I was wandering around my house when an old commercial popped into my head: “…and don't forget to spay or neuter your pet!” I've heard this tagline used many times at the end of broadcasts.
I wasn't thinking about pets when this came to mind. Actually, I was thinking about Admiral John Poindexter , the convicted felon who was caught up in the Iran Contra scandal . He's also been tied to the Total Information Awareness (TIA) project that has been “allegedly” closed down, as well as a futures market live betting game through the Pentagon called the Policy Analysis Market (PAM) (it bet on political, economic, and military instability in the Middle East).
The more I read these days, the more I keep hearing the same names being resurrected at an alarming frequency, and Poindexter and Kissinger are two men who should never be allowed anywhere near Washington, and their telephone numbers should be on a blocked call list. In some ways I feel bad for these men – they just can't leave well enough alone, and they can't move onto something that doesn't involve destruction of property or personal rights. I don't think anyone has told them the Cold War ended yet, and they can't find their place in a peaceful society. They keep drumming up business for themselves by whispering in ears.
At once it hit me: “If we can spay or neuter pets, why not politicians?”
Everyone used to rag on Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, begging them not to have kids and make the gene pool more polluted than it already is. We begged for the humanity of it all when Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley thought about having children. Why should politicians be a “protected category” allowed to breed? Do we really want that much dangerous DNA floating around?
If you really want to be fair to the American people, I suggest only eunuchs serve in elected government. Let's face it – the sex scandals will be all but gone (no Mark Foley, no oral sex in the Oval Office). No love children to derail your career or secrets in the dark to moan into someone's ear. Most of all, the public would know you're really there because you actually care, which means you wouldn't worry about term limits.
Before you totally dismiss the idea, think about the role of the eunuch in history. He was the man with the most trusted job: he protected the king's concubines from “knowing” someone else, in the truest biblical sense. It was very important to protect the “interests” of the king, and considering men think about sex a lot more than women do, it's not hard to imagine what he was thinking about after a long day at the office.
Shouldn't we, as taxpayers, be protected from politicians who are always trying to “know” us? I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm tired of getting screwed by Uncle Sammy's “special friends”, especially around election time.
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