Cut Off Nose, Spite Face

It is a very human desire to want to undermine your competition. Ruin their best-laid plans. Crush them like the creepy-crawly bugs you surely know they are.

We can see there are quite a few 'Congressmen' in Washington who are exhibiting this desire right now.

They have their supporters too, people who desperately want the party in power to fail, no matter the cost. These folks are smugly cheering as the politicians tug-o-war their way to the precipice.

But for the rest of us, this behavior makes less than no sense. Individuals may gleefully and frequently cut off their noses to 'spite their faces', but not governments. There is too much at stake and too many people that will be hurt.

Poetry Break: Super Pac Man

I wanna be a Pac Man

and gather lots of monies

to spend on causes and good works

not fun or playboy bunnies

I'd sponsor legislation

that would save the human race

Not fund NASA in sending

the first Stripper into Space

So can I get a Super Pac, just like Steve Colbert?

And manage spending programs from home, in my underwear?

If Stephen C can do it, why can't I?

At least Let Me Try!

I'm not distracted by celebrity and fame

I have lots of time, since no one knows My name.

I wanna be a Pac Man;

I'll be balanced and so, so, fair,

Just like Fox News and,

Good 'ol Steve Colbert