MY BALLS ITCH
I think it was the cheech and chong movie nice dreams where cheech found himself in a security room in a straight jacket and he couldn't scratch his balls...scooting across the cell like a dog with round worms screaming:"HEYYYYYYY!!!!My balls itch" in a most plaintive way...it was fucking hilarious,and resonated with me in several ways.
The psych hospital setting...the itchy balls...the inability to do anything about it.Was he trying to make a statement? Probably not...but it was funny in a futile sort of way.
And that's how I feel about the current political situation in this country.
Ann is sick today,so we didn't do the usual brunch thing at Maudies....the alternate brunch is I go there,have a couple,order some food to go,and while waiting visit with the other regulars at the bar.One of the regulars is a political consultant,and we had a lengthy conversation about the nature of politics...he used lots of euphemisms like "show biz tatics" and "card tricks" to describe the nature of the politicing of the day....Simply put,it's all bullshit.
The republicans have it down when it comes to manipulating voters and votes...the know what works because the majority of republicans (who vote) are in lock step with the conventional wisdom/dogma of the current republican party line of shit.
Democrats are busy chasing multiple similar,but subtly different lines of shit that make it impossible to get all the dems in line to vote the same way.The republicans don't have this problem...everyone who votes is likely towing the same narrow lines the partie's supporting,they consolidate and bring out those voters while the dems swim around in a pool of similar yet different ideaology and most are so conflicted,they don't vote.The result? the republicans win,every time....at least recently.They are pros at playing the spread.
Clinton won,I believe,because the country finally got tired of reagan and bush sr. and wanted something different...the repubs beat clinton down from day one...an unrelenting asssault on his character,his policies and everything else (I mean,come on...who doesn't like head?) until the dems were so shamed and the repubs so emboldened that they could get away with the great rip off that resulted in a chimp being our appointed president....lock step politics...again.
The last election and the running up to this one reminds me of junior high school,where you have all the grown up parts but aren't sure what to do with them.
And the popular kids will decide who wins.
This is not junior high.Grow up.Seriously.
And while your at it ,scratch my balls.