Bright Lights, Moving Objects and Loud Noises

Perhaps I was a cat in a former life. I am easily distracted by bright lights, moving objects and loud noises. If you watched the opening of the Olympics last night you saw some things that definitely caught my eye. Yep, lots of bright lights and a fair bit of moving objects.

The loud noises came yesterday at the hearings regarding the canine intercourse hurricane/flood response in New Orleans. Brownie was the prime target and Senator Coleman tried to take him down. Both Brownie and Coleman used the phrase "“balls to the wall"”. (tsk tsk) I mean it got testy between the two men. I fully expected Brownie to ask Coleman if he wanted to step outside and settle this with some old fashioned fisticuffs. Coleman used the excuse that his time was up to end the pissing match. Of course neither of them would actually enter into a physical fight because doing so might mess up their hair and clothes. Speaking of hair, was I the only one who kept staring at that little swatch of Brownie'’s hair that was out of place? Probably.

Seems to me that the entire group, from the mayor of NO to the President of the United States, have formed a circular firing squad and they fire at random while blindfolded. When asked who dropped the ball? They all fire at the most distant target.

The problem is that I'’m not sure if the whole thing happened again tomorrow the response would be any different. Seems there has been more focus on blame than desire to get it right next time. Sadly next time could be here real soon. Hurricane season is not that far off and with it comes streaks of bright lightening, swiftly moving objects and scary as hell loud noises.