By Rick Krug
GCC/Staff
Nov. 24, 2009

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As a fan of Pop Culture, I find the ever increasing number of snarky one-liners to be a fascinating commentary on our ever increasing esoteric cultural structure. It seems we can sum up entire social constructs with a few words carefully strung together.

“How’s that working out for you…” is not so much a question as an intent to point out an abject failure. “I’m not going to lie to you…” is not a brag of one’s moral strength, but an underscore of the incredulity of the next revelation.

Topping my list, although over used, is the quip “Drinking the Kool-aid” – which obviously does not refer to a refreshing kid’s beverage, but to one, or a group of folks, who accept an idea which proves to ultimately be foolish and hold devastating results.

For those of you who have lived on other than the Third planet from the Sun for the past 41 years, that phrase originates from the mass suicide of the members of the cult known as “The People’s Temple” lead by the late leader Jim Jones. In November, 1978, Jones convinced more than 900 of his followers to move with him to Guyana and then drink cyanide laced Kool-aid.

For the record, Kool-aid drinkers are not confined to any one political strata. On the Right, there are the conspiracy theorists who believe President Obama is not actually an American Citizen and find anything for which they disagree to be patently “Un-American.” Standing not too far from them are the Skin Heads, KKK, and hard core “Militia” types preparing for the Apocalypse.

On the Left are the “Bush lied about the war” folks and the ever present “The greatest enemy of America is the Christians” goofs ready to believe that “OMG” should be banned from texting abbreviations for the underlining and offensive notion that “God” was actually said in a sentence.

What is of concern to me at this time is not the wild-eyed extremes which have always pocked our public discussion. What I am beginning to really worry about is so many, whom I would have sworn were clear thinking individuals, are beginning to swerve into the notion that “government” can actually be counted on to “provide for the needs of the people.”

Ronald Reagan once said, “We are a country with a government, not the other way around.” It seems safe to assume the Obama Administration has read more Mao, than the Gipper.

As the proposed health care reform bills sliding through congress seem more like a snowball gaining size with every revolution than an attempt to answer specific problems of health care costs, it is clear the desire to control one sixth of our entire nation’s economy is the greater goal here.

Add that to the idea Obama may actually want to conduct a massive Stimulus Part Deaux, and the fact that nothing – no really, NOTHING has been done even remotely attempt to address the issue of jobs (currently at nearly 11% nationwide) one wonders just when the nuttiness becomes full-blown national insanity?

Yet, according to a recent Pew Research poll, 85% of democrats are in support of the Obama Administration’s direction. That’s a lot of Kool-aid! To be fair, ‘twas the vast majority of Democrats who elected this man to the Highest office.

But that same poll indicated those who were the most responsible for Obama’s victory, the elusive “Independents,” have begun to fall away from Obama support in droves. Clearly, reality is the greatest antidote to the poison of “Blind-hope and Change.”

Reagan said something else that bears repeating here: “I don’t believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.” As the Pelosi-Reid Health Care Titans march on Washington, they have tried to convince us that we don’t really know what is good for us and if we would all just shut up and sit down, they would “fix” us all! Because, you see, Americans don’t really know what is good for them. But they do. We don’t, they do.

So, I’m not going to lie to you, I think the direction the Obama Administration is taking to simply drinking the Kool-aid of “government is better than Americans.”

For those who are refuse to truly think through the conclusions of their own actions, how’s that “hope and change” thing working out for you?

By the way, faith in a government ultimately providing all that the people need is just a deadly as Cherry-flavored Cyonide.

 

Source: Rick Krug