Who is sick of politicians? Sorry, you guys, but from the lowly local

official right up to the office at Pennsylvania Avenue, I am sick of you guys and

girls and the way you do your business.

You have been given a blank checkbook, a license to thrill and the use

of power in a way that would make Benjamin Franklin only wish he had

been fried by the kite and lightning.

Government is a corpulent, sputtering web of loopholes, perks and

privileges. It makes the Internet look like a

javelin. In this computerized age of sleek, efficient progress, government is

the mimeograph machine. Government is THE machine; created in the

beginning to serve the people, but now it only

adds more gears and cogs for the sake of sheer bulk.

While the rest of the world is ambitious to conserve, condense and

purify, government seems to be stuck in the tasty, but nutrition-less Krispy

Kreme line, eternally yelling, "more doughnuts." All that eating comes at a cost

and I am footing the bill. You are too.

Politicians are the most inbred, "deceived" group of squatters this

world has ever produced. How else could Guy Millner's enemies lambaste him one

day and speak for him the next? Perhaps they could have been offered

some future position of importance? But would they so easily change

their convictions for opportunity? Well, heck, the pay is pretty good!!

I know I am in the land of talk radio, yet it seems to me revolution is in

order. I think we should start small, too, at the local level. I am virtually

embarrassed every time I read about most of our

local officials. I know we have some good people in city and county offices, but

for the most part, if I did on my job what "they" do, I would be fired.

There is no fear among our local officials. They consistently snub

their noses at common sense and responsibility both fiscal and ethical. From

the school board's "secret meetings" to

the recent insurance consultant riff, we have a pretty wasteful use of resources.

They look the voters in the collective eye and say, "Let them eat cake."

I guess local politicians feel by comparison to Washington they

aren't doing so bad. It's sorta like Ted Bundy saying, "At least I'm

no Jeffrey Dahmer." Isn't it funny how politicians

continually speak for the American people concerning Clinton and

say, "Americans don't care if he had an affair with

Monica Lewinski." Hmm, could this be a little self-serving? Do

you think they have their fingers crossed behind their

backs hoping we don't care?

Well let me apologize now for calling politicians a bunch

of fat, doughnut-eating, power-scamming, serial

killers. They're not all fat.

There's probably only one lower form of being out

there. That's the "hide behind your monitor," issue-ignorant,

quasi-funny boy, who takes pot shots at those politicians. Now

who could that be?

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