I Just Don't Get It

Hello My Dear Friends. As I'm sure you know, I'm smarter than the average cat. Yet, there are times when I have to just throw my paws up and say' "I don't get it". For instance, the state of Ohio is investigating "several" instances of voter fraud. In one case an election poll worker freely admits she voted more than once because she wanted to "make damn sure her vote counted". Another man says yes, he voted twice, but he's not sure why. Still another said she voted early then voted again on election day because she "didn't know there was anything wrong with it". Election officials say that poll worker, by the way, may have voted as many as 6 times in the Presidential election. Seriously? None of the aforementioned people believe they did anything wrong. Paws up. I just don't get it.  Next, I am puzzled by the thought process that goes into some TV commercials. Yes, talking babies and animals are always entertaining, but these new Geico commercials have me a bit, well, confused. The one, in particular, is their talking pig and a young woman stuck in a broken down car. The objective is to promote their mobile app. I get that. But, the female character implies to the pig that she'd like to spend their time together getting romantic. Do the powers that be at Geico really think beastiality is good marketing tool? Again, paws up. During the President's State of the Union address, he talked about a 102 year old woman who waited in line for 6 hours to cast her vote. He said people rallied around her, waited with her to encourage her to stick it out. Great story, except I can't figure out why, over a 6 hour period, none of those people thought to let a 102 year old woman skip to the head of the line. Paws up. Republican Marco Rubio got nervous during the Republican rebuttal to the President's SOTU address and reached for a sip of water. It made headlines. Dozens of Twitter accounts were created. Facebook pages appeared. Wow. Really? That was America's take away from all that went on. Rubio drank water. Paws up! Chris Dorner, the LA cop killer, has a fan club. They even held a rally supporting, not what he did, but why he did it. That's all. Paws up. Finally (for now) I do not get all the fuss over that broken down cruise ship. Yes, people were stranded for 5 days in bad conditions. Their vacations were ruined. But let's get a little perspective here. One woman complained that her daughter was "forced to eat cucumber and tomato sandwiches"! The horror. Some people call that High Tea. May had to sleep on the ship's deck under sheets they strung up like tents. The Humanity! Sleeping under the stars on the deck of a luxury cruise ship. they called it a "Shanty Town". Most people call that camping. I guess they're unaware that every day about a billion people call that home, minus the luxury cruise ship. One woman, weeping, said because phone service was out she was unable to "hear her children's voices". It was 5 days. If not talking to your kids for 5 days is so upsetting, maybe you shouldn't have left them behind when you left on your luxury cruise. My point is, yes, it was unpleasant, but get a grip. It was far from the end of the world. Paws up!
Po