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terilianne commented on the blog post Friday Night Random Ten – New Year/ New Shakira Ass
to add to your collection
http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/06/shakira-butt-bathing-suit-miami/#.TwehY9T2b6Y -
terilianne commented on the blog post John Galt’s Lonesome Libertarian Lament
May I say sir, your powers of filk are strong! May I become your padawan? (Just so I can play with the beagles of course)
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terilianne commented on the blog post Feeling Egypted
Are those Egyptian cotton sheets and duvet? I played this and my dog Candy went crazy trying to find her ball. She heard the barking and it must mean baaaallllll cause she is searching right now for hers. Thank you for the bassett fix…..maybe next time.
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terilianne commented on the blog post Republican Grassroots Support for Tax Cut Deal Wavering?
Where have the Statesman gone?
Growing up, there was a sense of gravitas and dignity to being a politician. These days it seems becoming a politician is like just another reality show, with the winner given a title and cash prize. (Some of the cash is delayed until they are out of office, those pesky ethics rules) Do any little children say that they want to grow up and be president any more? The teenagers I see on a daily basis are a cynical and resigned lot. They sense that the game is rigged so nobody really wins, but you just keep plugging money into the machine and hope to hit a jackpot someday. With the politics of personal destruction and parsing of every essay, blog comment or television appearances the only people who want to become politicians are the people we should not trust to govern.
When did “common-sense solutions” become better than reasoned discourse and consensus? When did “deficit hawks” replace sensible people who realize that you need to increase revenue to offset expenditures? When did being telegenic replace being smart? Was it when we started treating politicians like rock stars and listening to rock stars like politicians?
Trying to find smart, reasonable people to run for even local office is difficult. Not only do they have to sacrifice time with their families to campaign, but their families become public fodder as well.
We don’t have the roman “Bread and Circus” we have McDonald’s and American Idol.
Do I have a solution or just a lament? Well I could cry a river, but I do work to change my locale. I write letters to the editor, I work to elect smart people to office. I hold those office holders accountable for their actions. I know my local issues. I read the proposals and educate myself on the issues. Why don’t I run for office? Serious health issues mean I can’t commit to being someplace because I need medical treatment.
So as a wise man once said, “Become the change you want to see in the world”
