Thursday, March 09, 2006
A Bad Thing
I hate to say this, but my mother was wrong: crime does pay, and cheaters do prosper. Of course, mom was right about the moral lessons; she just had more faith in justice than is any longer warranted.
I bring this up not to disparage the woman who introduced me to Jiminy Cricket and other value-laden mentors of childhood, but rather to take note of the formidable challenge that lays ahead as a result of the consolidation of ill-gotten gains between the Reagan era and Bush II. While some would prefer not to admit it, the colossal hoarding, stealing, fraud, and tax evasion by the right-wing in the US, makes it all the more likely they will continue to haunt us for decades, perhaps centuries, to come.
Because as anyone with a sound mind knows, money in America determines what most people see, hear, learn, think, and believe. In the hands of the apocalyptic coalition, that is a very dangerous and unhealthy thing.
I bring this up not to disparage the woman who introduced me to Jiminy Cricket and other value-laden mentors of childhood, but rather to take note of the formidable challenge that lays ahead as a result of the consolidation of ill-gotten gains between the Reagan era and Bush II. While some would prefer not to admit it, the colossal hoarding, stealing, fraud, and tax evasion by the right-wing in the US, makes it all the more likely they will continue to haunt us for decades, perhaps centuries, to come.
Because as anyone with a sound mind knows, money in America determines what most people see, hear, learn, think, and believe. In the hands of the apocalyptic coalition, that is a very dangerous and unhealthy thing.
