THE ELECTIONS

Hey there sagacious reader.  Well, it's most definitely that time again.  It's easy enough to recognize its insidious approach.  Junk mail quadruples with assorted flyers and leaflets depicting one side of an issue or the other.  Who reads that crap?  Its not as if the information is 100% accurate; not biased in any way. You're better off logging on to your computer and looking up the issues for yourself.  At least that way you will have access to both sides. And I trust that the good people out there can read and make educated decisions for themselves.

And then there is my personal favorite: the candidates.  Flyer after flyer appears in either my mailbox or attached to my front door. And their content? Recommending Joe Blow for office while at the same time condemning his opponent, Dick Wad. And the problem with Dick?  Well for one thing, he doesn't agree with Joe's opinion on how things should be done. And (according to Joe) he has a checkered past and would be the worst possible person to be put in charge of running things.  And Dick is really no better than Joe.  His flyers are identical to Joe's with the names reversed; the content, however, remains the same.  Just think of all those poor trees that gave their lives.  Such a waste!  I, for one, would much rather have the trees. They at least are beneficial.

And the phone calls!  Thank God for 'caller id'.  Of course a lot of calls come up as "unavailable" or "unknown"; never a good sign. I don't answer any of them. I let my machine do the talking. And these days, it's not even a real live person calling.  It's an automated message.  So why bother picking up the phone? Not much satisfaction is hanging up on a recorded person. Then there's TV - absolutely inundated with political ads. Thankfully I record everything I want to watch and am able to 'fast forward' through all the crap.  Though at times I do find it informative (and amusing) to see who is sponsoring the more interesting ones.  Lets me know who or what not to vote for.

But for me, the worst of all is the unwanted political ads that pop up on my new cell phone (thank you son) when I'm in the middle of a game. (I do so love my Scrabble games!) No fast forwarding through those ads.  And they're sooo long!. Bad move Mr. Candidate. There's no way I'm casting my vote for anyone who sticks a stupid ad in the middle of my game! 

Thankfully, there is light an the end of the tunnel.  Election day is right around the corner and then there will be blessed relief for at least another year.  I do wonder just how much money is wasted on all the myriad ways opinions are voiced through TV, radio and mail. And just think of all the good that money could do.  I know I could sure use some!  Maybe they could take all that money the candidates spend on getting themselves elected and give it back to the people who elect them.  Just food for thought.....

So, for all the money wasted, for all the trees that needlessly died to produce the paper and most importantly, to all the people who plague us with their stupid unwanted ads, I say BITE ME!