A lot to talk about!

Back when I was in Lit 1001, I heard it explained to me in a variety of ways about build-ups, climaxes, plot twists, and dénouement/resolution. But as of late, I think this election is the most bizarre we have had in…well the…history of MANKIND!!!???

In his classically-cherished treatise of Florentine politics, Niccolo Machiavelli outlined and extolled the virtues of a strong, deceptive, and ruthless leader who would preferred to be feared over being loved. Only God Himself has ever been able to pull of both simultaneously for ages, but most humans know their limitations and opt for the latter for its pragmatism…

A while ago, I had a flaky friend with his head in the clouds. He was high on life, and made my ADD look like Zen. Unpredictable and erratic, his daily or weekly fancy was just whatever fit his whimsy or became the focus of his attention-getting mania. He would pensively gaze at the world through a lens of psuedo-intellectualism and bemused serendipity, noting what he perceived as cute little ironies of the world.

Russia is readily becoming the power we used to know it as. Whether it was one economic model or another, such as the pre-Bolshevik feudal system, communism, or the current government in place, we are dealing with the same nation…

“Getting more of something in short supply won’t alleviate pressure!” That has essentially been the Democrats’ new motto in the current energy squeeze. I would not call this crisis yet, though. There are no lines—yet . Good thing Pharaoh had Joseph to tap the grain reserves and not Pelosi.

Something that always annoyed me was retired mascots. Every time there are new Olympic Games here or there, advertisers bring to life a new and cutesy little mascot to embody the Olympic flame. And when the medals are won and people pack up and head home, these characters are forgotten and slink off to the file cabinets and cartoon graveyards. Election cycles are no different. Let me ask you the crux of this article: Where are the bridge metaphors of 2000?