Mad yet?

As I read the newspaper, watch the nightly news, and cringe at rising gas and food prices, perhaps the time has come to take Howard Beale's advice from the 1976 Oscar-winning movie "Network:"

"I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's work, banks are going bust ... and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat ... as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad — worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy ...

"I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot — I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation ... all I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a human being ... My life has value!'

"So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,

'I'm as mad as hell, and
I'm not going to take this anymore!' "

Perhaps it time to write in: "None of the above" in the upcoming elections given the choice we have.
I mean for all offices not just president -- I am sure the politicians have some fail safe law that makes this meaningless.
Nevertheless, given the candidates is that what our votes will be?
If you believe the media it is a done deal -- we are jumping from the firing pan to only God knows where.

I believe our government need a good flush -- we are not getting our money's worth from the guys and gals in office today just look at the farm bill debacle – Congress cannot even follow its own procedures.

Yes, time to get mad and give them a good flush.