Monday Morning Hot Take...

Folk #1: I am an Excitable Boy. Just like Warren Zevon. But this morning, I am sipping my coffee, doing my best to stay cool, calm, collected. You know, clear-eyed, grounded, level-headed, looking for Intelligent Life on the Planet. Surprised by the on-going "idiocy & barbarity of my fellow Human Beings." So my hot take isn't all that hot. Maybe this new war in the Middle East is just one grand social experiment, meant to trigger a Global Meltdown? You know, popping the balloon just to make noise? Intiated by one foolish, man, criminal in nature, well beyond the pale of any sensibility or rationality. Let's step back for a minute and remind ourselves of one good rule for better living: "Don't mess with shit you don't know." But in order live by that code, you have to be smart enough to know what you don't know, and disicplined enough to know when to shut up and sit down. Our present dire cirmcumstance, this vast moment of uncertainty & chaos, is the result you get when one man refuses to shut up & sit down. Think of this Presidency as a deadly experiment that asks the question: "What happens when we break everything, all at once?"