Rant-tastic #1

It has been almost a week since the David Petraeus affair scandal hit the news.

It has, also, been almost a week since I thought, "Who gives a shit? What other relevant news is going on in the world, that I should be knowledgeable of?".

The fact that officials in high-profile positions, are expected to lead by example & exhibit a tight moral fabric; is not lost on me.

I feel the same way about this media frenzy as I did about Clinton's Lewinsky faux pas. Are we (Americans) so desperate for the media to entertain us, that we will spend more time listening to news reports & reading articles about a CIA Director's sexual indiscretions, than we do learning all we can about the newly unveiled leaders of the most populated nation on the planet; or making an effort to understand why there is conflict in Syria & how that affects the USA?

I fully understand the need to investigate the situation, be certain no national security secrets were whispered as sweet-nothings into this biographer's ear; but seriously, after that has been cleared...give it up.

Let's move on.
He put his tail between his legs, and resigned.

I'm not trying to condone what he did, but I don't feel his inability to keep his dick in his pants makes him incapable of being an asset to this nation. The only difference between him and most other people in these offices is that he got caught.

To err is human. Has it come down to how expensive of a lock you buy to make sure those skeletons in your closet never see the light of day?

Don't act like you don't have a few, yourself.
Everyone does.
Whether it's your experimental drug years in college, your current fetish of having someone shove packing peanuts up your ass, or your lackluster home relationship that leaves you unexpectedly seeking out the missing pieces with someone else.  Everyone has something that they regret or are ashamed of. 

While I'm on this bored-at-work fueled rant, can I just say that I am also completely burnt out on the articles rehashing WHY Romney didn't win the election? If Romney is a dead horse, every wannabe political annalist wants their kick. The only benefit I can see, is the reoccurring theme that most Republicans are out of touch with the changing demographic of American voters. Whether they absorb this & it manages to change any of the current core politics of the GOP is doubtful, but just cut it out w/ the pity party, for christ sakes! Just let me go back to my efforts of explaining population density  to the brilliant folks on Facebook who look at the pretty election results map & just can't figure out how Obama won if there's so much red. (sigh)


...whew...I think my red tent time is fast approaching.