This past Thursday, it finally being a sunny day here in Southern California, I stopped by the car wash to get the deluxe treatment for my machine. It had been a while and the vehicle was looking a tad ragged. I buy books of ten washes in order to save on this little extravagance. There are lots of little touches with the "fancy" wash job.
This means, of course, a long sit in the outdoor waiting area. I had just stopped at the Post Office to pick up my mail, so I was opening that and seeing if there was anything needing immediate attention.
In the waiting area, there is a television of sorts with a split screen. Half the screen shows billboard type advertisements. The other half shows CNN. This voice kept intruding into my thoughts. I kept thinking, "Who is this imbecile speaking?"
I looked up at the screen. Lo and behold, it was George W. Bush, the pretender to the Presidency. Mind you, I had never before heard him speak.
While I have a television set, that set is not hooked up to any external sources. I cannot get broadcast television where I live. Cable costs over $100 per month for basic, which I think is extravagant and not worth the money. I have a DVD player and a VCR. It's been this way since 1997.
I write this diary merely to pass along a thought to those of you who have been listening to him for years.
He was so stupid that he diverted my attention from a task that I was rather enjoying. I enjoy opening my mail, seeing who's written, and scanning the tables of contents of magazines. Yet this moron (for there is no other word) pulled my attention away from a pleasurable task because he was just so damned annoying in his ignorance. It was enough to make a Mennonite violent.
For those of you who might have a second thought from time to time or who might be inured to this phenomenon by now, your impressions of his mental abilities are, sadly, correct in the extreme.