As a mild mannered orange farmer, I have to admit that
although interesting at times, orange farming isn’t what I would call
exciting. No glamor, or glitz of the
spotlight, no hordes of reporters asking questions, and not a lot of people dropping by to shake
my hand to tell me what a great job I am doing for “the people”. So maybe I am not drawn in by the same
intoxicants like those who have bargained their way to “big stage” politics
like Anthony Weiner. And perhaps I just
don’t understand what it means to be so self important than to believe that I should
STILL be elected to office after having done what Mr. Weiner has done…for the
second time (that we know of). I guess
like most logical thinking people, and against my better judgment, I have to
try to make sense of this whole weird, creepy event that has taken hold of the
news media world and the “twittersphere” everywhere respectively. Now, I realize that what he did is obviously not a crime. And "no", he wasn't that "shadowy figure" on the grassy knoll that fateful day in Dallas, but you have to ask yourself…"O.K., now if I were a high
profile person with big political aspirations, like becoming mayor of New York
City, what could I possibly do to increase my chances for victory? Should I;
(A) Figure out how I could make life better for the lives of my future
constituents, (B) Look into getting some really big campaign contributions to
keep the race going, or (C) Take naked pictures of myself and
send them to young college age females and hope nobody finds out?" I know this wouldn’t seem like too tough a
question for MOST people, but for Mr. Weiner apparently the first two choices
were just too obvious to choose. I
don’t know…maybe it’s just me, but when did taking pictures of your “namesake”
become better campaign form than shaking hands and making unreal promises to
voters that you never intend to keep?
Granted, that maybe getting out the vote wasn’t the real
reason for the whole “sexting” fiasco.
Personally, it seems like Mr. Weiner is just a sad case of someone with
low self esteem who just does what he does regardless of the risk to anyone
else around him, including himself, and gosh, who wouldn’t want a city mayor
like that handling big life changing decisions?
And now we learn that the young lady, to whom he was sending the images
to, is now “cashing in” on her 15 minutes of fame (of which 14.5 of those minutes
are far too long). Gee…I guess nobody
saw that one coming! That’s right folks,
to add insult to the injury that Mr. Weiner and the news media have inflicted on
the American consciousness, the girl has now done an “adult video” which is now
up on the internet for all to see…for a price of course.
I am not sure where all the madness is going to end for
Weiner, the woman, or the media that has had more than a “field day” with the
subject. I am a believer that in some cases where as Neil Young (et al.) put
it…”it’s better to burn out than to fade away.” I think what we are dealing
with here is a case where maybe it would be best for all involved to do both, and very
quickly!
For what it’s worth, my dachshund has more self respect.
I’ll just let that one sink in.
Thanks for reading…
I’ll see you (fully clothed) in the groves,
Farmer Tony
