Of (the circus called) Politics

Thanks to Way South, have been reading through the writings of a South African journalist at his Blog "The World". Back in March, he had this to say by way of introduction to a post on our (then) upcoming election:

"In all elections, there are always a few wacky parties with absurd manifestos, desperate no-hopers competing for your vote on the basis of half-arsed appeals to your emotions. It’s just that, in South Africa, those are the major parties like the DA and the NNP rather than small parties campaigning for the legalisation of marijuana."

I'm not into politics. Who stands for what makes little difference to me. Everyone ends up doing the same thing as their predecessors anyway. Too much talk, too little action in general, and dabbling in the politics of other countries tends to get one bombed... But the political comings and goings are always good for a laugh, and as I stated in response to a few of yesterday's comments - us African types tend to use humour as survival strategy when we find ourselves shaking our heads at the latest political / sport / society / media antics. And boy, do we have a lot to shake our heads at! :)