You Just Can't Make this Stuff Up!

Breaking news: Newark NJ mayor has ordered the city to stop buying toilet paper. Apparently the 70 Million dollar shorfall has caused the Mayor to react. In a lesser headline Citigroup had to switch from 2 ply to 1 ply. Be sure to keep this in mind as you make your travel and financial plans. Your money could wind up in dirty hands.

When I was much younger I used to be amused by the old people and the things that they would say. Things like, “What is this world coming to?” and “At this rate there won’t be any: (multiple possibilities) right or wrong, truth, morals, principles, values, justice, money, America, honest politicians, ethics, etc., in a few years.” Now I am the old person that I made so much fun of and the only thing changed is the intensity or extremism of these fears. That, and the fact that many many young people now see the dangers as well. The things that are going on, well, you just can’t make this stuff up.

Over the weekend Obama stated that he could feel America’s pain with regard to the economy. He stated that he and Michelle were not that far removed to relate to you. I suppose if you have taken a half dozen vacations this year, are taking your daughter to Spain booking 35 rooms in a 5 star hotel, made $5 million dollars last year, and are hated by 2/3rds of America you might be who O’clueless is talking about. He doesn’t understand me or my life nor anyone I know. How elitist and indifferent to America can this man get?

In a less intelligent position Sen. Barbara Boxer tried to equate her time in the senate as equal to serving in the military. Hum? Apparently the halls of congress are now filled with sandbags and automatic weapons. Still I haven’t heard of any Congress people being shot. Truly Barbara. Do you really think like that? And people voted for you? Whoa!

The good news is that this is America is a free country. That is unless you are a Christian and go to college in Georgia at Augusta State University. If you go there you have to be in agreement with gays, lesbians, transgender, and whatever. If you hold to a Christian belief that doesn’t approve of these lifestyles, well then you will have to just go someplace else like Saudi Arabia. Of course in Saudi Arabia you can’t be a Christian either or gay or lesbian or transgender, etc. They basically have a Dictatorship and we soon will have one.

On a lighter note Obama decided to skip the 100 year anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America in favor of appearing on the View. Let me imagine how he processed that, “Ok. I can show support for a 100 year organization that does good works, promotes values, and helps boys to become men or I can sit and gossip with some women.” It must be difficult to try and remain hip and do the right thing. His idea of the right thing is just so different that the rest of America.

Lastly, the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) announced that we cannot continue as a Nation with this extreme deficit spending. The last I heard the administration was only listening to the CBO when they came out with numbers the met their approval. Look for the Whitehouse to make a statement (or not) stating that the CBO forgot or overlooked some Obamunist program that will change all of that.

Many pundits and the Whitehouse themselves like to make fun and minimize the blogosphere’s importance. Look folks. I am not making this news up, merely relaying it. You just can’t make this stuff up!

When bizarre becomes the norm, what’s the new bizarre?

Years ago I remember hearing some disturbing figures on what percentage of Americans were technically neurotic. The numbers were so high that neurotic was actually becoming the new normal. So if Neurotic becomes normal, what does it take to be "Psychotic"? My point here is not to discuss psychiatric labels but to talk about the bizarre state of thinking in America these days. You see, the more bizarre the behavior by teachers, and politicians, and public figures; the more accustomed to it we become over time. This process happens to all people in all cultures and strata of life. Only when you step back and find something fixed to measure things by can you really tell how bizarre things are. Measure these things against your reality and see what I mean.

For instance:

• The Whitehouse is currently suspected of violating federal laws to alter the outcomes of elections by bribing officials.
• The Attorney General of the U.S. dropped all charges against the New Black Panthers that were involved in voter tampering in Philadelphia.
• Arizona wrote a law protecting the rights of their citizens
• LA Schools want to teach how wrong the Arizona law is to all students in the district
• The DOJ went to Arizona to try and strong arm their officials into dropping the law
• The leader of the DOJ, Eric Holder, helped Bill Clinton pardon Marc Rich of illegal arms trade deals with Iran and of Owing the American people $48 million in back taxes.
• The president of the U.S. disrespects the citizenry by calling them “Tea Baggers” and not inviting a single one for a chat
• That same president has near bi-weekly meetings with the president of the SEIU union who in several cases attacked Tea Party members
• In response to Arizona’s plight with her borders, Obama sends 1200 National Guard troops to provide administrative support but not to actually be involved in securing the border
• The United States debt passed 13 Trillion which means your unborn grandchildren now owe more than $42,000.00 if they were born right now.
• Within months America will have to sell $2 Trillion of debt to foreigners and there really aren’t that many buyers.
• The Obama administration sided with the UN Security council to condemn Israel’s actions in protecting itself from the “Flotilla of Peaceniks”
• Tax Cheat Rahm Emmanuel was again behind on taxes. This time it was property taxes and not a Turbo Tax error.
• Mexico is opening a Consular office on Catalina Island and offering Illegal Immigrants Identification cards. There is possible links to drug smuggling and trading in illegal immigrants from the island.
• Obama met with Gov. Jan Brewer but refused to speak about specific solutions to the border problem and even declined to make any commitment to her

This list could go on endlessly. As you can see that there is no “Common” sense to any of the things that seem to be happening. In fact you could say that it is all bizarre. So bizarre has become so normal that it takes extraordinarily bizarre just to make headlines and not even headlines for the mainstream media. Excuse me America while I try to find a word for this new found norm spreading across our nation. I can’t find one. What word do you use?