Do Something Productive for a Change

Unless you are running for office, giving your attention to the daily goings-on of our elected leaders provides most of us little of use except fodder for arguments. Getting into shouting matches with people of different political leanings makes as much sense as  standing outside, shaking your fist at the sky and screaming, "Don't rain!" 

Say you hate Joe Biden. Or you love Joe Biden. Who cares? The only time it matters is in the voting booth, and we are a long way off from that. Yet many people lacking imagination continue to argue, mostly online, about what the Democrats should do or not do and what the Republicans should do or not do, and what if Trump runs again and what if Biden keels over and that idiot becomes the president.

None of that matters a whit unless you are a seated member of the government, and even then not so much. For example, Clarence Thomas is our longest-serving Justice on the Supreme Court, and a black man to boot, and nobody gives a hoot about him! So why not turn off all the arguing and do something productive for yourself and others? 

You could start with cleaning out your closet and donating the clothes you never wear anymore to a charitable organization. Or volunteer at an animal clinic or hospice or food bank. Or clean out your kitchen cabinets. Just stop wasting your dwindling time arguing politics with people who have no power to enact change. This is exactly how my husband's distant cousins and nephews spend the lion's share of their days. That, and eating. They are all very fat, further proving that they lack power even over themselves.