Occam's Razor or What you wanted is not what you expected

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Never pray for patience for you will be tested.

You did ask. Now shuddup and deal with it.

Never pray for strength for you will be burdened.

Yup.

Ever been there? You got what you wanted, but it was not at all what you expected?

So what did you do about? Most likely you complained, possibly whined and probably resented it. Very few of us are gonna be tough enough to suck it up and soldier on.

Even fewer of us learn the lesson.

We continue to ask, never giving any thought to how our request might be handled and delivered.

So I draw your attention today (Thanks Rebel) to Minnesota.

It's shut down. I don't mean the state itself, the geographic part, is in limbo. I mean state government has shut down.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/07/01/shutdown-negotiation-finger-pointing/

Rockin' baby!

I like it. A lot.

Telling quote "The shutdown leaves more than 20,000 Minnesotans out of work and others without state services."

I still like it. The more I read about it, the more I like it.

Occam has been hard at work in Minnesota.

Shave it to the bone and peel some of the bone while you are at it Mr. Occam!

Can I get a witness?

 Minnesota voters are, predictably, torqued. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58184.html

A few are seeing this as a good thing. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20076068-503544.html

Regardless of which side is being taken, the vast, huge, ginormous and well 99 percent of the Minnesota voters are busy pointing fingers. They don't realize when they point a finger, three more are pointing backward.

YOU! No. Me?

Which is entirely accurate. The Minnesota state legislature did not bring about this impasse. The voters of Minnesota did.

They voted. They put the people in office who are there. Those who did not vote are just as culpable as those who voted for the people in office. The people spoke. The people demanded. The people got.

That what they got is not what they expected is their problem.

I still like it.

The central problem here is the great unwashed masses in Minnesota and pretty much everywhere in the nation don't bother to think for themselves. They find a good hairstyle and get behind that, never mind the $150 haircut covers a thorough lack of cognitive ability.

Belief and faith in our elected leaders has never been so low. Yet the voters continue to return the same people to office again and again. Yes. The same people.

Ya don't like it, then quit doing it.

The person in office may wear a different skin than his predecessor, but underneath and where it really counts, it's the same person.

Ya gets what ya pays for.

However! There is a glimmer of light, a sliver of hope and another positively bright metaphor that I can't think of right here.

The Minnesota government has shut down because some state legislators refused to budge. I hope they stick so hard it will take a nuclear option to remove them.

That's the kind of people who can force the needed changes.

The problem (which continues to be theirs) is those voters refused to understand what and whom they were voting for.

Still looking, but I'm yet to find anything here I can't abide. I'm liking this more and more. Ya gets what ya pays for.

A tiny handful of people in Minnesota probably did vote for substance as opposed to style. They tried, They did not succeed, but did not fail either. They can claim a victory as fought by unlikely allies. The tiny handful will try again and probably not succeed again. Won't stop 'em. Except for victories like this in Minnesota, it would appear to be a Sisyphusian battle.

The master speaks. Will you listen and hear?

Ignorance is no excuse, but is certainly an election-winning political platform.

I STILL like it. Because when the ignorant continue, they open the door for those who think to step in and right matters. Change hurts. A lot. Never believe anyone who tells you a change will feel good.


I count myself among the small minority aiming to actually change things.

How about you? Do you really want change? Really?

Bring the pain. We're ready.