For those of you not in the know Dan Quayle was the media darling of the early 90's. Of course, this really wasn't a good thing for him because he became famous for being a complete idiot. Then again, saying a politician is an idiot is a tired repetition of an already-known fact of life. The event that probably sealed the deal for the re-election campaign of the Bush-Quayle ticket occurred during an elementary-school spelling bee, attended by the Vice President as a photo-op. As the kid was writing the word "potato" on the board, Quayle urged the poor child to add an "e" at the end, despite the fact that he was holding the goddamn card with the word spelled on it. It's this sort of genius that makes you feel secure about the leadership of your own nation.

For any of you who have followed the old TV series Murphy Brown, he was a constant figure of satire and ridicule, and probably for good reason. Quayle previously came under heavy fire after an admonishing speech about family values and Murphy Brown. Apparently, his issue was the fact that she was a single mother and decided to raise the child without a father. While the role of the father can be helpful for a child's development, it probably isn't very wise to lambast people who like to find their own value outside the boundaries of relationships and marriage. This is even a dumber move since the womens' sufferage movement allowed this section of American society to vote. Besides, children are pretty fucked up with both parental figures anyway. What these people fail to realize is that the gender and number of parents is completely inconsequential to children, it's the quality of the parenting that matters the most. There are plenty of single mothers and single fathers that can have well-adjusted children.

What's the most disturbing thing is how invasive the government has gotten in regards to people's personal lives. These public figures keep on telling us how to run our lives when they don't seem to be doing a very good job with theirs, or even running the country which is their goddamn job title.

Don't even get me started on the oil crisis. Maybe people should rise up and storm DC, because obviously the current set of people have royally fucked the citizens of this country. Ironically, there's a nice passage about this sort of thing in the Declaration of Independence.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

I promise something funny in the next entry. Or something. May I never get political again.