"THAT'S FAKE"

At one time, that would or might have been the response of our 5 year-old grandson. You see, he went through one of those stages where he was keyed in on what was real and what wasn't. He might have questioned the use of the straw by the squirrel just dieing for some Coke.

But there are a lot of other things that we shouldn't take for real:

Today in my e-mail junk box, I was informed that I had won a large amount of money from some contest or drawing in England. "Great! I don't even remember entering!" Of course, I didn't and it's another scam to be wary of.

Hair dye, implants, and botox. Add most selective plastic surgery. I should specify--hair dye for men. The ladies, at least some of them, have that art down to a science. Or is it the other way around? But those who create cannot come up a suitable dye for men's hair. So the men wear the shoe polished look (some women, too), and well, that's fake. Implants? C'mon. Who looks like that? And, really, who cares? Botox. Well, Biden and Kerry are the twin poster boys of that look. They must go to the same doctor. If you ever find a wrinkle in the forehead of Biden, please send me a picture. He's so tight up there, it gives ME a headache.

All the trumped up Obama support. Now. After the election. I've never seen such excitement over a President -elect. One of our neighbors waited until after the election results to put an Obama 2008 bumper sticker on his car. He may not be the most popular neighbor in the 'hood, but right now he's the proudest. I wonder what another neighbor thinks of him--this neighbor proudly displayed six pumpkins carving out the letters N-O-B-A-M-A for his Halloween decorations. Nationally, the media is giddy. Especially the news anchors. Maybe it's genuine, but if it is, then that just makes it more sickening.

In one of our JAVA magazines that high school students produced, there was a picture of a farmer's wife looking to the sky at a huge head of a superimposed dog. It was a clever picture with possible underlying implications. But I'm sure no one believed it to be real. Just like the winning ticket, the hair dye, the implants, the botox, and the Obama frenzy. Well, at least for two of us in our subdivision.