This Goose is Cooked!

Have you heard of the old proverb: "What's good for the goose is good for the gander"? These days I'm kind of liking the idea. If the goose represents the Federal Government and the gander represents the American people, we could be on to something really wonderful. Think of it, whatever the government does, we can do! If the government can print money... so can we! If the government can live beyond its' means... so can we. If the government can make expensive purchases and pass it on to their children's-children's-children... hey, why not us? Pretty exciting, huh? Gosh, I thought I didn't want the promised "change" that was coming. Unfortunately, this goose is cooked. What of the gander?

As I read the news and try to get my mind around the unfathomable proposals being made by the Obama administration, I am reminded of a passage in the Old Testament:

"The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof" (Isaiah 19:13).

In Isaiah's day, Egypt was a world military and financial power. Zoan (Tannis) and Noph (Memphis) were capital cities of Egypt at different times in it's history. The princes are those who ruled. Does any of this sound familiar? In light of what is developing in this country, I hear an ancient echo... and a modern prophet saying:

"The politicians of Washington are become fools, the politicians of state-houses are deceived; they have also seduced America, even they that are descended from America's origin."

Can you hear the echo? I think we need to listen up and do something crazy. You know, like... care--care about what's happening all around us. Let's not only care about what's in it for us, but what's in it for our children, and their children, and their children. Let's be wiser than the fools in Washington who think they can establish a budget on money that does not, and never will, exist. Let's support wiser politicians who are trying their hardest to stand in the way of Obama's "Fool's Express."

Now, I know I'm just a basicguy, but sometimes I wish that everyone was a bit more basic... especially the fools in Washington.