The Pinball Wizard has a tremendous amount of physical challenges and yet is still able to master his craft because he had no distractions; could not see the flashing lights, hear the buzzers buzz or the bells ring.
We are about to swear in a president whose biggest challenge is ignorance exacerbated by narcissism. His existence is one big distraction filled with rage, fear and hate, having sworn vengeance on all that opposed him. Does not seem to me to be the best way to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, make healthcare and affordable education to our citizens and see that no child in our nation goes to bed hungry. It is a great way to widen the economic disparity and crush the middle class and ignore the needy while our national debt turns us into a second, possibly third world nation.
We Boomers loved the Rock-Opera “Tommy” and watched with dread the first performance of “Donny.” We thought it was over but there were no new ideas so the producers brought it back for another four-year run. Let’s hope the theater can withstand another performance fraught with ignorance and narcissism. I can’t imagine what the tickets are going to cost us but it will be soul-crushing.
Enjoy!