These articles sum up something, I just don't know what

Like I said I don’t know why but this letter made me giggle uncontollably

http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/24/republican_father/

This one too, on the fashion page

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/fashion/17love.html

the first one kind of sums up that politics is much more about status than about anything important.

I pity those people whose entire lives are dominated by trying to achieve control over others via politics.