Bena Mae’s Kitchen: Thinking for ourselves

I am overtired, oversaturated and inundated by punsters and puffed up TV anchors trying to convince me that they are the Wikipedia of all news pertaining to politics. I call it the “Old Boys Club” because they only listen to each other, playing musical chairs from one program to another and repeating their brilliant analysis of the daily goings on. They never echo the sentiment of the people when it comes to the needs of the voting public. And had you noticed, each guest has a book to sell?
To them, the world begins and ends with the Belltway (Washington D.C. and New York City.) What do they know about the other regions of this country–or care? We are so multicultural that one size doesn’t fit all.
Yet the punsters speak with the tongues of authority. Do they ever rub shoulders with a person who works at two jobs in order to make ends meet. No, they are making big bucks expounding on what they think we should know.
I know this sounds like a rant, but I’m tired of being perceived as an idiot. When I hear a speech by a politico, I am quite capable of analyzing the speech for myself. I don’t need an ‘expert’ to tell me what the speaker said.
I know some of them so well that I could probably borrow a cup of sugar from them. Their back and forth rhetoric sounds like the Tower of Babel with each of them shouting over the other and constantly interrupting each other. It leaves the viewer wondering what they said. But they all want their moment in the sunshine while they change jackets to run to another studio and take their appointed chair and impress the peons.
In retaliation and to save my sanity, I have subscribed to Netflix. 120 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show free. Oh, Joy!
And no commercials.

More game day snacks!

Blue Cheese Dip
Recipe courtesy Food Network

Puree 1 1/2 c s sour cream, 3/4 cup mayonnaise and 1/2 pound blue cheese.
Add chopped chives, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, and celery salt and pepper to taste.