War of Words

There was a lot to not like about George W. Bush. For example, he would chuckle mid sentence for no apparent reason, he often used the syntax of a hillbilly, and overall I just felt like he had no idea what his job description entailed.

That being said, looking back there was one thing I can honestly say I miss about George W...........ignorance was bliss. I read recently that in his 8 years as President of the United States he appeared on television less times than Obama has appeared in his first year in office.

Now let me stop right there......I have one giant concern with that......who is running our country? After all, those press conferences, speeches, Sportscenter, The Tonight show, The Late Show, etc......take time. Ever sat through the taping of a 30 minute sitcom. If you have you know that it takes ALL day. It is one of the most grueling experiences that you will ever endure.......and that is only a half hour sitcom!!

So our President is a Narcissist. It is America, and we all tend to get caught up in appearance and fame. So I will give him a pass on that one.

However and more importantly........when your face time, which is taking away from the job you should be doing, is being used almost exclusively to air dirty laundry, point fingers, bad mouth fellow politicians, the FED, banks, Wall Street, and Health Care providers. That is where I draw the line. Can you imagine if Steve Jobs came out tomorrow on prime time television talking about how incompetent the board of directors over at Apple are..........about how his creative director is making way too much money and how he has this great new idea that they are too stubborn and stupid to grant him permission to move forward with. What would happen next? I imagine the stocks plummets, The board and high ranking employees come out to defend themselves and slander Steve Jobs right back, the shareholders revolt, and a couple dozen people minimum lose their jobs.

The difference between the two? Steve Jobs isn't foolish enough to make such comments. Sad.....considering the argument can be made that the United States is much more important that Apple.

One last note: Have you ever given your dog a treat for going to the bathroom on your carpet? That's crazy right? Well that is essentially what just happened with the passage of the Heathcare reform. Let me be the first to welcome you to the new world of politics ladies and gentlemen.........public slandering has been proven effective and is here to stay! We have just entered the next stage of reality television.........