REGURGITATIONS

     So tonight a friendly, kind, likable young man sidled up to me prior to the comedy contest beginning at our local comedy club.   He had performed the prior night in the competition and failed to advance.   I had witnessed his performance first hand.   This young man had seen me perform once and evidently this garnered his respect.   In fact prior to going on the previous night he had asked me for last minute advice and I simply told him, “Forget it’s a competition.   Simply have fun and enjoy the experience.”   I knew he was new to comedy so he had little chance of advancing.   This was his first time under the lights on the big stage.   His set could not have gone much worse.   He was energetic and projected confidence yet his five minutes did not produce a single genuine laugh.   It was one of those performances which was painful to watch.   As I scanned the audience from the back of the room you could sense confusion and a smidge of resentment on the part of the audience

      American citizens are in a dysfunctional relationship with our government.   We love America but we are not IN LOVE with American government.   Yet we still keep going back to them no matter how much harm, pain and death they bring to us.   Even when we break up with one, we immediately find another who brings us the same pain and suffering.         Some of us lie down and give up feeling there is nothing we can do.   We feel our actions will make no difference.   We choose not to vote.   Others get angry and fight but we do not fight those who cause our suffering… we fight others.   We project our anger and resentment on THEM.   We blame THEM for our situation.   American citizens are in a dysfunctional, abusive relationship with a drunken, violent Uncle Sam.       We do not learn from the past.   We keep repeating the same mistakes.   We ignore the red flags of a bad relationship…the lies, the misrepresentations, the bad associations, the repeated poor judgment