We are such shitheads...

...people...

We're all so goddamned calloused toward each other...

We do it so long...we just become kinda shitheads...

And there's no way forward but by acknowledging that...

And why are we so shitty to one another?...

Because someone...many people...were shitty to us...

And so our children will say when asked why they're so shitty to one another...and to us...

And so will their children...

And their children...

Unless we take responsibility for it...

And you know what's shittiest about our behavior?...

That we're tempted to just blow it all off...

To just pretend like we're not as shitty as we really are...

Because to be better just seems so hard...

What fuckin' pussies we all are...

It's just so hawd to be betta...

And so the cycle continues...

Until we acknowledge just how shitty we treat one another...

All in the name...of being treated better...much of the time...

And that is exactly what makes us so goddamned shitty...the self-centeredness of it all...

Because the truth is...most people...think more about being treated better...than treating others better...

What shitheads we all are...

And yet...

The only way out of this mess...

Is to face it...acknowledge it...and love ourselves and forgive ourselves despite it...

Because treating ourselves and others even shittier...

Is what got us in the mess in the first place...

Fundamentally...there are two choices...

Either keep being shitheads...

Or acknowledge what shitheads we often are...love ourselves and forgive ourselves despite our shittiness...

And move forward...

Those are -- fundamentally -- our two choices...

And the most fundamental choice we will likely make in our lives...

Have a good weekend, everyone...

Love,
Ben

I have to admit...

'Can I quit now?' FEMA chief wrote as Katrina raged

Things are not looking good for Michael Brown's competence, at this point...

His emails are flip...and out-of-touch...he does seem much more interested in his wardrobe than events on the ground during Katrina...he just seems not ready for that job, at all, really...

The Democratic and liberal efforts to get the Administration led me to take their defense during that time...I still think that people need to be far more constructive and far less on the attack as they were during that crisis...which made it worse, much of the time, rather than better...

But newsflash for liberals and Democrats:

Going after the Administration as a general rule undermines even credible criticisms of the Administration...stop being assholes...be more honest and fair...and you will be listened to when the shit hits the fan...

In the meantime...Michael Brown and Ray Nagin both look like they had no clue how to handle a major disaster...though, interestingly enough, I heard no criticism from Democratic quarters of New Orleans' Democratic mayor Ray Nagin who did a miserable job of leading during that crisis...

Partisan politics is such bullshit...and this is just one of the many million ways that it fucked up a really important government responsibility...

Partisans and chicken-littles the world round need to finally get a clue...attacking the opposition relentlessly does not work...nor does signalling catastrophe around every corner...it undermines your credibility...especially when you are right...knuckleheads...

My parents say that they have not lost any money on their efforts to resettle folks from Katrina at their hotel in Dallas...which is good...they and others have donated enough to cover costs and at least break even...which is good...they were just starting to make profit on that hotel...so it would have sucked to edge backwards on that...

Thanks to everyone who made a constructive effort to help those displaced by Katrina, Rita, and Wilma...and no thanks to Democratic and liberal partisans...who made responding to those crises far more difficult, not easier, with they're narrow-minded power gambles...assholes...

Love,
Ben