Is the World Going Crazy or What?

Sometimes I am just so amazed at how weird things are getting.

When I was a kid, I was taught self-respect and to respect others -- regardless of economic position, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference - you get the point. It was the person that mattered, not all this other demographic junk invented by marketing firms.

Another thing I learned early in life was if you committed a crime, you did the time.

And, lastly, I had drilled into my very being that you treated others as you would like to be treated yourself.

Now, as a middle-aged adult, it appears all this was just a bunch of crap. It's really all about money and power. Okay, okay... I didn't just learn this, but it's just more obvious than ever that the need to disguise your motives is a thing of the past.

Why am I writing about this, today?

It's simple, Simple. I've had enough of watching our "leaders" in Congress attempt to avert the skyrocketing budget by cutting programs for premature babies! Isn't this the bunch that got elected on protecting the unborn children a few years ago?

Again, I am being naive. That's the past and today's mantra is cut the Federal budget. Government is bad. Well, I lived through this once before and I didn't like this movie. Unfortunately, this time grandmothers, infants, and the defenseless poor appear to be in the cross hairs. I suspect this is because our leaders know it makes for good sound-bites, and that's today's reality. Well, reality is about to bite some people right where they live!

Oh, I'm not so much appalled at these moves by Congress, but I am oh so upset that Americans are not getting up-in-arms about this! What will it take to get people to put down the clicker and pay attention? Better yet - make these guys be accountable, respectful, and honest!

I just have to wonder how these folks were brought up. On both sides... those at the top who seem to have such disdain for the folks at the bottom and vice verse.

It appears to me that neither of these groups have a very good reality index. If the top 1% had empathy or just plain sympathy,how could they would offer up the cuts being proposed without considering their impacts on real lives of the very people they were elected to serve. Serve - as in provide service to others! Not feather your own bed!

And, folks on the lower echelon need to wake up and smell the coffee - or should I say tea? Oops - I'm not political, so excuse this not so funny pun. Why would you stand for this kinda of treatment? Turn on your brain and think for yourselves! We are about to be thrown under the bus so the fat farts in Congress can say they cut the budget!

Seriously - if bad things happen to good people it's because they allowed them to happen!

It's that simple, Simple.