Boomsday: Stupid title, fun book

I've been doing a lot more reading than I ever have at any point in my life. I'm not sure why, maybe it's because I'm getting older and whatever I used to do (video games) doesn't have the same allure. Well I still play video games, but fewer of them less often. Anyway, I just finished this wacky book about a PR rep who is passionate about the problem Baby Boomers bring to social security. She blogs about some heinous solution to issues it causes for younger generations and her senator buddy decides to give it a run in Congress. They call it a "meta" issue and that's really what the book is, because it obviously would never happen, and that kind of sticks out the whole way through which took a little bit away from the overall impact.

I give it a 3.5 out of 5 for its high entertainment value. It's a quick read with good dialog and over-the-top personalities with silly names. The situations, such as the whole bill being put into discussion, were sometimes a little too ridiculous, but they did make for a fun read as long as you're not too serious about realism. Satire, I believe is what this would be. The way this book is written, it's easy to see how it could be put into a movie, much like his book that I haven't read "Thank You For Smoking."

Paying for social security sucks for sure because I won't see any of it, and this book isn't going to get discussion on the issue moving, but it's really out of my hands. There's a lot of criticism and controversy on it, and for good reason. I watched a movie not too long ago, I.O.U.S.A. that touches on the issues of funding social security, and they're not pretty. Among other things, this country is in a load of trouble. I have a theory that we'll be owned by China within the next 20 years, if we're not all dead by then that is. I'm sure North Korea is going to use some nuclear arms against their southern neighbors and there will be some nasty fallout. I'll sit here and not look forward to that.