What is lacking in todays body politic is a philosophy that can be advanced BECAUSE of the veiled threats of doom by the opposition.
Without that Damn the torpeodes! Full speed ahead! philosophy, the meekest member of the opposition can turn us into sniveling, sobbing, cowards such as Boehner and McConnell.
For example, the manipulating, fear-mongering, threat of doom and gloom promoted by the supporters of Government harm to our Republic that a certain Republican action would shutdown the Government SHOULD be a clarion call for Republicans to shut down the Government to right the wrong that the Government is currently doing.
To not shut down the Government is to support continuation of the wrong that the Government is currently doing.
Whatever wrong is being protected by the supporters of Governmental wrong, SHOULD BE our signal that we should focus on undoing what they are trying to protect, deny, coverup or otherwise hide.
What is required to right the wrong is known to all Warriors: THE COURAGE OF ONES CONVICTIONS.
Instead, today in our sorry body politic, these are times of whimpering, timid, compromise-away-ones-values in the false hope of achieving the equivalent of a 1960s group hippie hug.
These are times when we wait silently for a larger than life, Warrior to swoop in on a white horse and make everything nicey-nice again.
These are times when the majority of people who vote choose politicians that promise pie-in-the-sky to them, and then these same politicians get put in charge of increasing the debt burden on our Grandchildrens descendants.
Thus, we have a self-caused burden of a virtual cycle of debt to our descendants caused by promises that we choose to vote for.
These are the times when the obvious solution to these problems can be seen by The Man in the Glass.
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BTW, read below the above quoted poem for suggestions to improve ones response-ability.
The Man in the Glass
by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934
1895-1954
When you get what you want in your struggle for self,
And the world makes you King for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that man has to say.
For it isnt your Father, or Mother, or Wife,
Whose judgment upon you must pass.
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the man staring back from the glass.
You may be like Jack Horner and chisel a plum,
And think youre a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says youre only a bum
If you cant look him straight in the eye.
Hes the fellow to please, never mind all the rest,
For hes with you clear up to the end,
And youve passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may get what you want down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If youve cheated the guy in the glass.
These are the times when the obvious solution to these problems can be seen by The Man in the Glass.
The obvious solution is obtaining a political divorce. But my man in the glass also knows that pursuing such is likely to end in the deaths of a lot of innocents.
Hyperbole? Not really. The Powers That Be are considering getting into a war so dear leader can save face. If were honest with ourselves, we would consider what theyd be capable of if something really endangered their hegemony.
My man in the glass isnt a psychopath, so the obvious solution isnt an option. I’m all ears to less obvious solutions.