“I’m washing my hands of the people of this land. From now on they’re all on their own...Dress up like a stupid shepherd. I’m going to install just such a shepherd in this land—a shepherd indifferent to victims, who ignores the lost, abandons the injured, and disdains decent citizens. He’ll only be in it for what he can get out of it, using and abusing any and all.” Zechariah 11:6 & 15-16 (The Message) Can you believe it, Karl Marx and I see eye to eye?
Before you jump to any ridiculous conclusions, you need to know I am not embracing communism. Never! But being the humble man that I am, I am willing to admit that sometimes even a crazy lunatic can make some sense. As the old saying goes, "Even a broken clock is right twice a day." Here is Karl's pearl of wisdom that I shockingly agree with: "Neither a nation nor a woman is forgiven for an unguarded hour in which the first adventurer who comes along can sweep them off their feet and possess them." Such profundity. Americans and Hopeless Romantics have much in common, they are both rather easy to fool. A little flattery here, false promises there, fireworks and bright lights, and the gullible dreamer is hooked. More times than not, they blindly believe to their own destruction. HOPELESS ROMANTICS I have always wondered why the bad guy wins the pretty girl's heart? All through high school I sat in the cafeteria watching the prettiest and sweetest of ladies fall for the foulest of beasts. After years of contemplating this conundrum, I came to a conclusion: Creeps and Jerks lie the best. Nice guys have an irrational urge to always tell the truth - - they have never learned the fine art of creating false image and promising empty excitement. What you see is what you get with the nerd and shy guy; and honestly most men, when you really get to know them, are rather dull. In order to look exciting and taken for a wild, hip, dangerous man - - the male gender must put on an act. And for some reason, to the pretty girl, the bigger the jerk the better. A little scent of evil on a guy works like a charm in catching the easy female prey. But image only goes so far. A guy who lies to you to hook you, usually has nothing of substance to keep you. And after he gets what he wants from you, he will not stick around. Happens every-time. My advice for the hopeless romantic - - try giving the nice guy another chance. AMERICAN VOTERS I believe the lying principle is also true when it comes to politics - - the best liars win the most votes. The crowd is gullible. Candidates cut out of the Machiavellian mold are experts at promising things they don't usually intend to keep. To get your vote they will jump through hoops, kiss babies, order a burrito at Chipotle, and pretend that they are your best friend. When a sharp dressed man or woman steps up to a podium, bites his or her bottom lip and says, "I am speaking for the American people," look out! - they are playing you for a fool. They know how to say exactly what you want to hear. Just look at the past few presidents who sat in the oval office...do you really believe they meant what they said? And now we have the wackiest pool of possible Republican and Democratic nominees I have ever seen. The Donald...seriously? Hilary….are you kidding me? Do you really think they are telling us the truth? If they make it into the highest level of our government, will they really make policies that benefit the average man? Or are they on a mission to promote their own legacy? So what are we to do? First of all, stop buying the popular hype. Secondly, read, research, look at the past voting records of each candidate and vote for the one who will protect the most innocent in our society, the babe in the mother's womb. Finally, pray. I have become a cynical man, I don't trust many people in office, and that is not a good thing. I don't merely want to be a deconstructionist where I tear down people without building up. I don't want to mistrust everyone, but I don't want to be found a gullible fool either. All I am trying to say is that I think we have been lied to enough. We need to stop voting only to see our team win, we need to vote with the hopes of making this a better country. I hope we haven't reached the point in America where Israel did in Zechariah when God let the people have the "stupid shepherd." He put on the throne a leader who reflected the character of the people...and that turned out to be a very bad thing. Looking at our current choices doesn't really say much for the heart of the American people. So should we give up and move to New Zealand? I'd like to, but God planted me here in America. So instead of jumping on the band-wagon of big names and provocative soundbites, I hope we would all vote for someone who at least seems to be trying. Sound impossible? Maybe, but at least as Americans we can go down swinging.
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