And yawning. And not getting enough sleep. And getting fatter. We need a break. No wonder we're all so fat, stressed, frustrated and angry. We're all going nowhere fast. Most of us can't even fit in the typical restaurant booth anymore. They were all too small to begin with. Everyone needs a host of medications to exist. Depression, arthritis, other pain, blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. are the common ailments. We're all walking around tired. We don't feel right. We're achy. Our knees hurt. We all work to hard. We all worry too much. We're all going nuts. We're all angry that the Republican conservatives forced their golden boy on us for the past eight years and he screwed the pooch. We're pissed Bin Laden still hasn't been captured. Food and oil prices are absurd. Why should we have sooo much guilt just filling our tank or buying groceries? We can't believe milk as well as a gallon of gas costs $4. Holy shit. We need a break. We need time to regroup. What ever happened to the 4 day work week? Why the hell are we working on the weekends? Why can't everything be closed on Sunday? Every American is too wrapped up in what every other country is doing. I’m sorry for all the world ills, but we need a break from caring about everybody and everything. Sick children in Africa - sorry, but why exactly is it our problem. Is there nobody else that can help out, even just for a little while? Why are we Americans the only ones that worry? Iran nukes. Why is it our problem. I know there is an Iranian truck driver over there just trying to make a living and support his family. He doesn't give a shit about his country having nukes, or attacking Israel, let alone the US. Let Germany help Israel with their evil neighbors. They owe them (and us) big time for World War II. Africa? It sure seems to me they all hate each other. Why is that my problem? The French seem to like it over there - let them straighten out the mess. China? Let’s just forget them all together for a few years. It's so polluted over there they can't even see each other on a clear day. We're so tired, even our nuclear silo officers are falling asleep on the job. We need to get out more and drink. Sure we need a new President, but what we really need is a whole new government. One big courtesy flush. It would help matters if the Catholic church would get a sense of humor and give us a break already. Condoms are good, I'm sure Jesus would agree. We need to stop worrying about children so much and worry about "us" adults. Parents have to learn to be parents again and stop relying on teachers to raise their children. Teachers worry way too much for the little they get paid. It’s been 9/11, Katrina, Virginia Tech, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela and one lousy thing after another for years now. Enough already. We need to stop incarcerating everyone who wants to smoke a joint or buy a gun. Enough with those "cops" with those horrible radar guns. Don't you get angry when you see one of those things pointed at you? Sure you do. We need more time having lots more sex with each other. And we need to stop worrying about who has sex with who. I'm giving you permission to watch a x-rated movie. We need a lot less reality tv and more fantasy. And it wouldn't be such a bad idea to have a man named Obama as President. Who cares if he's Black? That's another thing we need to stop worrying about. Who cares what color or sex you are. We need new senators, congressman and better local representatives. Enough with these senators and congressmen who seem to have received lifetime jobs there. Let's get some new blood in there already. We need to put one large "out to lunch" sign on all our borders. No one comes or goes for a while. Let’s calm down about all this drilling nonsense. Ride a bike. Walk. Buy a motorcycle. Remember when flying somewhere was fun. Well, they took that away from us too. We need some good 'ole fashioned regulation back. Get rid of the security guards. All those high priced Starbucks have made us too nervous. Have a Vitamin water for a change. Were not so much suffering from depression as from being depressed about thinking that we are suffering from depression. Did we really need to have another company to tell us about restless leg syndrome? I'm tired about hearing about women's periods already. I'm seen so many commercials about that, I worry now for you. Enough. Your leg used to shake, now it’s a syndrome. More worry, more pills. It’s great to carry your cell phone everywhere, but its also ok to turn it off. Better yet, just leave it at home. Listen, you have to agree that computers and cell phones have only increased our ability to worry more efficiently! A week off a year is not enough. Who came up with that stupid idea? We don’t want to participate in the race anymore. We were all worried about Japan a few years ago, now its China. Who cares? Wouldn’t it be great to wake up one morning and just not care anymore just for a little while? Go ahead and give yourself permission to be happy. Believe me it’ll all be there waiting for you when you get back. Photo of NYC by V. Grumpy.
