Old White Men.

I am an old white man (OWM). Well, at least I look like one. And today I am ashamed.

A couple of my fellow OWMs have publicly bullied, lied about and innuendoed a respected female public servant into withdrawing her name from consideration for a promotion. It is the sort of thing OWMs are good at. And we seem to feel proud of ourselves when we do it.

We won't name any names here but you know who they are. They have pushed themselves to the fore as defenders of our nation against the schemes of this younger woman who dared to try to speak to the American public as a representative of our government. So far as we know no one assigned these OWMs to do this and it was not a duty defined by their positions. But our media were used to seeing them on the center stage and were easily drawn into the plot. Now they too have egg on their faces but they will never admit it. It is the job of the media to expose other people (OP), not themselves.

OWMs have been displaying their propensities quite a bit lately. We have watched as the antics of American Generals and French and Italian politicos and a British TV personality have been displayed on our screens. OWMs all, and not what I would like to claim as members of the club. But politicos seem to be the worst. They are used to having cameras focused on them and microphones thrust in their faces. They seem to think that the public will believe them if only they can repeat their lies often enough. Aren't OWMs venerated the world over? Don't we own this planet? Can't I say anything I want to in this blog? You do believe me, don't you? I'm an OWM!