BREAKING NEWS: Politicians want YOU to do the right thing

So many politicians have been caught being hypocritical lately... and social media and cameras in every pocket or purse don't help them. Whether you are the mayor of Denver or Austin, or Ted Cruz, or the governor of California or of New York... someone will notice you doing precisely the opposite of what you ask of others.

My brain tells me that not all politicians are crooks and liars, but my heart has other ideas.

But here's today's real rant: the real struggle is between the rich and the rest -- and it has always been that way. No matter the political party, the rich always seem to make out OK. 

My heart wants to make fun of Texas and its weird self-obsession and constant bragging about independence and toughness, but that was never really true and now seems to have become a way to avoid any blame for poor decisions. 

Texans will still boast and chant "Don't mess with Texas" while eagerly accepting emergency aid and charity from across the country. 

Self-deception is not confined to high incomes.

My brain reminds me that most of the people truly suffering in Texas were struggling to make it long before the polar vortex. Just as COVID-19 tended to kill our poorest and most put-upon citizens, so the cold and dark tends to hurt those same people.

The truth at the heart of it all is that it's the rich vs. everyone else, and the rich work very hard to obscure that truth. I'm not calling for revolution, but at some point don't we need to recognize that being hypocritical is just how the rich and powerful play the game? 

Real news would be finding a group of rich and powerful Americans who are NOT hypocritical.