Time playing a little baseball with the American Dream

The most identifiable American sport is baseball. Baseball happens everyday in America and over time key words and phrases of the game have woven themselves into our language. Three strikes and you are out! Hit a home run! You are up and you are out, just to name a few! The idea of a game and a country with a philosophy of equality for all has been a metaphor of who we are for a long time. In America, everyone’s vote counts, but recently the idea that some votes matter more than others has put a definite shift to the idea of America being a level playing field.

Time taking a politician to the movies

“ Wow, some Oscars huh? “ According to the ratings we all watched and who can blame us? Talk about glitzy no connection to reality Americana on full view for the world. Close to a billion people watched as we Americans sat glued to our TV’s oohing and awing the walk down the red carpet. All stars in movies most of us are waiting to see come out on video because the nine fifty price of admission is a budget cruncher!

TIme spinning our wheels

 The NRA, National Rifle Association, is a multi-million dollar 501 C-4 corporation that does a very good job of muddying up public discourse on gun control. The organization has become the key player in conversations about gun control.  Their continued place at the political table will make sure that little if any policy changes regarding gun control will be coming henceforth from Washington to prevent occurrences such as the recent tragedies in Connecticut, Colorado, Arizona and Portland.

Time being the middle class Cinderella at the Ball

The relief we collectively felt when the election was over has now melted into a semi-state of euphoria amid inauguration speeches, parades and balls. Despite the fact that we remain perilously perched near financial cliffs and with our noses pressed tightly against borrowing ceilings, the middle class it would seem prefers to ponder things of a much less stressful nature. Like Cinderella we the middle class are at the ball, and no matter what happens after the stroke of midnight, we are going to enjoy ourselves before the stroke of midnight eventually comes!