Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

All the hoopla about Oprah, though I'm certainly an admirer, is to me another distraction.  Celebrities can't save us, witness our current chief celebrity.  Many of us want a woman president, but one with honed skills and a proven track record.  Congress is like going into the lion's den, and we can't push an optimistic novice into the arena.  Has our cult of celebrity gotten so out-of-control that we can't see that there is a governmental structure that needs fixing, not circumvented?  And I'm sick of the popular idea that success in business means the person has any idea how to govern.  The public bought the idea of bringing corporations into school districts and that was a catastrophe.  Education is not a business, and governing is not a business.  There is a lot of money in the latter right now, so I can see how it's confusing.  Take the money out of government:  the bribes, the lobbyists, the astronomical campaign costs, and see what happens.  The leeches go away, and rationality not bottom line greed will go away.  It may take decades, but we need to make governing about concern for the people again, not ego.  Even small steps toward that goal will be wise.  But we don't need our own Prince William and Kate.