I AM NOT A CROOK

The cry spoken or implied 
by many politicians. 
They are believed by their 
fervent followers who all have
a notion that there is 
something in it for them
if their man can go on 
and win the race. 

We have these winners every 
two or four years and
all the promises floating 
out on the mist
are forgotten as 
circumstance prevails and
there is nothing one can do 
to turn the tide of
the ambitious who 
seemingly want control over
every aspect of 
the citizen’s lives. 

The rule of law is ignored 
and those in power
rule by fiat and the world 
looks on in disbelief at
this incredulous phenomenon 
taking place right 
before their eyes.
 
They are in wonder as 
to why the citizens 
allow themselves
to be herded like sheep 
to the slaughter. 

We were such a great nation, 
the greatest on record and
the main force that raised 
people out of poverty and
developed to the point 
where we fed the world.
 
Opportunity was prevalent, 
wherever you looked 
a person could work at 
anything he wanted in order 
to earn his keep. 

Families were solid and 
schools were a place where
you were educated, 
rather than indoctrinated. 
Drug use was for healing, 
not recreation. 

Discipline and honor 
were attributes that 
were praised and
the helping out of 
those on the dole was 
the work of the churches. 

Soldiers were treated 
with respect and looked after
while they were rehabilitated. 

Coal, wood and oil 
were good things and
green energy was used on farms 
to pump water for livestock. 

Then it was Woodstock, 
hippies and communes. 
Social experimentation 
and government programs
all failed with 
the ultimate cost being
a piece of our freedom here,
the selling of our souls there,
until ultimately we are faced 
with a bubble of debt 
that will never be paid. 

Crooks or no crooks, 
we need leaders now
who will take us back to 
yesterday as we move forward.
 
Stanski
June 16, 2020 ^