"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." Groucho Marx
May 18, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
You might think life is tough today, but you'd be wrong.
The president said so.
Sure, you're angry. A robot replaced you at your job right after the minimum wage was raised. That can seem harsh.
And you're bummed that your healthcare deductible has gotten so high that you and the family had to make the decision to get sick less. That costs you, in more ways than you care to think about.
And even though you lost your job to an illegal immigrant, who incidentally drives a better car than you do, bite your tongue before you say, "Damn!"
It's all good. Really.
Just think: You don't have to teach your teen about the birds and the bees anymore. All she has to do is go to school and freshen up in the shower after her gym class...alongside "Bob," who think he's a girl this week.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
And your little kids don't have to be afraid of being gender-traumatized by being labeled as a "boy" or a "girl", because the preferred term used in school now is "purple penguins." Really.
So where is this coming from, you ask? Hard to say, but it's spreading like wildfire.
The president is a big shaker and mover on the issue. Maybe it comes from him.
This past week he issued a directive that "every public school provide transgender access, to all activities and facilities, consistent with their gender identity or lose federal funding." It started out as a "Bathroom" directive, but there's no telling where it will lead.
Some, like the states of North Carolina and Texas rejected it. Some said it sounded like blackmail, which, of course, is ridiculous. All we know is that, thank God, there finally is "gender inclusiveness" for toddlers, and easy-to-teach sex education for teens.
It's been a long time in coming.
Sure, there might be some who feel funny about trying on "unmentionables" in a dressing room at a Target or Ross store, when a guy, who looks like a guy, walks in and is trying on the same things you are.
But you'd be wrong. And even if you are right, your opinion doesn't matter.
All you can do is buck up and try to keep a stiff upper lip.
If you start spouting off about your preferences, you are guaranteed to get a stern dressing down.
"You're giving back to those in the shadows," you'll be told tersely.
"They live in terrible countries, with corrupt leaders, who squander their tax money; countries where they can barely scratch out a living, so they have to come here."
See? It's all good There's nothing bad, except your attitude.
If you continue to grouse about your opinions being ignored, stop it! Listen to yourself! How selfish do you sound right now, not to mention racist!
There are so many silver linings, it plain boggles the mind! The president said so.
It doesn't have to make sense, not any of it, but if it makes the .03 percent of the U.S. population feel better, it's darn well worth it!
What does it matter if the rest of us don't? Feel better, that is.
"Taxes paid by the middle class make lots of folks happy," we're told, even though the middle class doesn't feel happy. They pay the lion's share of taxes, and 50 percent pay nothing. Really.
But it's all good. Taxes help everyone. Take the president, for instance.
Recently the president played host to the newly-elected prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, Socialist prime minister, leader of Canada's Liberal Party, and the first Canadian prime minister to be welcomed by a U.S. president in 19 years.
Obama knew he'd like the guy.
As the president and first lady pondered where to take the prime minister and his wife, Sophie, for dinner, they decided to throw a "tres formidable" state dinner. Paid for by American taxpayers, of course.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
The president's two, young daughters attended the dinner, each donning $18,000 designer dresses for the occasion. Paid for by the American taxpayers, of course.
An example of your tax dollars at work. But it doesn't have to make any sense.
It could be there is something wrong with that.
Hold the line, America.