Maybe We Are All A Bit Brain Dead

Okay, Sharon is almost dead. Let's not beat around the bush, if he survives he'll wish that he was dead if he has any cognitive functioning at all. Seeing that Conde is canceling her trip to Asia, I have the feeling that she has been told of his dire state and is planning to come here next week for the funeral. But, we will survive. This very tough country has survived worse than the death of one of its leaders and it will continue on regardless of who is at the helm (even Bibi if, God forbid, wins again). The problem, the real problem is that our leaders are just so damn corrupt. You have Clintons with White Water and his sexual adventures. Bush and Cheney with their ties to their oil interests. S and L's and ENRON. What else? So many other world leaders with dirty hands. A crazed imbecile in Iran who has confused the real meaning of a great religion as Islam. Pat Robertson who is foolish enough to think that he has a direct pipeline to God when in fact he most likely has his head stuck high in his anal orifice. And Mr. Sharon and his family who have hoarded so much dirty money and taken so much Negev land with such impunity (for the time being Omri). Yet, you want to talk brain dead. Well, recent reports suggest that the Ozone (remember that) layer hole continues to enlarge. It's about the size of the U.S. now. Older cars continue to leak CFC's as do pieces of foam in our garbage dumps. We roll merrily so merrily along hoping for the best and demanding so little of our appointed leaders (tell me, how powerful are the Montreal protocols?) fill their pockets at our expense. Our collective vegetative state disgusts me.