What Monsoon?

In the movie Cold Mountain about the Civil War, there's a line when one of the women finds out her father's been shot, she says " They say this war's a cloud on the land. But the men caused it to rain and then stand out in the rain and say, Oh, it's raining. It's a good movie and that was a powerful line. We've got a cloud over the land now. There are some who would say we're in three wars and our economy is in the toilet. Fortunately we've got a Congress that's right on top of things. They're in recess. But before they left Washington they solved all our problems. As I've stated before, they voted unanimously to require TV commercials to be played quieter. Well I for one am greatly thankful. Our sensitive ears won't be attacked by loud noises. So now with the political PACs running vial attack ads, we only have to worry about our sensitive sensibilities. The thing is, most people don't see these wars as a cloud. That's because most people aren't directly affected by them. In fact the majority isn't even affected by the recession either. So Congress can pretty much ignore it. Oh, they like to talk about it as though it was the other party's fault. It was brought on by the Republicans. The Democrats have done nothing to resolve the problem except spend money. The Republicans stymie any attempt by the Democrats to fix the problem. The Democrats hold sufficient numbers to override any attempt by Republicans to stymie them, and can't get the votes to do it. Unfortunately, no matter what the outcome of the mid term elections, nothing will change. There's no cloud over the land, there's a monsoon. And we're the cause.