Where are We Toto?

       In this extremely heightened political season we find that there is gross misinformation coming from every corner of the spectrum That's why I get such a laugh out of a fairly new commercial on TV. It's about a young man on the rings in gymnastics competition. It shows him doing several flips and then lowers himself into the Iron Cross position where his two arms are outstretched using his body and arms to form as perfect a cross as possible. 
       It requires unbelievable strength, but then he removes his one hand from its ring without moving an inch in order to answer his phone. Of course it would be completely impossible for any human to perform such a feat. That's what makes it so funny. No one could remain so perfectly upright. The laws of physics wouldn't allow it.
       That's exactly what politicians are asking us to believe though. In speech after speech candidates make claim after claim which couldn't possibly be fulfilled. Always besting their opponent's  promises. If one candidate promises free college, the next promises free college and a brand new car or breakfast at Tiffany's They click their bright shinny red heels and you're off to Kansas, like it or not. We need to remember that promises are cheap, its the doing that's hard. 
       Nobody can fix what ain't broken and most things that are broken can't easily be fixed with a few magical words. You can't turn your back on allies and expect them to help you and its a lot easier to claim to build a wall than to actually build it. Let's stop blaming others for our own faults, in fact let's stop blaming all together and try working together instead. If you stop promising, I'll stop pointing out the impossibility of you promises. Ah, probably not.