Who Knew?

Who knew that Dennis and Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine, were friends? Did you know that? Iread today on alternet that they were friends for 40 years. That seems a little odd since Dennis would have been close to being a child when he met Larry Flynt but with Dennis, all things are possible.
What I do know is that if Dennis is now getting endorsements from Larry Flynt, he must be hitting some lucky number. Remember that Mr. Flynt is the one who is holding a number of very salacious cards about the Republicans. Personally, all the slime that has been coming out about the far right and their fellow travelers, the Christian fundamentalists, has made me wonder just what is going on in this world of money and greed? I think perhaps I just answered my own question. If you are that covered in one vice, greed, why would you foresake other vices? I mean who in their right mind really can trust a party that has fostered this type of behavior? This is why I think it is time to flush, literally, all this influence peddling that goes on in the name of greed from politics. It opens up such a vast world of vice and sleaze and who knows this better than both the left and right wings of the greed machine that runs this country.
I don't know about you but I find it more reprehensible that people have these lavish homes with more square footage than any normal family ever needs and that they have had to cut down forests and pave over pastures and destroy natural habitats in order to create for themselves this perfect home. In the meantime, people are starving and the food banks are empty but the haves, those with way more than anyone could ever need, cannot be responsible caretakers of the planet. That to me should be the moral issue we all get our underpants in a tizzy about. Why is gay marriage such an evil thing when people are stripping the planet of its resources for one little group of people to enjoy while keeping out everyone else?
So, I come back to the constant question, the one that names this blog and that makes me want to know just why not Dennis? What would happen if we all were having the time of our lives here living within the bounds of what the earth has to offer us all and keeping our lives safe by following a program of peace rather than seeing the world as a violent place which every right wing nut case says it is?
Let's stop the fear mongering and end the greed and the way it has destroyed our planet and get back to what matters: that we live in peace and harmony with one another, that we all have a living wage and good health care and safe water and food and air to breathe and that we help all who need it no matter who they are.
That is what Dennis Kucinich advocates for as well and why it is time to have a Kucinich presidency.
Think about that as they ratchet up the claims that we need to go to war again against another unenemy.
There really is strength through peace as Dennis has been saying.