Instant Karma

Excuse me for a second, I just wanna open up the window and sing, O.K.? Thank you. Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna knock you right on the head You better get yourself together Pretty soon you're gonna be dead Ahhh. That felt good. And, I have to tell you, it’s a feeling that’s been a stranger in my life for quite some time, especially if you’re a progressively-minded masochist who reads the news to see how the idiots in the White House are screwing us over. But not lately. It’s another day, and there’s another new scandal in Washington that won’t go away. “Our” President’s Teflon is wearing thin, I guess. The trial of “Scooter” Libby that resulted in a “Guilty” verdict, the horrific Walter Reed tragedy that has already caused three generals to resign, Alberto Gonzales–-man, the hits just keep on coming. Still, what else should we expect from The Administration That Couldn’t Govern Straight? Ruthless? Sure. Used to having their way? Uh-huh. Consumed by a vainglorious hubris and petty-minded malice? Yep. Smart? Hm, no. If they were smart, they would have remembered that old truism about “be good to the people you meet on the way up, because they’ll be the same people you’ll meet on the way down." If you ask me, what’s fueling this frenzy of investigations are all the guys Georgie (My Pet Goat) Bush, “Darth” Cheney, and Mr.Turd Blossom have brutally victimized over the years. You don’t think there’s a few ex-CIA spooks, pissed-off journalists, retired generals, humiliated diplomats and disgraced politicians waiting their turn to drop a dime and to savor a big bowl of cold Klingon soup? Hmm hmmm, tasty. Of course, it helps when the public is ready to hear the truth. And when foreclosures are up, when gas prices are up, the number of corporations downsizing is up, when bankruptcies are up, when medical expenses are up, and college tuition is up, maybe propaganda vehicles like Fox News becomes increasingly more irrelevant when it gets harder for Mr. and Mrs. Sixpack to pay their bills. I don’t think most Americans care about Monica (“Deep Throat”) Lewinsky anymore. Now, there are a few purists out there who are outraged by the idea that for all the heinous crimes this administration has done (Iraq, Katrina, Medicare Plan ‘D’, No Child Left Behind), it took some e-mails and incriminating paperwork to finally reveal that The President Has No Clothes. "Huh? Bush is gonna be busted because some faceless bureaucrat forgot to hit the 'Delete' key? It's not big enough! Waaah." It's like being disappointed because Hannibal Lector is captured in a CVS because he wanted to buy Sudafed for his sinus infection. Who cares? Personally, it’s like when I heard the news about serial killer and part-time cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer getting killed in prison. Or Al Capone getting busted for tax evasion. Or Slobodan Milosevic dying in his cell of a heart attack. Good. If I’m looking for justice in an imperfect world and that’s the way the karma goes down, I’ll take it. After all, beggars can’t be choosers. Did somebody say “Impeachment”? Payback is a bitch, ain’t it? You know, I feel like singing again: Instant karmas gonna get you Gonna look you right in the face Better get yourself together darlin Join the human race... Yo, Alberto! How's that noose? A little snug, huh?