Letter of resignation to the Friars’ Club: “I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.” Groucho Marx. I have reached that point with the Republican party and was never dumb enough to be a Democrat. I suspect a lot of people share my sentiments. It is getting so bad the Republican leadership doesn’t want to be associated with the rank and file. The Democrats are in the same boat.

Lok at some of the current scandals floating around. Who will defend these idiots? Who would want to? We are starting to see disunity within both parties. This is a positive thing and must be encouraged. My suspicion is that each of critters I picked out have blocks of supporters who are part of the whole. Party leaders do not want to alienate these specialized blocks of supporters for fear of losing them.

Joe-Barton-confirms-apologizes-for-nude-selfie-going-around. This is a self-inflicted wound. A career politician decides to post a naked selfie in order attract women. Joe! Look at the picture again, you are using the wrong bait. Joe has done nothing illegal but is somebody whose stomach hangs out further than his dickey-doo, proudly posting pictures, and not seeing a problem inherent in that activity, capable of representing the voters of Texas? 

Next, we have Harvey Weinstein. Harvey has been through enough casting couches to stock a Levitz Furniture Store.  At this point, over eighty women have accused Harvey of rape, sexual harassment, unwanted touching and indecent exposure. That many complaints mean Harvey, you ain’t any good at this, find another hobby, like stamp collecting. It is people like Harvey that give serial rapists a bad name.

What can you say about Al Franken, the unfunniest comedian you will ever see. He has one gag, learned it the fourth grade. Back then he found bras stuffed with Kleenex tissues and sox. Now, he finds real bobs and it kills the whole routine.

Al, it really wasn’t funny in the fourth grade. We thought you would outgrow it, we were wrong.

Rep John Conyers deserves our thoughts and prayers. His long faithful marriage was cast asunder when the Federal Government his wife to Club Fed.With too much time on his hands he soon found himself in the arms of another. She’ll be eighteen soon and will be able to sign contracts and non-disclosure agreements

That leaves us with the first couple of crime Blow Job Bill, the Serial Rapist and is enabler Hillary. When it comes to criminal conspiracy for personal enrichment while in office, these two wrote the book. They don’t seem to understand what every tin pot dictator knows. When it is over, it is over, take the money and run.

When I was in High School, in the last Century I read Catch-22, written by Jospeh Heller. It is the story of an American Army Air Force Captain, name Yossarian. Yossarian tries to make sense put in some coherent order the events he observes. He is unable to grasp efficiency of an inefficient process called war. Even when his friends tell him the secret, show him the glue that holds things together, Yossarian is unable to grasp the concept. From the book:

CATCH-22

Yossarian, “You mean there’s a catch?”

“Sure there’s a catch,” Doc Daneeka replied. “Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn’t really crazy.”

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to, he was sane and had to. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.

I have read Catch-22 several times since high school. In the mid-eighties, after six years in police work and beginning as a new Sergeant, I read it again. Chorus of Angels, naked Greek guy running down the street shouting Eureka! I throw stones at Ralph Peters. Here it is the ultimate management text, bar none! Read the above paragraph again, now apply it to your organization, all is revealed, the mist is swept away, and it is all so clear.

Fifty years later Catch-22 is part of the language: plural catch-22’s or catch-22s

So many Congresscritters, and their ilk, so little time. Use their obvious moral failings and the party faithful rise up in defense for fear the lack of those values by the accused will paint the party with the same brush. Putting Joe Barton in the same category as Carlos Danger starts the argument about the degree.

Joe Barton (R) Texas

Carlos liked fifteen-year-olds and offered a clear unobstructed view. Barton claims his audience of adult females had the same chance of seeing his genitalia as he did, none, since it was enclosed in folds of fat. For failure to use a selfie stick or a photographer and thus rendering a poorly composed picture of his fat flaccid junk even more disgusting is removed from legislative duties and sentenced to wander the Banks of Barton Springs and Hippie Hollow for an eternity.

Harvey Weinstein

Harvey is consistent, if anything else, he is a scumbag to one and all without exception. He entered into eighty, and counting, Faustian bargains without a single satisfied customer as an outcome. No more deal making, ever.

AL Franken

Al Franken has been wearing the same glasses and pulling the same gags since fourth grade. They were as out of style and un-funny then and remain so today. New material won’t help, forty years of the same bullshit, show that he is. incapable of change. Give him a cardigan sweater, send him to PBS; introducing the new Mr. Rogers.

John Conyers

At least there are no pictures (yet) of Conyers genitalia floating around. I expect politicians to steal, its called overhead. Conyers finds new sources to steal from and points to his discovery as a money saving device.

John Conyer has been in Congress so long he forgot the first rule of a politician, DENY! Accused of sexual harassment, he took funds from another account and first claimed he didn’t pay, then claimed he paid from the seperate fund to save money. He violated one of the oldest advisories in the book,”Once you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made.

Somebody tell Blow Job Bill that George Bush, the first, has got a pretty good gig grabbing ass from his wheelchair. Half the problem solved. Hillary could try throwing Franken and Weinstein under the bus. Being a strong woman politician and a target for the lusts of Franken and Weinstein was just too much for anybody to take.

It should be obvious that Congress has no standards governing conduct, except one; “Thou shall not get caught.” They got caught. It may not be an ideal solution but he current crop of jaded hacks cannot be bothered to lie convincingly. A new crop might accidentally come up with a fresh idea while looting the office of his predecessor looking for the petty cash. It’s worth a shot.