Nomad News Vol.5-No.116

EVIL PERMEATES WASHINGTON:
     "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch and do nothing."-Albert Einstein   Today, I see a repetition of the exact same situation that existed in the 1930s when I listened on the radio to Hitler mesmerize his adored audiences with all the good benefits he would bestow upon them.  Today, I hear Obama preach the same sermon from the same pulpit and am dumbfounded  that his adored audiences eat the same slop from the same plate and say "Thank You".
       Yes, evil is alive and thriving in Washington DC today.  Evil has infiltrated the highest levels of government, every government department, the Congress, and, yes, even the Supreme Court, not to mention the lower courts that are supposed to interpret the Constitution of the United States.
     Generally speaking, I believe I lean more toward being an optimist.  Where a pessimist has a glass half empty, I have a glass half full.  Where a pessimist looks at December 21 being the start of cold, miserable winter; I look at December 21 as a start toward spring; each day gets a wee bit longer.  Then there is the story about a young  boy whose acute optimism annoyed his family.  The kid's birthday was approaching and he asked for a pony.  Instead of a pony, the family thought it would cure him if they deposited a large pile of manure in his bedroom.  They did.  When the kid came in and saw the manure pile he immediately started digging through it.  When asked what he was doing he replied: "With all this manure there has to be a pony somewhere".
     That said, today Washington DC is one big manure pile.  I was of the opinion that America had passed the point of no return and would follow in the footsteps of Rome.  Being an optimist, I'm ready to go one more round.  Maybe,, just maybe, if we dig into that pile we will uncover a knight in shining armour riding a white horse who will capture the imagination of the thinking populace and lead us back to  a constitutional republic in 2016.  It's a long shot.  It may take another Pearl Harbor or 9/11 to be the catalyst. So be it.
(Copyright 2014-Andrew M. Dolan)