And it came to pass that the time known as the Age of Insanity had come, and the people of the nation called the United States of America having lost their moral compass, relinquished the use of their common sense, and gave up their will to defend their liberties, chose to elect as their national leader the person known as The Eloquent One, a man who had a glib tongue and a gift of the gab.
The man, who was preferred by many, emerged from the vapors with a very vague message which had neither meaning nor substance, but he was able to hypnotize and sway a vast number of the citizens to hearken unto him as he told them: ""We live in the greatest country in the world, but our country needs change. Help me to bring about that change! Worry not that I have very little, if any, governing or leadership experience, and that I have questionable ethics, a monstrous ego, and a long association with many anti-Americans. For truly, I say unto thee, the influences of my past and my lack of sound credentials does not really matter. Instead, I want thee to simply rejoice for I bring thee great tidings of hope and change. I have come to save thee from the evil which had been wrought to our great land. Go, therefore, and proclaim with me throughout the world that my predecessor had done thee and the world evil; he and his party have defiled the nations on Earth including ours, and all that they had built must be destroyed."
And a vast majority of the people believed him and rejoiced even though they really did not know what The Eloquent One really meant or what he would actually do.
Moreover, he promised, "I am going to tax the very rich. I shall redistribute the wealth because the redistribution of wealth is good for everybody.
While most of the people of voting age, especially the younger voters, unquestioningly believed everything that he had said, one man known as Joe the Plumber dared to question the man by saying, "Thou must be kidding! Thou probably will just steal our money and give it to the deadbeats!"
Whereupon Joe the Plumber was ridiculed by the nation's news media, which was dominated and controlled by The Eloquent One's political party, and Joe's personal records were hacked and made public.
And when one female newsreporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" --- she, too, was ridiculed and banished from the land!
Then, yet another citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having absolutely zero military experience or knowledge, how wilt thou deal with the radical terrorists?"
The Eloquent One replied, "Worry not! I shall simply sit down with the leaders of those nations which dislike us, talk with them, and show them how nice we really are; and they wilt soon forget that they ever wanted to kill and destroy us!" Then he proceeded to say: "I shall raise taxes to help pay for our mounting debts."
Whereupon a lone voice said, "But many of us don't pay any taxes."
The Eloquent One then replied, "Again I say, worry not, for as I have promised, the very rich will indeed be taxed! Furthermore, I shall also tax thy capital gains when thou sellest thy house or any of thy other assets."
This perplexed many because the housing and stock market had been in a slump with a lot of uncertainty as to what the days ahead might bring.
Nonetheless, the self-proclaimed messiah went on to recite his litany of promises, "I shall mandate employer-funded health care for every worker. I shall raise the minimum wage. I shall give every person access to medical care --- including medications and transportation to the clinic. I shall penalize employers who ship job overseas. I shall bankrupt the coal industry so that the rate of electricity will skyrocket! But do not worry because if thou dost not have enough money to cover thy living expenses, I shall make sure that the government bails thee out --- just sign up with ACORN and thy troubles will be over! As for illegal immigrants who feel scorned and slighted, I agree with the proposal in the federal congress to grant them amnesty and allow them to qualify for Social Security; free education, free lunch, free medical care for their children, bi-lingual signs, and guaranteed housing."
And a vast majority of the multitude believed the man, and shouted, "Hallelujah!" And 52% of the nation's voters, which reportedly included many who have already been dead for many years but who were nevertheless registered to vote by The Eloquent One's campaign staff and political party supporters, elected The Eloquent One to be the nation's leader.
So it came to pass that The Eloquent One was sworn into office, in spite of ongoing multiple lawsuits questioning the validity of his birth and citizenship to run as president and which have been adroitly shunted aside and ignored by the nation's mainstream news media which has been under the control of the man's political party. And several months after assuming office, at last, the man's true colors and the truth and reality about his campaign promises started to finally show. As it turned out, The Eloquent One and his new administration continued to practice and promote the very same "evil" policies which he criticized and accused the previous ruler of promulgating. The nation's deficit ballooned even more than the previous years. Many employers started facing spiraling costs and higher taxes, so they raised their prices and laid off many workers to cut costs, which in turn caused the nation's unemployment rate to rise to an ungodly height --- unseen in decades. Other business owners simply gave up and just filed bankruptcy and closed shop, and the economy sank like a rock dropped from a cliff to the depths of the "Sea of Red Ink". The nation's banking industry also went from bad to worse. Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. Many of the "stimulus" checks which were doled out to citizens ended in the casinos operated by some native Americans and other entities. And before long, more people started to live below the poverty line as paupers without any hope of recovering from their plight.
