Friday, October 4, 2013

Bill O'Reilly "I'm Mad as Hell" Segment

October 4, 2013

Dear Readers,

            Yesterday I sat down to cover three more of the Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series. It’s my practice to listen to the business news as I work on my current novel, but unfortunately I had to hit the mute button.  President Obama had been ranting on for…actually I lost track of how long he’d been beating up on the Republicans, calling them names, pointing a finger, but I’m sure it was for over half an hour.

            I think there’s plenty of blame to throw around about the dysfunctional political class in Washington D.C.  And isn’t that the issue? The “Political Class,” be they Republican, Democratic, Independent, Left Wing, Right Wing or Moderates?

            It seems to me the Right Wing and the Left Wing of the black crow of are governing body are flapping uselessly. The beak is open and the cawing is reverberating off my ear drums at an ever increasing cadence and the volume just keeps going up. But no matter how hard the Right Wing and the Left Wing flap, they can’t get the bloated body off the ground.

            In Hillary Clinton’s words; “what difference does it make?” What difference does it make to the American people which party is in control? For me it’s obvious the Political Class’s number one priority isn’t to keep this country great, but once entrenched their main goal is to self-perpetuate.

            The politicians are like Cowbird eggs dropped into a songbird nest. They hatch, they consume, and eventually their overlarge bodies push the baby songbirds out of the nest, while the songbird parents bust their ass trying to feed the monstrosity that has taken up residence in their home.

            What is the answer? I have no idea. I’ve tried voting, but I don’t know who to vote for anymore. It seems as though there is nothing but Cowbird eggs to choose from. How big and gluttonous will these Cowbirds become once they hatch? Will they consume everything that is good about our country, and leave the songbirds without a song to sing?
 
 
And then there was only one.
 
Sincerely,
Shelley Riley
Author of Casual Lies - A Triple Crown Adventure

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