WHAT A JOKE

Daylight Saving Time. What a joke. I just don't get it, okay? Who ever came up with such a stupid idea? The time is what it is. Monkeying around it it is the nuttiest idea I've ever heard. And the madness keeps speading. My own state of Indiana is the latest to fall victim to the screwy rationale.

I'm not very political. I love my president, I support the war, I vote in every election, but that's about the extent of it. I'm not one to argue politics unless you cast slurs on my president or our soldiers. But when the governor that I supported began to ram DST down our throats, I took action. I emailed every congressman and state senator. I groused about it to everyone I know. The responses from the state legislature assured me it wouldn't pass because the majority of their constituents were opposed to it.

I relaxed. I was wrong. When the vote came up, the bums PASSED IT! So guess what? I'm going to vote against every single one of the legislature who didn't listen to their districts. Needless to say, I won't be voting for Daniels again either. For one thing, his rationale is just insane. He said it would help our economy. Hello? Did he ever look at the states that still don't change their clocks? Someone should tell Arizona they can't grow if they don't follow the crowd like a bunch of mindless lemmings. Arizona is booming. And now that they're still smart enough not to give in to peer pressure, it's another good reason for us to move there.

So I'm mourning the passing of sanity in my state this morning. This will be the last time the DST change occurs where our clocks remain nice and stable. And I hope enough Hoosiers wake up and vote against a governor who doesn't listen to the people who voted him into office. Next time around I'm going to ask more questions rather then just if the guy is a Republican.

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