R.I.P. Scout26
"The chances of finding out what's really going on are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied. I'd far rather be happy than right any day.""And are you?""No, that's where it all falls apart I'm afraid. Pity, it sounds like quite a nice lifestyle otherwise."-Douglas Adams
You'd be coming back to Oklahoma, where your neighborhood could be destroyed by any sort of natural phenomena - but it doesn't matter too much since neighbors, family, and friends all offer you a place to stay, help with rebuilding, and stock your fridge with food before you get a chance to say "no."
Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populace like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".