TELLING TALES

I believe I could do a good job as a pundit, "One who gives opinions in an authoritative manner, usually through the mass media" according to Merriam Webster.



This presidential election year seems to be the Year of the Pundit for they are all over the place. People I never heard of and probably won't again come in to television stations and networks to offer opinions on the three candidates, their chances of winning, the likelihood they'll lose if the turnout in the third ward of a county in the northwest corner of Indiana is less than 53%. I don't know as how any of them are making anything more than a guess.



So, given that background, is it no wonder I see the field of Punditry as my future. I can be as authoritative as the next guy and I can have an opinion on almost anything from dollars to donuts, rockets to reactors, spaghetti sauce to spaghetti making. The fact that I know almost nothing about any of the topics in question need not be considered. It is my opinion and I'm sticking to it and, as long as I am and can shout down anybody else who has a different view, I think the least that should happen is I get paid for my talents. We all need to help the economy; I heard that today, from an economic pundit.