Bigger Badder

Bigger is not better. No matter what anyone tells you. Smaller is better. Sensible is better. Bigger is just that-bigger. In recent years I have become more and more irritated that people seem to think that great big vehicles are the answer to whatever question they may have. No, that SUV isn't going to make you look sexy. Or smart. Actually, it makes you look like an overcompensating, polluting, wasteful, idiotic jackass. First comes the Explorer, then the Expedition--what's next-- Extinction? In this day and age of recycling and the hole in the ozone, it sickens me to think that anyone would think, well, it's ok cuz it's just a Hummer. Wrong. Because there are too many of them. They may sleep six, but the majority of the ones I have seen barrelling down the road and taking up two parking spaces have only one person in them. Nice going. You got a vehicle all your friends could fit in, but so did they so you're all driving separately. No wonder traffic sucks. In addition, it boggles my mind how someone would willingly purchase something that so inefficiently uses a resource that is non-renewable. Yes, that means once it's gone it's gone. (I'm also mystified by the myth that anyone willing to own a hybrid is often considered a hippie, but that's another story)

But actually, all this is going somewhere else. Yep, the Inauguration. What a waste(for so many reasons) of $40 million dollars. I'll add right here that the initial 'help' the administration offerred the countries that had just been ravaged by 30 foot waves was less than that. But a party is worth more than their lives? This has got to be consumer waste at it's worst. And the fact that this "president" is ok with such gluttony is alarming, or at the very least disheartening. It seems to me that the guy has his priorities all screwed up. And anyone who thinks this was worth the money, remember that when you're filing your income tax. The guy who's getting it wants to have a kegger at your expense. If everybody takes one less deduction, maybe it'll be enough for the strippers.