Fountain of youth

During the rally on Jan 6th, YMCA was heard in the background.

Typical “arousing” song by the Village People (quite an insult, actually). Young men, exploitable.

Incitable and full of zeal.

I was young once. And I was and still is fearless and exploitable.

But I no longer am young.

I think, therefore I am.

I don’t want to conquer any land, any people and “subjugate” them or bend their will.

Just want to be free, like information want to be free.

The Crusade married two strains of ideology: the Church and the State, the Cross and the Sword.

Ever since, it seeks to expand, to maintain its status quo at the expense of its original message: Love thy neighbor as yourself. Pelosi is our neighbor. So is McConnell and Romney.

We thrive and retreat by the same tidal waves.

Yet incitors wanted to hang them, put them to sleep.

Presidents Day is approaching. Just want to reflect on the path and the leaders we have had.

They had their struggles, temptations (absolute power corrupt absolutely) and failings.

Nevertheless, we project ourselves upon them, like a witchy board, in the hope that our wills will be their commands.

The US of A is blessed with a new beginning, a Monarch-less one.

It started from scratch, with a blueprint unlike any others’.

Until now. Until this year. Until I heard that knock on the door:”hey, it’s your turn”. I thought it was just a jury duty. And indeed, it was, in a way. I am to opine, whether or not, our representatives conducted themselves worthy of their office and duties.

Leadership comes with honor and responsibility.

Not just by appearance or comeuppance, and certainly it is judged by the weight of history.

Leaders employ tactics, undesirable (McCarthy and Mao).

Or benevolent (Roosevelt and Carter). And of course, in between (Nixon and Trump).

In the end, the measures of a man/woman are the sum of his/her choices, (judgment) calls and tactics.

You can’t kill people to save them. Can’t curse them in the Holy Trinity’s image they were born.

Can’t say you love them while exploiting the sweat of their eyebrows.

Slogans are great. Chants are effective. Music the best, esp. by the Village People to unify, excite and incite.

Young men….

YMCA…

“I will walk with you” til the end of days, promised by the God of the Bible…and by the President of our times.

Hurry up the ladder, only to find out, it is leaning against the wrong building.

The fountain of youth.