But in spite of all the bleak reality, many still persistently believed The Eloquent One and his glib speeches as he continued to claim that he was the nation's messiah of hope and change, and that he was going to save the nation from the widespread evil and corruption while willfully ignoring the fact that he himself had "corruption" written all over him and he has continued to promote the "evil" practice which he had accused others of doing. He also promised to repair the broken economy by printing more money so that there would be enough to keep the nation going.
However, the foreign trading partners and creditors started to wail, "Wait a minute, thy money will soon be as worthless as a pile of camel dung! Thy nation is deeply in debt and has national deficit which has grown by leaps and bounds, and still burgeoning since the new administration took over. But be that as it may, thy government shalt pay us or we shall take over thy country!"
And many citizens started to realize that things were indeed looking bleak, and many shouted in protest, "This is unfair!"
But the leaders and lenders from the other nations merely replied, "And so are the idiotic programs thy leader and his advisors have been proposing. Lo! Thy nation is fast becoming a socialist state and thou are rapidly losing the superpower status that thou once had. Now, thy nation shall no longer call the shots and go by thy rules but by our rules and we shall now be the ones to order thee and tell thee what we want thee to do!"
And the people cried out, " Alas! What have we done?"
But verily, it was too late. Many people, including those who voted for The Eloquent One started to be dissatisfied and even regretted voting for him, finally started to realize that they had been duped and misled. The once mighty nation was no more; and multitudes of the once proud people became poor with no guaranteed protection or way to financial recovery. The change which had been promised started to act as a poison which had began to destroy the formerly Great Society, and like an evil whirlwind, the empty campaign promises wrought havoc and ruin to the nation which the founding fathers of the once-upon-a-time great nation had built. Although the people beat their chest in despair and cried out in anguish, "Give us back our nation, our pride, and our hope!", it was all in vain for it was too late. And the once proud and rich land continued its downward course to shame and perdition.
Above is an interesting commentary on current events written in biblical prose by a pastor's wife.
This may sound like a fairy tale, yet it is actually already happening in the USA and in the world this very moment. The question one should seriously consider is: Is this the kind of CHANGE which the 52% of US voters voted for?
Many were easily swayed by the rhetoric and many fell for the campaign promise of CHANGE, but they never bothered to ascertain as to what kind of CHANGE the promise would truly be.
Many merely blindly believed, and while many have realized and now regret their folly and error, many others still choose to be blind believers.
CHANGE has come all right, but so far it has been from BAD to WORSE.
Again, the question is: Is this really the kind of CHANGE America and the world really wants?
The USA, particularly, is now reaping the fruit of that blind and misguided trust which many have placed on The Eloquent One's glib tongue.
Foolish? It certainly looks like it, doesn't it?
The man, who was preferred by many, emerged from the vapors with a very vague message which had neither meaning nor substance, but he was able to hypnotize and sway a vast number of the citizens to hearken unto him as he told them: ""We live in the greatest country in the world, but our country needs change. Help me to bring about that change! Worry not that I have very little, if any, governing or leadership experience, and that I have questionable ethics, a monstrous ego, and a long association with many anti-Americans. For truly, I say unto thee, the influences of my past and my lack of sound credentials does not really matter. Instead, I want thee to simply rejoice for I bring thee great tidings of hope and change. I have come to save thee from the evil which had been wrought to our great land. Go, therefore, and proclaim with me throughout the world that my predecessor had done thee and the world evil; he and his party have defiled the nations on Earth including ours, and all that they had built must be destroyed."
And a vast majority of the people believed him and rejoiced even though they really did not know what The Eloquent One really meant or what he would actually do.
Moreover, he promised, "I am going to tax the very rich. I shall redistribute the wealth because the redistribution of wealth is good for everybody.
While most of the people of voting age, especially the younger voters, unquestioningly believed everything that he had said, one man known as Joe the Plumber dared to question the man by saying, "Thou must be kidding! Thou probably will just steal our money and give it to the deadbeats!"
Whereupon Joe the Plumber was ridiculed by the nation's news media, which was dominated and controlled by The Eloquent One's political party, and Joe's personal records were hacked and made public.
And when one female newsreporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" --- she, too, was ridiculed and banished from the land!
Then, yet another citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having absolutely zero military experience or knowledge, how wilt thou deal with the radical terrorists?"
The Eloquent One replied, "Worry not! I shall simply sit down with the leaders of those nations which dislike us, talk with them, and show them how nice we really are; and they wilt soon forget that they ever wanted to kill and destroy us!" Then he proceeded to say: "I shall raise taxes to help pay for our mounting debts."
Whereupon a lone voice said, "But many of us don't pay any taxes."
The Eloquent One then replied, "Again I say, worry not, for as I have promised, the very rich will indeed be taxed! Furthermore, I shall also tax thy capital gains when thou sellest thy house or any of thy other assets."
This perplexed many because the housing and stock market had been in a slump with a lot of uncertainty as to what the days ahead might bring.
