THE REVOLUTION WE NEED
From the time of the Ancient Greeks, this time of year has been known as the "dog days," when the heat and humidity caused "the seas to boil, wine to turn sour, dogs to go mad, and men subject to burning fevers, hysterics, and frenzies."
Much of the US is certainly not experiencing such climate misery this week, with record low summer temps from Arkansas to Minnesota. But in terms of what is happening to our country politically, economically, culturally and morally, these are indeed the Dog Days of America.
And there doesn't seem to be any relief in sight. Zero, rather than backing off in the midst of his growing unpopularity and unending scandals is "just getting started," according to Bryan Preston. He's "going Soviet."
Yet, the illegal, tyrannical, and unconstitutional acts of Zero's Imperial Presidency are not the cause of America's current crisis - they are the culmination of it. The Reign of Zero is simply the apotheosis of a crisis that's been building since the 1880s.
The crisis we face now is a cancer that has been growing slowly and steadily for 126 years, until finally under Zero it has metastasized perilously close to terminal stage. Which means that if Zero were to vanish tomorrow, the cancer would still be there.
We need radical surgery to cure it, a Revolution. It can certainly be peaceful - by no means need it be violent. For the Revolution We Need is a legal one that attacks the crisis at its foundation.
So - what is the target of the Revolution We Need? It is not Zero. It is what makes him and his Imperial Presidency possible. It is what is destroying any basis for Constitutional Government. Indeed, it is eating our Constitution alive. It is a medieval atavism in modern guise. It is...
