As this country careens toward socialism, I got to thinking about the Starbucks Crowd that runs our government. These dumb ass politicos have no earthly idea what I think. More importantly, they really don't give a damn what I think. Nor what my neighbors think, nor what any non-apparatchik individual in the United States thinks. They sip their Starbucks (just gotta have my Starbucks to get going), twiddle their goddam Blackberries and run from meeting to meeting with other numb nuts politicos. As you might have picked up in the news, there is a sentiment among the government pigs (all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others) that we ought to have a tax on sugar sweetened soft drinks. Very politically correct, dontcha know. After all, its a settled science that sugar sweetened soft drinks cause obesity. Well, I just got enough pissed off to have a look at Starbucks coffee products. The photo is a screen grab from their web site. You will notice that their overpriced snotty concoctions are way more that the 150 calories in a sugar sweetened soda pop. Additionally, quite a few of those calories are fat calories. OK, so here it is. Why aren't these guys working on a tax on Starbucks drinks? This ain't rocket science. The answer is simple: NIMBY. Same thing for windmills off the coast on Nantucket in Ted Kennedy's (RIP) back yard. Wind energy is good, but not in my back yard. Have you ever seen a wind farm. Not very beautiful. A bunch of mechanical monstrosities destroying the landscape view.

SO what is the point of all this. Heck, I don't know. I am starting to feel more now than ever that we are about to lose our United States. Check this out:From 1948.