Well, if you read my post earlier about people who talk to the TV, and if you’re watching the presidential debate that’s going on right now, you know that there are likely a whole bunch of people who have gone hoarse from yelling at their TVs.

... That is, if they haven’t turned them off already.

This debate is terrible. I am a political junkie, but I’ll tell you what: This debate is worthless and it stinks.

The very first rule that the Commission on Presidential Debates should set for any of its sponsored events should be to bar the participants from invoking the name of ANY OTHER POLITICIAN.

These guys are spending most of their time talking about each other. Do they really have so little to say about themselves? Do they really have so little to say about their plans for this country?

I try my best on this blog to be completely honest with you and to treat the issues I cover here fairly. So here’s some honesty from me to you: I have had enough of both of these guys.

It’s apparently not enough for them to argue about their records; they even argue about the time they are spending arguing about their records.

John McCain referred to Barack Obama as “that one.“

Are we really going to have another hour and a half of this next week?

Why don’t they spare us the remaining 20 minutes of this madness and just put down the microphones and have an old-fashioned brawl?

At least it would be genuine.

Back to the rule: The CPD should stipulate that candidates may only speak about themselves.

They’ll agree, or else they won’t participate in the debates.

In the debates, if they slip, their microphones should be cut off immediately.

If they slip again, they should be escorted from the stage.

I am so serious about this. I am so sick of hearing these guys argue like my 6- and 4-year-old daughters.

And here’s another thing: What is it about these guys that makes them think they are able to lead the free world when they both seem to be physically incapable of following the rules to which they have already agreed—and in something as mundane as a debate?

Over the next week or so, I’m going to cover the biggest issues this country is facing. Maybe I’m completely crazy, but it seems to me that much of this stuff can be handled in much easier and simpler ways than our politicians—all our politicians—want us to believe.

Maybe they make things sound difficult so we’ll think we can’t figure them out on our own. Maybe it’s their way of protecting our dependence on them. Maybe it’s their way of making us think they provide us with indispensible service and leadership.

Whatever their reasons, they’re wrong.

I’ll deal with the economy, national security, education, energy independence and health care, among others. If there are other issues you want to cover here, let me know.

I’m sure we won’t solve all the world’s problems. But we’ll get a better handle on our own than these guys.