Pumps' Perplexities

I JUST HATE OLDE POLITICIANS.......Here are these
guys sitting in Congress just because of the "ranking"
and "power".......

They could not fly a commercial plane......They could not
be a train engineer, fireman or policeman, but yet they
sit in a office and control other people's lives.......

Their desire for "a battle on the floor" in a congressional
or senate fight has long gone......They just sit there for
their "vote"......They can not resign because that may
upset the "political party's apple cart"........

Remember Strom Thurman?.......He was "wheeled in"
in a wheelchair on to the floor of the US Senate just to
vote Yea or Nay........

I wish some of the olde farts in the US Government would
just, in General MacArthur's words, "fade away"........
They have money, medical insurance, statesman's status.....
Who needs the "power" when you are not olde enough
to properly use it?........Pumps