I have a question.

My father stressed a value for truth in my upbringing. On countless occasions he stressed truth. “Tell the truth.” “People hate liars”. “Lies always catch up with you”. My mother told all of us to “Just be nice”. So I always try to be the good son who wants to be nice and to tell the truth. Most of my family and friends were much the same. I thought everyone aspired to at least those two very simple values. Through the years of course I’ve met people who clearly didn’t share those values, but I thought they were the exception. They were the bad guys i.e. robbers, rapists, thieves and villians. I suppose I’m just a naïve idiot, but every day brings with it questions about the truth. Just today I have these:

1. The US House leader said that he’s “watched them kick the can” of budget issues and fiscal responsibility down the street for the 22 years he’s been in Washington and that “it’s gonna stop now”. So I have a question. Where the hell was he in those 22 years? Watching from the men’s room window? He also explained that it was the administration’s and senate democrat’s responsibility to come up with a feasible plan. So again I have a question. He, with his 22 years of experience, is idealess?

2. The USPS announced that Saturday mail delivery would have to end because the organization has lost $16 or $18 BILLION in 2011, and continues to loose money at a rate of $25 million a month much in part because so many of us are paying bills and communicating online. Of course that caused a rucas about the legality of such a move. A Congresswoman from Maine has suggested that such a move be put off for two more years, until the USPS tries to work out its financial issues in other ways. Others think we should continue to “study” the problem. The greeting card association is very upset because they know with certainty all Americans hope to get personal mail when they go to their mailboxes. I have a question. Really?

3. A Congressman was reported to express his, and the Republican party’s concern for the families of immigrant families in an effort to negotiate a compromise for immigration reform. I have a question. Since when? The most recent republican presidential candidate ran on the republican platform that supported “self deportation”. Doesn’t’ that mean, we need to make things ugly enough so that the illegals go back to wherever it is they came?

4. The Boy Scouts of American (BSA) decided to not decide a change in the organization’s stand on gay membership. I heard Texan Governor Rick what’s his name voice his objection to such a change. A church leader also expressed a similar objection and went on to say that if “they” want to have such an organization with gays, “they” can start one. I have a question. Is there indisputable documentation that the founders of the current BSA were in fact, not gay? I’m not suggesting they were, to know, or to suggest anyone does after all it was 100+ years ago, but it may be important information to have. Unless we know, it’s quite possible “they” already organized such an organization all those many years ago.

Back to my original question, where’s the truth? Here’s what I see:
1. Any one in a real job who watch’s “them kick the can” down the road shouldn’t be employed, not for 22 years, and not in a leadership position of any organization, certainly not as the leader of the US House. Let’s stop paying people to watch.
2. We don’t have any money! At my house, when there’s no money, we don’t get to “study” the problem, nor do we get to postpone any action for two years. If we can’t afford it, we go without. I can wait for my greeting card till Monday….seriously.
3. He didn’t give a rat’s ass about the quality of these folks lives until the stats of the recent presidential election indicated Hispanics have become a powerful voting block. Get these folks in the voting and TAX paying community of citizens so they can help pay the frickin’ bills!
4. There are gays everywhere, have been for centuries. Let’s stay out of one another’s bedrooms. There may be secrets there that we really don’t want to know about one another. I mean, really. If the degradation of societal values is a worry, then focus on liars, cheats, thieves, killers, child molesters, and rapists, none of which is exclusive to the gay community. If instilling values in the leaders of tomorrow is a goal, then teach them love, mutual respect, honor and truth. Don’t teach them to lie. We have plenty of that.