Remarkable insight

I was indeed impressed by the manner in which Mr. Philip Martin crafted his column, “Let’s not be suckers.” He exhibited remarkable insight, perspective and delivered a no-punches-pulled approach. He astutely identified the players as predominately incorrigible politicos, their disingenuous motives, self-serving priorities and the manifestly valid rationale for our not engaging in lemming-like behavior in support of either of the major political parties. The status quo appears to suggest that we are all headed over the cliff in unison, not far behind Granny.

Neither party offered a standard-bearer of unimpeachable character. But as Mr. Martin so succinctly emphasized, it is largely a failure on the part of the electorate in general.

Moreover, Mr. Martin’s analytical observation is a testament to the reason that government-supervised wealth redistribution is at best an oxymoron of significant proportions with dire consequences. It is metaphorically akin to the fox (no, not Fox News) guarding the proverbial henhouse.

The unrelenting, endemic political cycle reminds one of a former president who philosophically and with unabashed aplomb dared to address, not the complex meaning of life, but rather the obscure, esoteric sphere of “what the meaning of is … is.”

Can that provocative and ingenious example of double-think be attributed to President Tweedle-dee or Tweedle-dumb? You make the call. BOB HARRIS

Sherwood