The day is December 21st, 2011, the longest day of the year, each year. The Holiday Season is upon the world and in the USA, people rush to and fro, looking for last-minute gifts for the places they go. The lights are every where, at least where they can afford to be, but what bothers me, is the darkness from some out there.  Yet, Tis The Season to be Jolly and all that good stuff, so I will try to be nice and not too rough.

     Americans will be paying more payroll taxes after the first of the year. The Senate and Congress decided to go home without a solution to any of it. The House Leader and his Republican partners in crime, decided once again, to let Americans pay the dime. Lets play political ping-pong with this bill and see if the Democrats will give in or if we can get the Senate to come back to Washington, DC this Christmas Season. Well, Mr. House Leader, they won’t come back because you force them to not want to come back. Your stubborn, idiotic and pushy, you want everything your own way and so does your party, and it can’t happen that way.

        Sadly, each day I see a man who was very lucky to become The House Leader, act like a greedy little child who believes his way is the only right way. The Republicans first say no we won’t vote to extend the payroll taxes, then get the Democrats to change them to fit what they want, then the Senate approves it for two months and now the Republicans say oh no, we want a full year extension. Wake up, if this is not political ping-pong then I am a frog.

      The Iraq War is ended for Americans now and sadly some of those same Americans, asked to fight in Iraq and protect Iraq are now being sent to the next dumbest war area on the planet Afghanistan. These people in Afghanistan hate America and it’s people and would rather see us wiped off the face of the earth, yet we go in and help them fight their war? Are we out of our minds?

        To close this today, I want to say, not all I do is Rave and Rant on such political items and pick on politicians. I write poetry sometimes and post it online, I write Short Stories of childhood days, holidays and more and post them for all to read. But, the biggest thing I do is acknowledge that the world may have all its wars, all it’s pain, all it’s hurts too, it may change with time and go on forever, yet we all don’t do we?

       So as the Holiday Season across the world is building to its big day on December 25th, here in the USA, many are ready for the big day. Children await the presents and toys, they all of a sudden become good girls and boys. The stocking are hung and the wreathes we can see, the lights at night can blind you and me.  On Christmas morning come sun, or snow, sleet or rain, the Holiday will remain. A Quiet will fall over the world,  and maybe for one brief second, we can all be good boys and girls!. So, I request from all who may read this and see, Let Peace be on Earth and goodwill to humanity, and may it last for longer than a day this time!.