New Year -- photo by josette lodato
There are days when writing is a chore – simply the way it is. Nevertheless, one still writes. It is a Pizzaonian tradition, and a vow that all Pizzaonian monks take- to write each day as if it were the only day. As you can imagine this makes for a lot of dull writing.
Thank God for American presidential campaigns, cannot imagine a day without them. The way it is going, we will not have to worry about presidential campaigns not being around since they have gained a perpetual energy that only nonsensical things are capable of achieving.
To be a candidate a few things are required. First, you must have some egomaniacal belief that you have something to offer that no one else has. This should, by its self, disqualify you.
Second, you must have a capacity to endure imbeciles and actually be able to pretend you are taking them seriously. The danger here is that you might become an imbecile in the process. This would explain many things.
The problem is obvious. If one is going to endure the nonsense of the political process, the seriousness of what we are really dealing with fades into the background. How does one placate the absurd desires of “off the wall” constituencies and remain serious about the process?
Can you imagine the feeling a newly elected president must have when alone in the Oval office, they suddenly realize what they have begotten upon themselves.
This could explain why we are in the mess we seem to find ourselves in. If we want a president to lead us through these difficult times, we the electorate have to be serious about the process. Well, so much for that idea.
Brother Giovanni, reporting from Pizzaonia