A Land Without Consequences

How many of us can remember the vintage black and white television sets with rabbit ear antennas? Other than movies, the broadcasts were live and bloopers recorded forever. The programs shown on the television screen were often gray and grainy. Often the picture was wavy or would it would flop vertically or slide side to side. But never worry; those old sets had knobs that would allow the viewer to control those frustrating interruptions, sometimes.

Today interruptions are commercials. Too many, too frequent, and most make no sense at all. The amusing thing about old time advertisements was they were live and that made some amusing bloopers even in black and white.

I remember heroes of yesteryear: the Lone Ranger with his sidekick Tonto, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Cisco Kid and Pancho, and Wild Bill Hickock and Jingles. Who can forget John Wayne and yes, even Ronald Reagan. They were the righters of wrong, the good guys who followed, captured, and jailed the evil-doers. We would often worry when bank robbers, cattle rustlers, and claim jumpers would escape, ride away, then stop to brush out their tracks. But deep down we somehow knew the good guys would win, even when they had to trek across burning sands or over steep mountain trails.

We are now doing the same thing, sitting on the edge of our seats, watching and praying that the criminals of today will be prosecuted, brought to trial, and jailed for the crimes they’ve committed.

We see they’ve used all sorts of ways and devices to hide their trails. They set up organizations, erase emails, use smarmy lawyers, and buy votes. They’ve cavorted with pedophiles, worked with foreign governments, and hobnobbed with the “elite.” They’ve taken money from hardworking taxpayers to pay for their opulent lifestyles. They’ve bought mansions, jet planes, boats, and taken expensive junkets to foreign vacation resorts, all on the taxpayer’s dime.

Just as power-hungry potentates of the past, these politicians have bribed, had illicit love affairs, and yes even committed murders. Seemingly, they hold themselves to a different standard of justice than the average person. Has America become a land without consequences where the elected servants have become the masters? Have the citizens kowtowed to politicians’ incessant greed and hunger for power? Have we become followers, deceived into swallowing the snake oil that they sell?

We the Silent Majority can no longer remain silent. Slowly they’ve eroded our freedom and liberty. They’ve indoctrinated Americans from the cradle to the grave. Our forefathers would have executed them for their crimes or at the very least chased them out of Washington DC tarred and feathered. We must speak out.