SENATORS GOING AROUND THE BEND

A group of Senators has urged the FDA to ban the sale of flavored cigars on the basis that such gimmicks entice teenagers into trying them and getting on the nicotine habit.  I guess they are targeting grape flavored, orange, lemon, lime, mint... you name it.  A cigar is a cigar in my book, and adding flavor simply destroys the taste buds.  I think the whole scenario is not worthy of the Senators' time.  

Which brings me to the next point.  They simply have too much time on their hands.  They meet too often, accomplish nothing, and get paid lavish salaries and God only knows what they get under the table or in secret Swedish bank accounts from lobbyists.  That's why whatever they DO manage to pass is generally mundane and stupid. 

Which brings me to the final point: Since they have so much time to be legislating on cigar flavors, maybe they could manage to carve out a little time for budgets, taxes, jobs, and the economy.  Wellll... Now that I think about it, maybe they just can't handle the jobs for big boys.  Maybe we lowly peasants have things upside down.  Maybe these bigger challenges belong in kindergarten and we should leave the smaller challenges, such as cigar flavors, in the hands of Congress. 

Maybe we should send Howdy Doodie, Big Bird and Mister Rogers over there to the Hill to straighten things out? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.