9-29-2013
Hello and welcome
again to Cos’ blog. I know it’s been a while since I’ve graced you readers with
my thoughts and ideas……But it has been a rather eventful month in the “real
world” for me. Mostly a bunch of melodrama with being unemployed to employed
again and trying to transition between the two while keeping the bills
paid…….mostly it doesn’t work these days and I’m really struggling to get some
meaning behind it all. That aside, the world around me hasn’t been without
inspiration for the ol’ cos treatment. I thought this would be a great forum to
talk about some recent events in the political world. One event, which made the
news waves, struck a chord in my heart and mind and I was driven to write about
it. It was during the recent events surrounding the mess going on in Syria.
Our own leadership
was doing a fanatical “pee-pee” dance around the issue to impose a sense of
urgency over what decision to make, and then halted, abruptly, mid step for
some heated “party line” grand standing. It was almost an embarrassment to have
our country’s internal drama played out for the entire world to see. It was
like a famous young performer, daughter of some dude who was famous a long time
ago, getting on stage at a major award show, and completely debasing herself
and her reputation for an audience of millions………….Yep, I went there!
My focus here isn’t
on the misbehavior of giddy dilettantes, or Ms. Cyrus’s foolishness on stage. Shortly
after the debates and opinion polls started to get heavy over the Syria issue,
we received a letter from an old buddy. A letter, addressing all Americans, was
posted in The New York Times from the president of Russia, Mr. Vladimir Putin
himself. Good old Vlad, he wanted to know how the wife and kids were doing,
right. He wanted to know if the dog was still messing on the rug………..No, not
quite. He started off by getting almost sentimental over how long it’s been
since we all talked. Call me crazy, but I’ve never had open communication with
the guy. Then again, I have hit my head quite a few times in my day, and I am
getting a little older. The memory fades a bit……but no never had a sit down
with ya, Mr. Vlad.
After he enlightened
us to the fact the United States, and Russia were friends during WW2, he
reminded us that we were enemies during the Cold War. This was my first point
of contention with Putin’s little essay contest entry……He mentioned the Cold
War. He forgets that his side wasn’t the singular country of Russia, but
several countries the Russians had subjugated for resources and territory. A
conglomerate known at the time as the Soviet Union stood against the United
States during those dark years. The Op-Ed, as it was called, went on to
highlight the urgency of the situation in Syria. Putin stressed the importance
of doing the right thing, and how the decisions of war and peace need to be
thought out and developed in a consensus. Putin Mentioned that these were the
exact things the United Nations Security Council were developed for. These
statements alone are very thought provoking, and make the guy seem likeable in
a way. I mean, here is a world leader really wanting to step strong for peace
across the globe in our time, right?
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
There was a certain edge between the lines of some of the other things he
said. Putin mentioned the wrong move in
Syria would Lead to more violent outbreaks, and attacks. This is where I really
got fired up because it sounds like the guy wanted the American people to feel
intimidated. Growing up a bit “nerdish” as I did, I was no stranger to bullies.
I’ve been pushed around enough to know when somebody starts telling you about
all the bad things that could happen if certain events don’t unfold correctly
they imply that they will somehow be the cause of the bad things. This just seemed too obvious like he thought
he was getting over on the Americans, or like he just didn’t care. If given the
chance, I’d love to ask Comrade Putin if an attempt at intimidation was really
his intent. Oh and one other little add
on to this little ballet of political reality T.V……….a few days afterwards,
while all the media “expert” analysts were waxing hyper intellectual over the
whole thing……they start airing video of Mr. Vlad horseback riding in the
country. He’s riding with a close friend and he’s got his shirt off. Was this yet another attempt to intimidate,
or Putin’s audition footage for the Russian musical version of Brokeback
Mountain? Well that’s all I’ve got for now. Thanks a lot for letting me share
my thoughts and opinions with you. Hey if I suddenly disappear, or wind up in
some horrible accident, maybe my own little essay here struck a chord with
somebody somewhere. If not, I’ll talk
with ya next time. Please, rate comment, and share this post. Thanks
Cos
