Wednesday, November 3, 2010

When does the Wind of change become a Scourge?

I can only say this:

When I was in graduate school, one of the elements of my degree program was to collect a perform a one-hander about Harry Truman. Now, there is a really good one-hander written by a fellow named Sam Gallu, called GIVE 'EM HELL, HARRY!, but when I asked nicely for the rights, he firmly declined.

In case you haven't noticed, there have been more than a few books written about Harry Truman. Many of them written by Harry himself. So, a little cut and a little paste, and there you go.

One part I can remember clearly. Harry speaks of "The Big Lie."

"Have you ever heard of the Big Lie? Well, it's a lie that so big, and so monstrous, that it shocks the listener. And then you repeat it and repeat again and again, until the lie becomes the truth.

Without The Big Lie, surely Hitler would never have come to power."


It should come as no surprise that day has turned the way it has; in the day and age of instant communication, with the wonderful Internet, and Twitter, and Facebook, and 24 hour cable channels dedicated to specific intents, it is no wonder that we don't see more "Big Lies".

Death Panels.
Kenyan Birth Certificates.
Socialism.
Communism.

Oh, wait. We HAVE seen them.

What we need is real answers, not platitudes and an "aw shucks you betcha" delivery. And we need real answers for this century, and not a belief that we can roll back the clock to when a family could survive on one income, and schools were for education, and the moral education took place at home, and when there was a dust-up between the kids, they didn't pull firearms.

The woman who is plugging her television show isn't going to help us.
The carrot looking Mother-F***er isn't going to help us.
The ancient warrior from the West isn't going to help us.
The guitar-playing preacher from Iowa is probably not going to help us.

And, apparently, we've made the Yes, We Can guy impotent.

God Save America.

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