Musings from Mexico

This isn't a strictly political blog post, though the inspiration for it came from a conversation with a taxi driver in Zihuatanejo, Mexico about a recent election. Our taxi driver was a very nice gentleman somewhere in his late forties or early fifties, though it has always been hard for me to put an age to people from other countries. My husband asked him if there was an election coming up, as there were banners up all over the place. The driver informed us that the election had past and that the man with the yellow signs won. When my husband asked him if that was a good thing, his responde was: "Who knows! He made so many promises, like they all do. But no one ever follows through with them."

I think these sentiments could be uttered in just about any country in the whole world. Politicians are politicians. Everyone who goes into politics has an agenda, whether or not they are honest about it. "Civilians" who go into politics generally aren't too much different then the politicians. In general, I worry about them as much as the "professionals" because I wonder if they are power hungry or if they really know what they are doing. At least the politicians generally have some idea about the job ahead.

I am an optimist, and I guess I don't like to think that even the wildest promises are made knowing that they cannot be kept. I like to think that the people making the promises are just ignorant or what they will be capable of doing once in office. Ignorance isn't too much better than blatant lying, but at least it's not intentional.

The point of this post (as I said at the beginning) isn't political. Politics are just one thing that bond us as humans. Societies face many of the same problems, and many problems are handled in the same ways. Are there differences? Sure, but I think at it's core, humanity is humanity. To say that any one race is different or superior or lazy or anything out of the ordinary (because we are all equally out of the ordinary), is ridiculous and ignorant and politics is just one more proof of that.

And by the way, if you are ever looking for a beautiful, warm, sunny destination where you can relax and just enjoy a vacation, Zihuatanejo is the most beautiful place I have ever been (yes, I think it beats out Broome, Australia, the previous holder of this distiction). It's not the cheapest place, but it is stunning and the people are so friendly and it is just a great environment! We'll definitely be coming back!

Christopher Lee

What is it about men in positions of power that makes them think they are invincible? Christopher Lee is just the latest of a long line of men who have been caught with their proverbial pants down. Does the power go to their head? Or more appropriately, their penis?

If you haven't heard about Christopher Lee, yet, OPEN A NEWSPAPER! Turn on the news! He's all over it! Apparantly, he went into the "women seeking men" section of Craigslist and started exchanging emails with a women. In these emails, he describes himself as a 39-year-old lobbying and a "fit and classy guy". When pointedly asked if he was divorced, he said yes. He even had the nerve to say that the last woman he dated wasn't "as advertised"! Did he think this woman was too stupid to find him out? After doing a quick google search of his name, she discovered that he was in fact 46, A CONGRESSMAN and MARRIED! DOH! And check out the pic he sent her:

Seriously?! THAT'S the kind of pic you send to extra-marrital lady friends?! Nice muscles, pal! And then a second later he let out his breath that he had been holding and his whole body dropped five inches!

So then TWO HOURS after it hits the news, what does he do? RESIGNS! Oh no, he's not guilty! Not at all! It was all a lie! Someone hacked his email! HAHAHAHAHAHA! What a joke! My question is: what is out there right now that makes this picture and whole story look like child's play? Because seriously? You wouldn't resign if this was all. This is a pretty pathetic story compared to Spitzer's a few years back! And it took him TWO DAYS to resign! And he was sleeping with prostitutes! $1000/hour prostitutes! Lee just sent a lame picture to some woman and he resigns after two hours!

*head shake*

Wow.

The next few weeks should be interesting...