INVISIBLE OR ANONYMOUS?

"I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows. It is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me, they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed  everything and anything except me." - Ralph Ellison- "Invisible Man".

"The time has come for a movement 'morally strong' enough to do battle against the forces of evil, bigotry, and fascism that have come to the forefront at this election cycle"

Anonymous - The hacker group.

Let the games begin.

"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER".

Why is it some of us fail to realize that if we want to stop watching the GOP debates - but are concerned with the disastrous withdrawal possibilities - possibly catching up on Jerry Springer re-runs may be an easy temporary fix?

With all the chaos the cash strapped media is highlighting and stirring up for our viewing pleasure  - via the debates - campaign ads - and more polls than you'll find in your local barber shop - or neighborhood bar - perhaps we're all missing the point. 

A guy - whom I do not know - wrote (before the recent Trump rallies) what I believe could be a sensible but seldom discussed political opinion about this amazing bombastic political spectacle we've been inundated with: 

"It's clear that the Republican insiders do not understand what is happening in America with the unprecedented success of Trump. Someone called it a 'quiet revolution'  - and I agree.

In my personal opinion, politicians need only look in the mirror to see why the American Public is so incredibly outraged.

Generous health care and retirement programs, vacations disguised as 'fact finding trips' and a torrent of lobbyist and special interest money are dumped on them regularly. In exchange for living like kings and queens on our dime, we get gridlock, stalling, waffling, inaction and long recesses.

Guess what, Washington! The people finally recognize that the king has no clothes and it's payback time.

Oh, and let's not forget term limits that hopefully are coming down the road."(end of article)

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 Biased? Possibly, but then again, perhaps the reason the "mirror watching numbers" are apparently so low is that the politicians didn't have to come up with the "scratch" to purchase the expensive mirror.

The point in the opinion that I found most fascinating and with which I found agreement was there clearly appears to be a pattern of avoidance by both the "political establishment" and/or the media that anything which brought us to this point is really wrong. The overwhelmingly perceived attitude is "the status quo is just fine, thank you."

Oh yeah, I'm sure we all agree we're hearing otherwise from the candidates; but that's par for the course when you're running for office.

My gripe with them is that their failure to supply us with problem solving details is uncomfortably similar to denying "Dorothy and Toto" even a glimpse as to just how powerful the wizard behind the curtain in Oz - really is.

The sad reality is that - while the political rallies get larger - the rhetoric stronger - the promises more "HUGE" - the TV and news coverage even bigger -(even the threats to make all the male GOP candidates put on O.J.'s ill fitting glove) - we seem to be spinning our wheels. 

To date despite everything that has been downloaded into our living room we continue to be witness to an unwillingness by the political establishment as well as the media to show any indication they even recognize: "we got a problem" - let alone "we got a solution."

Unfortunately, the one and only constant in this nonsense appears to be "we'll do it like we've always done!"

And, forget your partisanship. It's an all too familiar scenario promoted by the leadership of both parties. And, like the guy says, "it's happening on our dime."

For example, our current candidates have as many opinions on what to do about immigration  - something that has remained unresolved for years - as people who insist they have the one and only correct answer to the best way to enjoy an Oreo cookie.

Perhaps, collectively, we need to regain our focus -adjust the aperture - start with the basics - and simply ask ourselves, the politicians and the media the following question: 

(1)"When did enforcing the law become optional in this country?"

Let's give it a try. "Nobody does it  better".