What Is Wrong

Friday night I had to attend a work function - OFF THE CLOCK. It comes with the job - sometimes I have to go to stuff for which I am not paid for.

so what was it that I had to go to? Oh just a Consular party at the Biltmore Hotel. It was an Italian Consular party. At The Biltmore Hotel - the most exclusive hotel in the most exclusive city in Dade County. There was free Italian Food and free Italian Wine and stuff. Ill tell you, it was rough. There were a bunch of food and wine tables set up, and I felt obliged to visit each one. The food was great, and while I am not a big wine person I will drink the stuff. And if it is free how can it possibly be bad?

So I left happy. Not drunk, not stumbling around - just happy. Content. OK with the universe. Zen. That sort of thing.

It amazes me the sacrifices I will make for my job.

But during the evening I had a little talk with my supervisor. The topic was "what is wrong with the system". Here is what I said.

You can tell what is wrong with the system by simply flying to Nevada. Get a window seat in the aircraft. When you cross the Mississippi River (assuming you live EAST of the Mississippi) look out the window. You will notice the landscape getting browner. But every so often you will see a patch of green. What are those green patches? Golf Courses.

Ungodly amounts of resources are dumped on these green spaces in the desert. Water. Fertilizer. Lawn mowers. And so forth.

And why does this happen? Why the hell do people who live in OR go to a DESERT expect to be able to play golf on a lush green course? One day there WILL be a conflict with Mexico over water - and what are we doing with that water today? Dumping it on some retarded golf course.
THAT is what is wrong with everything. Golf courses in the desert. And I seem to be the only one who can realize this.