American Elephants

Day two of a brand new year. I suppose everyone is looking for signs of what to expect. What’s going to change? What should change? Probably, what we think should change won’t, things we really do not like will change for the worse, in other words, a typical year. That’s just how it goes. Everyone does not fall in line with us, which is probably a fairly good thing. I know that some of the things I would like to see would not be popular with everyone else. That’s life. We just have to get used to it.

Possibly a good mental exercise might be imagining a world in which everyone lined up perfectly with what we think would be a “better year,” and how that might possibly work out.

Suddenly. everyone is talking about “podcasts”, which I find extremely annoying. What someone has to say may or may not be worth listening to or reading, but it does not become more worthwhile with the “podcast” designation. I want lots of discussion about questionable programs and plans, but it doesn’t need formalizing. More discussion, please. As you prowl through the day’s news, you will run into goofy proposals and bad ideas, Shut them down promptly.