Bill - In answer to your question about TV, I see enough of it, & there isn't much that's interesting or educational anymore. My comment directed at +/- input about Clinton's & Trump's womanizing was related to comments on
here - not coverage in various media elsewhere. I guess I wasn't clear in that. I wanted to clear that up now. I hold no bad vibes for anyone here !!
I ( sadly ) have to agree with Roymunson ( post #24 ) in his assessment of politicians these days. In my view, the country would be better on many fronts if regular, avg. citizens were in office. But one must get in bed with many devils to secure the $$$$$$$$$$ it takes to get there & stay there. One side accuses the other of things
they themselves are guilty of. All the behind-the-scenes secret meetings continue to please narrow-focused lobbyists who hold all the campaign contribution money on behalf of mega-rich donors. ( Who by the way, don't give a rat's ass about 99% of Americans. ) The loser in this high-stakes game - the country as a whole.
Do any of us who are old enough to remember back 20, 30, 40 years really think things are better now ??? ( in terms of keeping the country strong and well-functioning ). The country's infrastructure - electrical grid, water treatment facilities, sewage, communication networks ( hardwired variety & much harder to tamper with ), roads & bridges, etc. - is falling apart. Obama tried to get funding for many infrastructure projects, but McConnell & Ryan shut that voting down.
FACT. How does that help the country and you & me ?? It was all about who gets political credit for getting a bill passed. ( both sides are guilty of the same tactics ). If Joe's water is polluted with some chemical from an industrial site, illegal dump, or crumbling water treatment plant ( and has been for years ) - that problem won't get addressed in the firestorm of,
" He did this / Well - you did that " It's like listening to little kids arguing on a playground.
Ethics ???? ………….. are you shittin' me ?? Politicians trumpet the word and don't know the first step in
being ethical. They aren't working for the country - they're working for themselves and their future
AFTER they leave office. Anybody lose money in their retirement accts. or college savings for their kids in the financial P.O.S. debacle that started in 2007 by de-regulation of the financial services industry ?? The politicians didn't. Their retirement pensions are GUARANTEED ( by actions taken by themselves ), & funded by you & me. That pressure you feel around your hemorrhoids is being applied by all the fine politicians who are "serving the public". The only difference is - one side uses sand for lube and the other uses broken glass.
Back to habitat. Apologies to Skelly.
