Bread and circuses

So here is the current state of the nation as I understand it.

-We are engrossed in another nations civil war halfway around the world. A war which has thus far taken 2500 American lives, several hundred billion dollars, and with no end in sight it promises to take more.

But boys are kissing.

-We are engaging in mutual saber rattling with a large, potentially nuclear, power in the same neighborhood. A nation with which all diplomatic attempts at a solution have thus far failed.

But boys are kissing.

-Skyrocketing energy prices are having a real effect on the economy, and are pinching those who can least afford it. While the government/oil companies (are they really separate entities anymore?) give us platitudes about global instability (see above) and supply and demand, the oil companies rake in unprecedented, tax-free, profits.

But boys are kissing.

-The scope of last years unmitigated disaster in New Orleans is still not understood by our leaders. The refugee crisis within our own borders is ignored while we look for someone to blame. Oh, and by the way...it's hurricane season again.

But boys are kissing.

-And speaking of borders, as recently as last week we were kept in a frothing lather about our borders which are apparently as porous as a Louisiana levee. We were told this was a crisis, yes a crisis, that needed immediate attention.

But boys are kissing.

-We live in the richest country in the world, with the finest health care to boot. Yet a large and growing number of our fellow citizens are unable to afford even the most basic of medical services.

But boys are kissing.

-And all the while Osama Bin Laden (remember him?) sits in a cave thumbing his nose at us.

But boys are still kissing.

Must be an election year.

Give the people bread and circuses