Nonetheless, the self-proclaimed messiah went on to recite his litany of promises, "I shall mandate employer-funded health care for every worker. I shall raise the minimum wage. I shall give every person access to medical care --- including medications and transportation to the clinic. I shall penalize employers who ship job overseas. I shall bankrupt the coal industry so that the rate of electricity will skyrocket! But do not worry because if thou dost not have enough money to cover thy living expenses, I shall make sure that the government bails thee out --- just sign up with ACORN and thy troubles will be over! As for illegal immigrants who feel scorned and slighted, I agree with the proposal in the federal congress to grant them amnesty and allow them to qualify for Social Security; free education, free lunch, free medical care for their children, bi-lingual signs, and guaranteed housing."
And a vast majority of the multitude believed the man, and shouted, "Hallelujah!" And 52% of the nation's voters, which reportedly included many who have already been dead for many years but who were nevertheless registered to vote by The Eloquent One's campaign staff and political party supporters, elected The Eloquent One to be the nation's leader.
So it came to pass that The Eloquent One was sworn into office, in spite of ongoing multiple lawsuits questioning the validity of his birth and citizenship to run as president and which have been adroitly shunted aside and ignored by the nation's mainstream news media which has been under the control of the man's political party. And several months after assuming office, at last, the man's true colors and the truth and reality about his campaign promises started to finally show. As it turned out, The Eloquent One and his new administration continued to practice and promote the very same "evil" policies which he criticized and accused the previous ruler of promulgating. The nation's deficit ballooned even more than the previous years. Many employers started facing spiraling costs and higher taxes, so they raised their prices and laid off many workers to cut costs, which in turn caused the nation's unemployment rate to rise to an ungodly height --- unseen in decades. Other business owners simply gave up and just filed bankruptcy and closed shop, and the economy sank like a rock dropped from a cliff to the depths of the "Sea of Red Ink". The nation's banking industry also went from bad to worse. Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. Many of the "stimulus" checks which were doled out to citizens ended in the casinos operated by some native Americans and other entities. And before long, more people started to live below the poverty line as paupers without any hope of recovering from their plight.
But in spite of all the bleak reality, many still persistently believed The Eloquent One and his glib speeches as he continued to claim that he was the nation's messiah of hope and change, and that he was going to save the nation from the widespread evil and corruption while willfully ignoring the fact that he himself had "corruption" written all over him and he has continued to promote the "evil" practice which he had accused others of doing. He also promised to repair the broken economy by printing more money so that there would be enough to keep the nation going.
However, the foreign trading partners and creditors started to wail, "Wait a minute, thy money will soon be as worthless as a pile of camel dung! Thy nation is deeply in debt and has national deficit which has grown by leaps and bounds, and still burgeoning since the new administration took over. But be that as it may, thy government shalt pay us or we shall take over thy country!"
And many citizens started to realize that things were indeed looking bleak, and many shouted in protest, "This is unfair!"
But the leaders and lenders from the other nations merely replied, "And so are the idiotic programs thy leader and his advisors have been proposing. Lo! Thy nation is fast becoming a socialist state and thou are rapidly losing the superpower status that thou once had. Now, thy nation shall no longer call the shots and go by thy rules but by our rules and we shall now be the ones to order thee and tell thee what we want thee to do!"
And the people cried out, " Alas! What have we done?"
But verily, it was too late. Many people, including those who voted for The Eloquent One started to be dissatisfied and even regretted voting for him, finally started to realize that they had been duped and misled. The once mighty nation was no more; and multitudes of the once proud people became poor with no guaranteed protection or way to financial recovery. The change which had been promised started to act as a poison which had began to destroy the formerly Great Society, and like an evil whirlwind, the empty campaign promises wrought havoc and ruin to the nation which the founding fathers of the once-upon-a-time great nation had built. Although the people beat their chest in despair and cried out in anguish, "Give us back our nation, our pride, and our hope!", it was all in vain for it was too late. And the once proud and rich land continued its downward course to shame and perdition.
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Above is an interesting commentary on current events written in biblical prose by a pastor's wife.
This may sound like a fairy tale, yet it is actually already happening in the USA and in the world this very moment. The question one should seriously consider is: Is this the kind of CHANGE which the 52% of US voters voted for?
Many were easily swayed by the rhetoric and many fell for the campaign promise of CHANGE, but they never bothered to ascertain as to what kind of CHANGE the promise would truly be.
Many merely blindly believed, and while many have realized and now regret their folly and error, many others still choose to be blind believers.
CHANGE has come all right, but so far it has been from BAD to WORSE.
Again, the question is: Is this really the kind of CHANGE America and the world really wants?
The USA, particularly, is now reaping the fruit of that blind and misguided trust which many have placed on The Eloquent One's glib tongue.
Foolish? It certainly looks like it, doesn't it?
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