Politicians, Professional Wrestling and Prestidigitators Big and Small

Disregarding the fringes of sanity, like folks thinking the moon landing was simulated, George Bush blew up the Twin Towers and the dykes in New Orleans,or those who think the Civil War was fought to free Blacks, the larger percentage of us still have a grain of common sense.

We've known traditional Professional Wrestling is choreographed. We know that David Copperfield doesn't really turn the damsel into 1,000 doves. We know TV heroes are imaginary. Lassie hasn't really saved Timmy from the well 132 times. We're not 'fooled' as such. We pays our money and we's entertained. End of story. No one's hurt...

This does beg the question, however: All evidence to the contrary, we cling to the unreasonable belief that politicians are in it for us. Why? When's the last time you ran an ad in the paper offering to mow the lawn of elderly couples three states away? Sometimes we're utterly naive.

The first "clue" is that politicians don't do "good" with their own money. They use yours and take the credit for being benefactors. The second "clue" is they have no true principles and that their sole focus is getting re-elected. Do we have to trot out 10 examples? 100 examples? 10,000 examples? The third clue is they get rich doing it. They become obscenely wealthier and distant from those they "serve" in the process. A hundredfold. Come on gang, it's right in front of us. And the fourth "clue" should be that their "programs" don't work and then they say they need more of your money to fix them. And more power.

I'll ask the same question : how many examples of this do we need before we see we're being gamed? This is where it gets really embarrassing, if you're one of us. The power they assemble for themselves is just as apparent as the money with which they line the pockets of their friends and associates. And that power comes from us. Year after year after year, since the Republic was founded, like termites they've been eating away at the structures that make us free and the most successful civilization on earth. It has made us ugly (if you care what the world thinks), bankrupt in spirit, morality and bounty.

Unlike the other folks who fool their audience temporarily, to the voluntary delight of us all, these folks are in permamant game mode as long we we willfully let them shear us of wealth, opportunity and dignity like the sheep many of us have become.

There's a term for this that needs way more publicity if we're going to get the lives and freedoms of future generations back. It's called "Sanction of the Victim." The good news is we can withdraw that sanction, and the game will be up for the parasitical class. Or we can continue to believe the pols are elves, tooth fairies, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.

To coin a popular phrase, "How's that been working for us?"

How do we withdraw our sanction? The good news is it's simple as identifying that the Emperor is a fraud and that we don't need his peculiar form of "protection." And say it loudly and often, dammit!! The bad news is it takes clarity, courage, and a steadfast belief in our own abilities and perceptions. The latter have been eroded, intentionally, by State institutions and their media and academic minions.

Let's show a fraction of the guts and character that took the barefoot revolutionaries across the Delaware that frigid night. After all, we at least have our Nikes and HDTV's. Or we can be history's biggest fools. And our grandchildren will look in wonderment at what we willingly gave away.