PERHAPS....

We have long been told that it is not unusual to experience a “calm before a storm.”
Ok, well and good.

But what about a situation where you have a storm? What should you expect then, during and after the storm?

It seems to me on this Saturday morning, 27 March, that we Americans are in a storm of sorts, a storm in which a lot of less than good things are happening, that lots more such things are going to occur.

The negatives appear to us to be so obvious.

Those same negatives appear to mean nothing to supporters of b.o.
Or worse, those very negatives seem to be positives to those supporters.

As we approach senior citizen status, or, as Rush would say, ‘Seasoned Citizen’ status, the foolishness of b.o.’s supporters strikes us as being apparent beyond question.

And yet, it is not apparent to them. At least not yet.

Our hope and prayer is that, as Gramma used to say, the “Worm will turn.”

That is, the ‘great mob’ that supports b.o. and his Administration will see the light before some catastrophe occurs, either at home or abroad.

Perhaps the meteoric tax bites to come will open a few eyes.

Perhaps the negative effects of the changes in store for the US health care system will in some way be exposed in a meaningful way, before going into effect.

Perhaps, if a new, now likely crisis should break out in the Middle East, it will hopefully threaten just enough to expose the lunacy of our policies there and yet not burst fully into fury.

Perhaps the US economy, as rich and powerful and trusted as it is, will recover and will survive the stresses to which it is being exposed.

Perhaps the shabby treatment currently being accorded to our traditional allies will not cause irreparable diplomatic harm.

Perhaps the overtures being made to our traditional enemies will not result in long-lasting injury to our security in the world.

Or, for that matter, to the security of the world.

A lot to hope for.