Thoughts Out Of Season

  For those who are looking to point fingers at those responsible for the Texas school shooting save the middle finger for the US system that tolerates outright bribery in the name of Lobbying Political Officials. A lobbyist is a professional whose job is advocating for a particular cause for a client or individual. These people have direct and frequent contact with the politicians who run our government. And they come with pockets full of cash to help their cause along. Practically every large corporation employs lobbyists to advocate for their business and loads of cash to grease the road to legislation that is interest to his/her client. Lobbying is a 9 billion industry in the United States Take the NRA for example. Like a ghetto building has roaches does the NRA have lobbyists and they will throw money around like drunk men at a topless joint. Only difference is that the lobbyists get something at the end of the night.  The NRA lobbies against any gun legislation no matter...

In my 53 years I have never seen an election cycle like the one being played out present. It's as if the Asylum for the Politically Insane was closed following an expose by Rivera and all the inmates were let loose to run the corridors of government. Geraldo First the GOP primaries. Included are a real estate magnate who's initial chances of winning the primary were about as good as a Twinkie surviving  unmolested at a Weight Watcher's meeting; then there was Ted Cruz who lost on nothing more superficial than he had a face that parents used to scare their children to sleep. We had Marco Rubio who drew almost unanimous suspicion for the strange lump that always stuck out from the back of his jacket. It only made matters worse for him when the Press discovered it was a backpack he used for the middle school he was attending at the time.There was Kasich (pronounced "case-itch" or "case-ick") who was invited to an Italian neighborhood and then goes ...