NO BRAINER

NEVER ASSUME THAT WEALTH OR POWER ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH BRAINS.
A POWERFUL POLITICIAN, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS KUCINICH FROM OHIO, ADVOCATES PUNISHING EXXON FOR ITS PROFITS BUT ADMITS THAT THIS VENGEANCE WOULD NOT LOWER THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AT THE PUMP. APPARENTLY CONTRADICTORY AND SLOPPY THINKING RARELY STOP HIM FROM SPEAKING. OHIO REPRESENTATIVE JOHN KERRY AND SENATOR JOHN SCHLICHTER USE THE POWER OF THEIR POSITIONS TO PATRONIZE WHAT THEY PERCEIVE TO BE SUPPORT FOR BANS ON MEGA FARMS WHICH IN REALITY ARE OPPOSED BY ONLY A HANDFUL OF LOCAL, IRATE CITIZENS. ALSO, THEY SPREAD THEIR INFLUENCE ABOUT ON WHAT THEY PERCEIVE TO BE AN UNWILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF THE PUBLIC TO TRAVEL BECAUSE OF HIGH GAS PRICES WHEN OBSERVATION ALONE WOULD PROVE THEM WRONG. APPARENTLY STAYING IN OFFICE TRUMPS ASCERTAINING FACTS.

THE RICH TOO, THINK TOO LITTLE AND BETRAY THEIR IMMATURITY AND IRRATIONALITY TOO MUCH. TWO WEALTHIES, THE CEO OF CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP., JAMES DOLAN AND A CONSULTANT, CHARLIE MANGANO, ASPIRE TO PLAY IN ROCK BANDS. UNABASHED BY THEIR SPOILED, ILL-ADVISED AND SELF-CENTERED PURSUITS, THEY RAISE A HUE AND CRY THAT "EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE KEITH RICHARDS." EVERYBODY DOESN'T - INCLUDING THIS WRITER WHO KNOWS THAT KEITH RICHARDS QUALIFIES AS A ROLE MODEL FOR SUCCESS ONLY IF ONE ACCEPTS ROCK MUSIC AND FRIED BRAINS. DAVID H. MURDOCK, DOLE FOOD COMPANY'S OWNER, DRIVES MOST NORMAL PEOPLE HE ENCOUNTERS 'CRAZY' WITH HIS SELF-PROFESSED "RABID" ACTIVISM FOR PROPER NUTRITION, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND ABANDONMENT OF MEAT AND SATURATED FAT. SEEMS TO ME THE FAT THAT MR. MURDOCK AVOIDS NOW HAS PREVIOUSLY SETTLED IN HIS BRAIN.

THOUGH FOX NEWS CLAIMS TO BE "FAIR AND BALANCED," THE SLOGAN BEGS TO BE APPLIED TO THE BEHAVIOR OF OODLES OF RICH AND INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE. IN ADDITION, SMART IS NOT THE TERM THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN ONE OBSERVES THE EXCESSES OF FAMOUS STARS OF HOLLYWOOD AND SPORTS. SOMEHOW HOMO SAPIENS LOST WISDOM IN THE BATTLE HE WON FROM THE NEANDERTHALS.