The Descent Into Congress

I can only image that there is a level in Dante's Inferno that is reserved for members of the U.S. Congress. I would further imagine that Lucifer himself is disgusted by them.

How can such a circus ever hope to accomplish anything good for the citizens that elected them to their office? Republicans bullying Democrats like puerile schoolyard punks, Democrats picking on Republicans like a bunch of malicious juvenile thugs. And this is the so-called leadership of our country?

This country, still one of the best in the world, is sinking rapidly. The infrastructure of the country, of states, and individual cities is crumbling. Decay is spreading everywhere, people all over are suffering tremendous losses of available resources, accumulated assets, and family values.

The current administration is nothing more than a collection of impotent jesters prancing about spewing vile rhetoric and inane double-talk while stuffing their coffers full of riches borne upon the back of the dying middle class.

Who will be the one to step up and take this country by the horns and whip it back into its former glory? Is there anyone that can even try to? Is it even possible any more?

V is for Valentines

Valentine's Day - a day for friends, lovers, and wannabes. At least for most of us. There are those few, however, that resent this day that only serves as a reminder of loves failed and foundered. Like a pointed stick in the eye, these few standouts hold fast to the lingering pain that has become so familiar to them that they now could not part with it for fear of becoming completely alone.

It is sad, really, to see such people shuffle along through life clutching onto such unrelenting bitter memories that color their world a malevolent shade of cold. There is just too much in live left to experience to let something so trivial and insignificant as a crashed and burned attempt at love.

There are other fish in the sea, as it has been said (trillions of times undoubtedly). Let go of the tarnished and rusting blade protruding from your heart, release your grasp of its relentless hold on you, turn off the endless loop of life playing over and over again in your mind. It is all for naught. It has no redeeming value. It won't help you in any endeavor you attempt. It is wasted and futile time spent clinging to nothing. Let. It. Go.

Life is too short to waste it; you can never make up for lost time. You can only spend the time you have in the best ways imaginable. Forget the past and embrace the future. V is for Victory.

Another Year Gone By - Another New Year to Try

Ahh, yes. January in Florida. Nothing like it anywhere else. Period.
So 2010 is over and 2011 has just begun. A brand new year full of hopes, dreams, and opportunities.

The economy is keeping everyone from reaching their full potential, but we can still think about it. At least thinking isn't being taxed (yet).

We all must be strong to survive this horrendous economy. We will be stronger for it. Heaven help the politicians come Nov. 2012...