I made my monthly trek to Costco today and spent entirely too much money, as always. It was renewal time and the kid checking me out said I owed them fifty bucks, yay. Meh.

The manager Maurey suggested the premium membership etc and I said, well if I didn’t have to write a check to the IRS today, I might take him up on it. Then he says, “No joke, it is way past time for “CHANGE” in our administration.” I gave him the patented Raised Eyebrow of Doom look and said, “You did not just feed me the Barry O slogan, did you, Maurey?”

He said, well we need some change. I said, well you will have people spending a lot less money here when he taxes the fuck out of 100% of the people who shop here. You do not have poor folks shopping at Costco, sorry. Then as I am walking out and he is walking with me, of course, because he has to save the world from their conservative ignorance, he says “You know those aircraft that flew into the world trade center were driven by Saudis! Our Rose Garden best friends. Why are we in Iraq?”

I said, “Maurey, sweetie… We are in Iraq because a madman was refusing inspections and had been ignoring UN resolutions for far too long and our enemies were working in his country. Not to mention YOUR own party believed and had been preaching for years he had WMDs.” I wasn’t going to explain to him anything more difficult. Mind you, this was a grown ass man my parents age.

He said, “I am about as conservative as a democrat can be, but I cannot vote for a Republican.” To which I said, “That is a shame, because the republican is not all that politically different than Hillary if you take out healthcare and the fact he has a spine about Iraq. You must really want to pay more taxes and have your gun rights eroded to the point of nonexistent.” At that point he said something about just wanting change. I wished him a good day and said, “I would tell you good luck with your Change, but there is nothing good about that variety of change. Have a great day!”

The world is full of Sheep, folks. Full of sheep…