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Let me just say one thing right off the bat. I don’t care for politics. I don’t care for most politicians. Even so, I’ve decided to rant about politics. Why? Why not? It’s my blog. You don’t like what I rant about, tough cookies!

Well, with that said, off we go to la-la land. You may think otherwise, but it’s my opinion that a majority of politicians–especially the politically elite–not only have no clue what an “average” person wants and needs, but doesn’t care. It’s their job to make laws. A job that at the upper levels gives them a huge salary, and unreal benefits. In the case of U.S. senators and representatives, they even get to set their own salaries! Wow.

But here’s the thing. The Thing that politicians do NOT want you, the public, to know…

We don’t need them.

Here, let me bold that.

We don’t need them.

That’s right. Contrary to what politicians these days tell you, we don’t actually NEED them, they need US. It’s quite possible for us to go on with our lives without politicians. What? You think we do? Well, let’s take a look.

We need a politician to adjudicate disputes? No, they don’t do that. We hire and elect judges for that.

We need politicians to run the day-to-day business of government? No, a bureaucracy is a beautiful thing. Most day-to-day operations are run by secretaries and assistants, who normally know much more about what’s going on than the politician.

We need a politician to make laws, their main job? No, we have plenty of laws on the books right now. We could definitely do WITHOUT new laws for a couple of years or more.

We need politicians to tell us what to do? Is that what you REALLY think? That these people have the knowledge and wisdom to tell you how to live your life? Please, you’re much more intelligent than that. These people don’t know jack. I say we get rid of them.

Legal experts predict case against men in Boston bomb scare will be difficult to prove – MSN-Mainichi Daily News

Ok, this really is something else.  Two things.

One, the Boston Bomb Scare.  Read the story if you haven’t heard about this.  Apparently, someone in Boston noticed a strange device hanging from an overpass, and called police.  The police decided to go into overdrive, called in the bomb squad, and had the device blown up.  Several other similar devices were found across the city.  They were disposed of, or removed.  It was determined by “experts”, that the devices were a hoax.  What were they in fact?  Advertisements for the Cartoon Network show “Aqua Teen Hunger Force”.  In fact, they were freakin’ LITE BRITES.  That’s right.  Gajillions of dollars (ok, maybe not, but a lot of money) were spent getting these things down, with streets shut down, and people evacuated, and they were light boards like the one my cousin had 20 YEARS AGO!  My God, Boston!  Even better, they’d been there for WEEKS before anyone noticed!  And to top it all off, the devices were in several other major cities, and no one cared!  Can someone say, “overreaction”?  I knew you could.

Second, though, is the fact that the above article and this one (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/06/content_5704846.htm) are from Japan and China respectively.  The ones I’ve found from the U.S. major news sources seem to be concentrating on the so-called “hoax perpetrators”.  The two men who were scapegoated into jail.  The overseas articles seem to be much more neutral, letting the reader judge how idiotic one American city can be.

I’ve got nothing personally against Boston.  I’ve never been there.  I know no one from there personally.  So I have no grudge against them.  But I cannot help but think, “DOH!”