THE SYMBOL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

WHAT IS IT?

THE CELL PHONE?

THE SELFIE?

CAITLYN JENNER's VANITY FAIR COVER?

 THE CONFEDERATE FLAG?

 {Isn't it stretching political correctness

to silly proportions for WB no longer licensing  

toys of the General Lee with the flag on top

and 

TV Land cancelling re-runs of

Dukes Of Hazard?}

No.

None of these.

Yes, that's right.

THE LEAF BLOWER is the symbol 

for the 21st Century.

It reflects the current mind set of LET ME MAKE MY PROBLEM SOMEBODY ELSE'S.

Blowing your leaves into your neighbor's yard has the double pleasure 

of making a lot of racket and dumping your problem into somebody else's lap.

Blowing your leaves into the street just makes a mess for the sanitation people.  But who cares?  

It's not your worry anymore, right?

It "replaces" the rake, doing the job poorly 

and with an atrocious amount of noise for added dysfunctional fun.

If folks think that leaf blowers are a good idea, I weep for our modern society.

Rakes are quiet, provide a good physical work-out, and use no fossil fuel.

Leaf Blowers in the end are accomplishing nothing. 

You still need to eventually pick up the leaves and debris, which will require what? 

A rake!

Unless that is, you are simply blowing your leaves onto the street, onto your neighbor’s lawn  

in which case they will eventually end up right back where they started 

and you will need to blow them away again!

But the "Leaf Blower" mind-set has spread.  

One of the biggest examples of this, is debt. 

The United States has anywhere from $17 to $30 TRILLION in debt 

(depending on who you ask and how honest they are). 

Our government spends more every year than it collects in tax revenue, 

and puts the difference on a big credit card that they get to determine the credit limit on. 

Doing this is just like firing up a big leaf blower 

and blowing it to where our kids and grandkids will be living when they grow up and start working 

(if there are any jobs left). 

We need to stop this.

What do you think is the symbol for the 21st Century?