JohnL.Burke
Gold Member
Last year was the year of the versus. Us verses them. Men verses women. Black verses white. Cops verses black. Religious liberty verses government control... etc...
So far, this seems to be the year of manipulation. We have republicans manipulating the base with a letter to Iran. We have democrats manipulating their base by pretending that the left has never done anything comparable or worse. We have Hillary Clinton manipulating emails and the press manipulating facts. We now have a coward shooting two Ferguson officers to manipulate racial unrest. The press manipulates while the press is being manipulated by cowards, politicians and other agenda driven ghouls.
We are chess pieces being moved by anger and anxiety.
The easiest way to gain control is not to fix the cracks in our society but to widen those cracks, build a podium on the debris and then scream about fixing those cracks. It's a circular destruction that solves nothing.
Being governed by a disconnected and self serving Washington is like living next to a crack house. You will be robbed eventually. I am referring to both Republicans and Democrats. A pox of both houses.
Calm reasoned voices are needed. Solutions must override passions and the individual must be valued, not demonized and destroyed for the sake of political convenience.
One things seems clear. Our Republic is being remodeled by corrupt and incompetent "carpenters" using inferior products to give the illusion of a sturdy structure. Of course, the press will report on the status of the newly refurbished porch as the rest of the house is crumbling down.
So far, this seems to be the year of manipulation. We have republicans manipulating the base with a letter to Iran. We have democrats manipulating their base by pretending that the left has never done anything comparable or worse. We have Hillary Clinton manipulating emails and the press manipulating facts. We now have a coward shooting two Ferguson officers to manipulate racial unrest. The press manipulates while the press is being manipulated by cowards, politicians and other agenda driven ghouls.
We are chess pieces being moved by anger and anxiety.
The easiest way to gain control is not to fix the cracks in our society but to widen those cracks, build a podium on the debris and then scream about fixing those cracks. It's a circular destruction that solves nothing.
Being governed by a disconnected and self serving Washington is like living next to a crack house. You will be robbed eventually. I am referring to both Republicans and Democrats. A pox of both houses.
Calm reasoned voices are needed. Solutions must override passions and the individual must be valued, not demonized and destroyed for the sake of political convenience.
One things seems clear. Our Republic is being remodeled by corrupt and incompetent "carpenters" using inferior products to give the illusion of a sturdy structure. Of course, the press will report on the status of the newly refurbished porch as the rest of the house is crumbling down.