Clearing Up the Confusion

Everyone seems to know a lot of things about a lot of things I know very little about. For example, exactly who is the Dalai Lama? And why is he the Dalai Lama, and if that's his title, what's his name? And why did they make it so close to the word "llama" and also to the name Dolly Parton, not to mention Dolly the cloned sheep? And he is not American but Tibetan, yet he is revered by so many Americans, the very same people who scoff at acupuncture and herbal medicine yet embrace yoga and meditation, and pizza with cheese-stuffed crust. And if he's the 14th one of these guys, what's so very special about him? And how can he have a Facebook page and a website and still be a spiritual leader? Does he tweet too?

Also confusing is the whole Libya-Benghazi affair, and especially Susan Rice, who is now working for our government as an ambassador and lied to the world about that rioting/YouTube video thing but is being considered as Secretary of State despite those lies, which sort of reminds me of Timothy Geithner who cheated on his taxes but became the Secretary of Treasury anyway. Ironic enough? Finally, I am confused by the "fiscal cliff." A cliff is a steep, high rock face that runs along the seashore, so is our economy about to fall into a body of water, and if so, is it the Atlantic or the Pacific? And why can't they just call it something else, that whole cliff thing is like a mixed metaphor if you ask me.

At the end of the day, I would feel a lot better about things if it were spelled "Dolly Lomma" and he lived in this country, and if they just said we have financial problems, and if the head of the IRS were honest. If you will.