Monday, August 11, 2008
An overdue rant - America is tired...
And yawning. And not getting enough sleep. And getting fatter. We need a break. No wonder we're all so fat, stressed, frustrated and angry. We're all going nowhere fast. Most of us can't even fit in the typical restaurant booth anymore. They were all too small to begin with. Everyone needs a host of medications to exist. Depression, arthritis, other pain, blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. are the common ailments. We're all walking around tired. We don't feel right. We're achy. Our knees hurt. We all work to hard. We all worry too much. We're all going nuts. We're all angry that the Republican conservatives forced their golden boy on us for the past eight years and he screwed the pooch. We're pissed Bin Laden still hasn't been captured. Food and oil prices are absurd. Why should we have sooo much guilt just filling our tank or buying groceries? We can't believe milk as well as a gallon of gas costs $4. Holy shit. We need a break. We need time to regroup. What ever happened to the 4 day work week? Why the hell are we working on the weekends? Why can't everything be closed on Sunday? Every American is too wrapped up in what every other country is doing. I’m sorry for all the world ills, but we need a break from caring about everybody and everything. Sick children in Africa - sorry, but why exactly is it our problem. Is there nobody else that can help out, even just for a little while? Why are we Americans the only ones that worry? Iran nukes. Why is it our problem. I know there is an Iranian truck driver over there just trying to make a living and support his family. He doesn't give a shit about his country having nukes, or attacking Israel, let alone the US. Let Germany help Israel with their evil neighbors. They owe them (and us) big time for World War II. Africa? It sure seems to me they all hate each other. Why is that my problem? The French seem to like it over there - let them straighten out the mess. China? Let’s just forget them all together for a few years. It's so polluted over there they can't even see each other on a clear day. We're so tired, even our nuclear silo officers are falling asleep on the job. We need to get out more and drink. Sure we need a new President, but what we really need is a whole new government. One big courtesy flush. It would help matters if the Catholic church would get a sense of humor and give us a break already. Condoms are good, I'm sure Jesus would agree. We need to stop worrying about children so much and worry about "us" adults. Parents have to learn to be parents again and stop relying on teachers to raise their children. Teachers worry way too much for the little they get paid. It’s been 9/11, Katrina, Virginia Tech, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela and one lousy thing after another for years now. Enough already. We need to stop incarcerating everyone who wants to smoke a joint or buy a gun. Enough with those "cops" with those horrible radar guns. Don't you get angry when you see one of those things pointed at you? Sure you do. We need more time having lots more sex with each other. And we need to stop worrying about who has sex with who. I'm giving you permission to watch a x-rated movie. We need a lot less reality tv and more fantasy. And it wouldn't be such a bad idea to have a man named Obama as President. Who cares if he's Black? That's another thing we need to stop worrying about. Who cares what color or sex you are. We need new senators, congressman and better local representatives. Enough with these senators and congressmen who seem to have received lifetime jobs there. Let's get some new blood in there already. We need to put one large "out to lunch" sign on all our borders. No one comes or goes for a while. Let’s calm down about all this drilling nonsense. Ride a bike. Walk. Buy a motorcycle. Remember when flying somewhere was fun. Well, they took that away from us too. We need some good 'ole fashioned regulation back. Get rid of the security guards. All those high priced Starbucks have made us too nervous. Have a Vitamin water for a change. Were not so much suffering from depression as from being depressed about thinking that we are suffering from depression. Did we really need to have another company to tell us about restless leg syndrome? I'm tired about hearing about women's periods already. I'm seen so many commercials about that, I worry now for you. Enough. Your leg used to shake, now it’s a syndrome. More worry, more pills. It’s great to carry your cell phone everywhere, but its also ok to turn it off. Better yet, just leave it at home. Listen, you have to agree that computers and cell phones have only increased our ability to worry more efficiently! A week off a year is not enough. Who came up with that stupid idea? We don’t want to participate in the race anymore. We were all worried about Japan a few years ago, now its China. Who cares? Wouldn’t it be great to wake up one morning and just not care anymore just for a little while? Go ahead and give yourself permission to be happy. Believe me it’ll all be there waiting for you when you get back. Photo of NYC by V. Grumpy.
