Rodent Regatta

Kids argue about who gets to play with which toys. Kids argue about their little groups of friends; ”if she’s friends with that girl, we can’t be friends.”

Jane and Jack just can’t seem to get along. Worse is the fact that they want everyone to know about their arguments. Jack spends $1903 per month on clothes and receives $1000 in a Social Security check each month. He only has $274,000 in his bank accounts.

If you haven’t figured out this sob story by now, we’re talking about Jack Welch and the most recent wife he’s two-timed. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal gave us most of the gory details.

His MONTHLY expenses: Food & beverage $8,982, Personal care $425, Vacations $1,482. Cut to the chase. His monthly ”living” expenses total $366,114. They’ve got at least 5 homes. He’s worth over $450 million. She’s worth over $8 million. Her after tax monthly income is $11,360. His is $1.41 million.

They want us to know these things. Jane and Jack have lived a life of privilege for so long, they simply won’t grow up. The lawyers milking these cows have no intention of suggesting that these two warring children should take their disputes behind closed doors.

This is ”life” for two people in a world where Korea has nuclear capability, India and Pakistan have tenuous peace, Bali is under siege, America was attacked on its native soil, Iraq is the playground bully, Chechen terrorists invade Moscow, Israel can’t keep its government together long enough to decide how to handle the Palestinians and Democrats get free media coverage for political rallies all dressed up as memorial services.

This is the ”life” we are leaving to our children. They’ll grow up much too fast.