Keeping up with politics is TAXING

I have been trying to blog for the last week and a half now on some pretty major topics. It's been so long ago now that I hope I can remember everything I want to say. There is just not enough time in the day is there?

First and foremost, I would just like to say that Slumdog Millionaire is one of my new favorite movies of ALL time. Don't worry, I won't give anything away, but this story, tragic, yet triumphant is one that will tug on your heart strings. If you have a heart.

On to more important topics . . . our government. Today, like every other day, I perused the Web searching for information. Well, maybe I was being a bit nosey. I was trying to find out what my government, my president, his cabinet were up to. I came across an article on MSNBC. It was as if it was hidden underneath all the MAJOR happenings of the world as if someone was trying to sweep something dirty under a rug so no one would notice it.The title read: Obama absolutely stands by Daschle at HHS. I'm like okay, cool . . . and I may be a little late, but what the heck are we talking about here? I click on the link, it redirects me to the article and I begin reading. Folks all I read was "failing to pay more than $120,000 in taxes" followed by "President Barack Obama said he was "absolutely" sticking with his nominee for health secretary". Then I thought . . . Oh boy. Here we go again. Here we go again. Should scandal once again interfere with the fact that someone needs to be chosen for the job. I mean are we to negate the fact that Tom Daschle is completely qualified, maybe even a little overqualified to do the job. I mean, he worked in the Senate for a number of years and bounced back and forth between majority and minority leader. I mean he should be well equipped to take on the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services, right? I mean it's not rocket science. It may be pretty darn close, but it can't be as easy . . . as say . . . paying your taxes once a year, around the same time every year. I mean if I forget to pay my taxes does that qualify me to be a candidate for a position in Pres O's cabinet? I mean last week it was Tim Geithner, now it's the Big O's pick for Secretary of the HHS. What next? And how the hell do you forget to pay $120,000 in taxes? Dems you better get it together or there will be another "A" scare and I'm not talking about anthrax . . . more like starts with a, ends with holes. Excuse my French. God bless America.

* UPDATE - Daschle withdraws as HHS nominee