This trio of "isms"' is a curious lot. One could argue that the line between the three words is blurred to the point that the same thought could logically fall into any one of the categories at any given moment.
However, I am prone, in my aging process, to cynicism, which seems to come almost effortlessly. I would like to think differently of people and situations but, all too often, my cynical view proves to be accurate, thus adding to my "super-cynicism".
Case(s) in point - a trio of news stories to hit the pages and air waves recently.
Our county law enforcement top officer appoints his son (and two others )to an elevated position that, guess what?, earns them about twenty-two thousand dollars more per year. Oh, and did I mention that the promotions came over the holidays, and the "appointer" didn't want to bother his boss and, "I never go over my budget so what is the big deal". The latter said red-faced and appoplectically when his decision was publicly challenged.
Our states' governor has left the state in another red-faced situation. The man, who is a public embarrassment to himself, his family and his state, continues to thumb his nose at the very people who elected him and who he is supposed to serve! The man who the governor appointed to fill the second Senate seat should also be ashamed of himself and his lack of ethics. The governor and his appointee are of the same ilk.
The third example of cynicism-fueling news is that of the man that our president-elect has chosen to be Secretary of the Treasury. To think that this person, who is one to be entrusted with the financial health of our nation, doesn't have enough financial knowledge to know that he was supposed to pay self-employment income taxes?!?! At the very least, a person who is purported to be capable of handling our nation's finances should have been savvy enough to avail himself of the services of people who do have the skills to advise this man accurately. I now have zero confidence in this appointee of our newly elected president.
It is true that cynicism breeds cynicism. Right now there are fertile breeding grounds.
