Political Pollution

The wise say politics is a dirty game we must learn to play, from Washington to workplace.

But if it's so dirty, why don't we treat it like anything else that pollutes our environment? Let's change it over for something sustainable. What we really want is not politics but governance.

Political campaigns and games are only a grand show for the candidates to exhibit their gladiatorial skills, to cut each other to pieces in public and private as proof of their ability to govern. But barbaric combat proves no such thing; it is relevant to organized crime, not the task of governing a civilization.

The wise say you can't have governance without politics, and to think otherwise is utopian.

Ah, these wise realists. They always remind me of how it's impossible to have food without pollution. Yes, please, I'd like an order of mashed potatoes, with a nice bowl of MSG on the side, thanks.

Too bad organic agriculture is sweeping across the world at lightning speed. It's so unwise.