest or the interest of ordinary citizens. They are really only about who is going to get the biggest slices of the corporate and taxpayer pies.

Don't count out Paris Hilton, at least not yet. She returned to the networks today once again. It seems she was given special priviledges such as being allowed to use a cell phone anytime she wished and had her mail delivered personally by one of the senior officers. And get this, she was give a new jump suit instead of one that had been previously used and reconditioned. This reminds me of the days when I was for a time a sort of half-assed administrator and had to listen to complaints about the relative size of staplers and whether or not someone was stealing hard-boiled eggs.

There was a very important development in the war on terror today, at least that part of it that involves Osama bin Laden. The Senate voted to increase the reward for his capture from a mere 25 million dollars to 50 million. I guess they felt that the multi-millionaires and billionaires they expect to rat on him would just turn their noses up at a mere 25 million. And I thought only the Lord moved in mysterious ways. Of course they keep insisting that we know where he is. If they know where he is and can't get him anyway, what's the point of the reward? Well, it's nice to know they are finally doing something (no matter how absurd).

LKBIQ:

"I do not mind lying, but I hate innacuracy."
Samuel Butler