“I do not take my Chesterton slowly” I mused, rather a bit unerringly. “And that is because you care not for him?” was the lineal response. “No, rather the opposite in all actualness.” “Then why tell and pray kindly sir?” “Because I revel in his prose and if I were to linger long I would be hard pressed in time to recall and relate all of that which is so rich and plush in its full tapestry. I would rather a revisit at a later time in which to rekindle all that lost during the initial journey.”
Legalizing marijuana will not cause problems. Did whiskey drinkers start with beer? Doubtful. They likely went straight to the harder end to save time. And there is a world of difference as reflected in the old tale of the three sots lying drunk and without consciousness in the gutter. While it was not easy to see which spirit had visited each poor soul by looking at the man directly there lying it was, indeed, easy to discern the same by noting which of three bottles- ale, wine, and whiskey- that rested nearby each hard and sotten-stilled hand. If the numbing smoke be made legally available it will not cause those who did not to now do; it will not cause those who did to do more; it will not cause those who dealt illegally to shift their trade and alter their marketing strategies; it will not cause a search for a yet higher plain and a press for legalization at those levels as well; and it will most certainly not send an approving message or a new and alluring opportunity for our already unsure youth. All will be fine. After a few bongs we can all believe that.
How do you get a controversial bill to pass a house of Congress and then become law? First, obtain a majority position, however slight. Next, wrap the controversy inside of a surely acceptable premise and call it something nice like the “Fair American Wage Act”. If questioned with any scrutiny, you deny. If pressed more than lightly, you fall back to a position secured by the very kindly name of the bill itself and turn the question, now linked with an accusation as well, back on the questioner. You rely on the usual ambivalence and ignorance of the public and force it through with a promise to look deeper at it later. After it has passed you then feed it to the machine and hit the power button to set the assembly in motion. In short, you contrive, then disguise, then lie, then deny, then roil and boil and shake and bake. And don’t forget to lie and deny at every possible opportunity- no one is likely to hold it against you in your next election. It’s the new American way.
I love an umpire who has to ask the catcher what the last pitch was- ball or strike- and then threatens to toss the batter out of the game is he expresses a different viewpoint. Seems fair to me- at least while we’re in the field.
Did you hear the one about the career politician in Washington being sought for questioning in a recent criminal investigation? The FBI was allowed only to find him (or her) by contrast and comparison to the general legislature and came away with no possible suspects.
Why do people just take it?
How many times must a principle be compromised before you just can’t tell anymore?
Why do people change when in church?
When did white American men become so vilified? I guess it’s not like blacks in Africa, whites in Europe, and white women in America had anything at all to do with slavery. Understand your history before you point an accusing finger okay?
Why can’t we all just get along? Is it just possible that there are those among us who profit from our never being able to do so?
Big corporations are bad but big government is just fine by you. Okay then, that makes a ton of sense.
I know, I know- let’s all just follow Europe’s lead!
I think that everyone who is for allowing illegal immigration to stand with an easier path to citizenship than those who try it legally should be made to live in Mexico for one year. Then they can re-enter the country only by one of two ways- coming across illegally or applying for citizenship legally. I wonder which they will choose? Oh, the easier one I guess. That’s human nature and it never stops being human nature. So why would illegal immigration ever stop?
Winter up here sucks.
Our kids are in trouble if you ask me. And this time it is vastly different from the many times that statement has been uttered in the past.
Teachers Unions are all about the kids and Employee Unions are all about the workers. Okay, I got it. Huh?
Culture is so much a thing of the past. Class is a word in the dictionary. Manners have given way to the simple chant of me-me-me. So be it then. That’s easier too.
Why do our soldiers fight and die for us? I think we all once knew but who does anymore? Is ground gained, or a major battle or war won without later relinquishment? I truly despise the people who salute our soldiers just because it makes them look good to do so. You people are despicable. You protest when the other party is in office and celebrate bravery when your own heads are resident. There isn’t really much very much lower than that.
In the human race cunning and deceit are swift and able runners and would win every time were the contest not made long enough for integrity and justice to catch up and cross the finish line first. Often just barely. Maybe that’s why the framers of our Constitution tried to make things not too easy to change. Today, that is largely ignored of course. Everything is a sprint when it’s my everything that is at issue.
Likely I will die before I see the ultimate demise or possible recovery of this once-greater country. But I still hold faith in at least some of the people. If they would only hear and rise up…
How does this story end?