Politics is the best entertainment in the world.
If you're wondering, about now, how my head injury is healing, I'm serious.
And it's not just the lunatic fringe in those third-world countries where all the votes are collected but only some are counted.
It's often right here in our own back yard.
From Amour de Cosmos to WAC(Y) Bennett and from Mike Harcourt to Gordon Campbell, we've had more than our share of loons running the show. It's to the point the loon should be B.C.'s official bird.
And if you thought this insanity was all in the past, just look at the NDP.
Given Campbell's pothole-filled premiership, the NDP were locked and loaded as we count down to election day.
So what happens when the NDP get their new, fully loaded arsenal? They turn the guns on themselves.
Chief sniper was Quesnel's own Bob Simpson. He took dead aim at NDP leader Carole James and opened fire.
What's wrong with these folks?
Premier Campbell quits, presumably leaving the Liberals in disarray and what's the first thing that happens?
Carole James' leadership gets called into question.
This is what makes politics so much more interesting than sports, or movies, or any other diversion used by people to wile away their spare time.
Politics is different every day.
It's like someone invented a new game but didn't explain the rules to the participants.
And this was never more true than in the just concluded U.S. midterm elections.
Morons, a witch and a devotee of Aqua-Buddha lined up to take a shot at gaining entry into the U.S. senate.
On the bright side, the witch didn't make it. Neither did some of the morons.
As regular voters, some of us believe only the morons get elected -- especially south of the border.
Puts me in mind of my favourite, unattributed, political quote "Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason."
H H H
Given all the talk about sodium being bad for you, does that mean when we characterize someone as being the salt of the earth, it's an insult?
