Self Destructive Behavior

It has taken TheFundamentals a while (sorry) to come to a very obvious conclusion about politicians and, particularly, the so called political leaders in this grand land of ours. They are self destructive. We all know that they are greedy, gluttonous in a variety of ways and, spectacularly, prideful. They feel that they are irreplaceable and worthy of all the special treatments that they vote for themselves. But hidden behind the glass doors and windows of their homes is a phenomenal commitment to self destruction. For eight years we wondered where GWB, DeLay, Hastert and Cheney would go with their focus on protecting the country from terrorists at all costs. They did not care if they broke the country in the process. They loved the greedy and self dealing activities at FNMA and FHLMC as long as they could crow about the home ownership statistics in the country. We didn’t hear them yapping about the promiscuous behavior of Greenspan at the Fed with his easy money and endless supply of low interest loans for everyone. They fabricated fears and threats and bombs in the cities and photographing you through your underwear if you wanted to fly home to see Mom. Then they hit the wall at about 98 MPH in 2006 and topped it off with a special home television show on the evening of November 4, 2008. The American people tossed them out on their collective butts. It was more a special tar and feathering for their foolish ways than it had to do with the nonsense that the media spouted about change and wonderment at the skinny kid straight out of Daley’s political machine and the corruption of Illinois politics.

So, here we are folks. New actors on the stage. Mostly the same props and settings but a slightly altered script. Less on the Muslim terrorists. More focus on the home front. Money flowing out the door as fast the presses produce it. Cheney said deficits don’t matter. This gang says debt does not matter. They are the new superheroes flying around in their polluting jets; yapping about their scare schemes and getting something for nothing for their voters in the big cities and the unions and the government employment ranks. They have learned nothing from the fools they replaced. They think the people want them to spend, spend, spend. Give away more of everything to people who are not even in the country legally. Get more voters for the next election. Build crap all over the place so that the fools in congress can go home and crow about the crap that they are building and the jobs that they are creating and saving. They want health care for everyone when almost everyone knows that we can’t afford the health care that is being provided to the people who are actually paying for it. So give it to the ones without it and then they will vote for us because you who have paid for it are a gonna get screwed in the very near future. They have pissed off the seniors! We’d sure like to see the page in Axelrod’s play book that says it’s a good idea to piss off the seniors.

Oh boy oh boy oh boy. What is it about prideful, gluttonous, greedy people and self destruction? Could it be that pride and gluttony and greed lead to self destruction? Homer Simpson could figure that one out. Could it be that we have created a class of politician that is immune to frugality and honesty and humility? Oh boy oh boy oh boy. This will be fun to watch the new gang self destruct in record time. Too bad the price for admission is so high.