Thursday, April 25, 2013

Ulcers



I think it was David Sarnoff (among many) who once said, “I don’t get ulcers.  I give them.”  Even though ulcers are now recognized as being most often caused by a bacteria (see: WebMD) and are usually curable, it appears that many in our society are still exhibiting severe dyspepsia ... see: Americans Snapping.  Apart from listing most of the symptoms, manifestations, and palliatives for our society’s current stress levels, this posting offers an interesting insight: 
Make no mistake: This sort of stress on Americans is not only intentional on the part of Team Obama – it is strategic. Remember, these people are revolutionaries (that is, engaged in “bringing about a major or fundamental change,” …) and utterly committed to replacing one societal structure – America’s constitutional, limited-government, free-enterprise system – with another – a socialist, wealth-redistributionist system run by an all-powerful government. 
I myself have sometimes had this very thought when I realize what appears to be our current administration’s irrational and/or extra-Constitutional actions (giving ulcers).  I hope I need not list them here, but take a few moments to reflect on what has recently caused you to stop and scratch your cranium or churn your stomach.  Or try reading The Drudge Report for a few weeks and see if you can’t construct your own extensive list.  Unless you agree with the direction Obama is taking this country, you probably might also need some psychiatric drugs or “medical” marijuana. (Is this why such new state laws are often succeeding at the polls?)

What else might one do?  Rather than buying Maalox or vodka by the barrel-full, you could try my solution and start political ranting on your own Internet blog … it does help.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks. This one gave me a chuckle. Inadvertently, you have succinctly diagnosed the psychosis of right wing ranters. Driven to madness and paranoia by Drudge, Limbaugh et al, conservatives are in a tizzy because that they cannot field a candidate that is able convince the electorate that He would do a better job.

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  2. You, kind sir, are confusing charisma with competence. I think even you could do a better job than that bozo we have in the White House now. (I also see that you appear to relieve your gastric angst by kibbutzing on this blog.)

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  3. Perhaps you mean't "kibitz" as in "offering unwelcome advice." Fine. Obviously, my witty and thoughtful perspective is not appreciated here. I quit.

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  4. I guess I can only chalk it up to an idiotic spellchecker. Sorry to see you go. (You forgot your baseball.)

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