I have an idea.

How about next time we elect a President who knows that governments can’t be run like a fucking corporation, okay? Somebody who maybe understands that the US Presidency ain’t no ‘reality TV’ show. You know: a person with integrity, morals, many years of public service, and perhaps prior experience in several substantive government positions. Someone with real-live family values. Ya think?

I’m sure there’s someone in this Godforsaken country who fits the bill…right? But no, the American people prefer a pathological liar and failed businessman utterly devoid of any morals or ethical compass. They want a guy who never held public office; a functionally illiterate sexual predator/pedophile. That’s who they’d rather have as their leader.

Which proves once again that most Americans are total assholes.

Then we send that reprobate around the world to make us all look like jackasses. For fucks sake, this country is being run by second-rate wannabe celebrities, Keystone Cop cartoon criminals and bloodthirsty warmongers. We now have President Boris Badenov and first lady Natasha Fatale. This is the kind of Lunacy which appeals to the morons who actually vote; but then they wonder what the fuck happened when these totally unqualified buffoons have no idea how to govern.

And then they realize that cartoon characters aren’t real. Holy shit!

The Problem is that in these dark times, humor and satire have withered on the vine and are rotting on polluted ground. We have fully entered Bizarro World and the doors have slammed shut behind us. The worst thing I could have imagined has come to pass and I fear there is even worse to come. It’s virtually impossible to maintain a sense of humor when our leaders might as well be wearing big red clown noses and tooting fog horns.

This is an era utterly devoid of quality. In Bizarro World, “entertainment” usually means escaping into comic-book superheros or some sort of undead, robot or fairytale based plot (crammed with maximum violence). When Social Media is the primary source for news and last night’s talk show hosts’ monologues are the top story on the morning “news” – you can hardly expect people to recognize humor without a specific cue; like the TV shows performed in front of a ‘live studio audience’ with the “Laugh” and “Applause” signs lighting up at the appropriate times.

Humans are easy enough to train.  Just like dogs.