What was I Thinking Of?

I sit around sometimes thinking about pretty much everything. What tasks I need to perform around the home, not only because they need to be done but it also keeps the wife happy. Something men would be wise to do, on a regular basis. Trust me.

I think about what I’ve read or what I’m about to read. I think about what other people may be reading, or if other people still know how to read. Which would be a sad thing, if the reading of literature ever came to a screeching halt. Then I would feel completely alone with my books, like Burgess Meredith in that Twilight Zone episode, “Time Enough”. Not unlike his character my glasses would break and then I’d be, well screwed, just like he was.

I think about the news and why the world seemingly is getting crazier by the minute. Life really shouldn’t be that difficult, but it seems that way, at least on any one of the many news broadcasts or talk shows you may want to watch. I can’t stand most of them, don’t even get me started on reality TV, they are the worst.

Everybody from the far left to the far right, the conservative and the liberal, the Christian, the Jew and the Muslim. All seemingly have the right opinion on how things should go.

As far as religions go, I’m all for them, and yes I mean all of them. People should be afforded to believe or not believe as they would like. I do not believe that the following of one belief has the right to inflict disparaging acts of violence on any other belief. First comes knowledge, then understanding with that comes compassion and love.
To long have Powers of Government systems kept we simple children of God, Allah at each others throats. This is how they control the masses and expend their philosophies and power over lands and other peoples.

All the while politicians and bureaucrats,( yes bureaucrats are a special type of people), spend their time in closed door meetings about sub-committee (s) they belong to and how they need more committee time to figure out how that committee would affect the results of another committee, which is bogus because its run by the other side.
So there in turn is the real problem. All these committees talking amongst themselves on or about other committees and what they are doing. When clearly those other committees, groups and viewpoints are wrong. They having not realized that it is the other committee that is the right way to view the problem at hand.
Got it.
In the long run nothing is accomplished with the exception that all the committees agree that their task is truly to encumbered with laws, rules, regulations, martinis and long lunches thus they having worked so hard at accomplishing nothing for the greater good of the people of the country, they should be rewarded, with a raise.
All vote, pass the raise. The I’ s have it, session is over go to the islands for a well needed long rest followed by an equally long vacation. Which they don’t pay for. Do they ever go home where their constituents can see them. Hmmmm.

Seems as if I got off track, but no this is all part of my daily process of thought. I think about these things all the time.
Sometimes I have solutions. But I am simple minded and not of any importance for anyone to listen to little ol me.
Term Limits. That’s it, well not really. If you work in a plant you sell your time to the company machine, after twenty to thirty years you get the gold watch and the ability to retire your old bones. Most politicians think that they have a right to retirement after only serving one term, bull.

I believe that politics has turned into some sort of job for the elite and those that think they are elite. With promises of the best medical care, special interest loans, housing, automobiles, education, and even exemption from the same laws you and I have to follow. Politicians do two things well. Spend our money and lie, you can tell when a politician is lying, there lips are moving.

So this is what I think. All people in this country should be literate, it starts at home and you can learn for free.
News should be news, I don’t care about celebrities they don’t make news even when they are arrested and get slapped on the wrist. Ridicules. I don’t care about what the ultra rich do to the ultra rich. News should be news. Like when Walter Cronkite was on the air.
Reality TV ok so some of it can be entertaining. ‘America’s Got Talent’, ‘Most Wanted’, ‘Whale Wars’ etc. But for the shows that are out there like, ‘Jersey Shore’, ‘Jerry Springer’ (still on, please), etc. OK, stupid is just stupid.
I like TV as much as the next person, but equate stupid TV with what it teaches and then you wonder WHY some people do what they do.

I agree with some that are calling for the end of the Department of Education, let that money go directly to the systems within the states and get rid of these education politicians whom don’t do anything for our children.

What do I think about politicians. They lie. Unless they make themselves available to their communities which put them in office, fire them, they aren’t working for you any more.

Now what was I thinking of?