You’ve posed the same question repeatedly, (foolishly) expecting that a dazzling answer would appear magically across the sky like a biplane dragging a glitzy banner over N. Myrtle Beach, reading “Eat At Hamburger Joe’s.” The question: Why are human beings the most defective of all God’s creatures? Predictably, to find a silver lining, you will offer a mountain of evidence proving that the question itself is defective. You will offer proof of Mankind’s virtue, nobility, achievement, generosity,  faithfulness and courage. You will present an irrefutable case that validates the inexorable march of Mankind toward a more enlightened, lofty world. But wait up. While you’re marching, please explain Mankind’s virtues to Chris Stevens who was brutally murdered on American soil in Benghazi on 9/11/12. Tell it to the thousands incinerated on 9/11/01. And while you sit confidently on your mountaintop of human accomplishment, explain the utter dementia of countless Americans who gleefully pranced to voting booths on November 4, 2008, to select an empty suit to lead the most powerful nation on earth. This was not an original act, by the way. You don’t need to be an historical scholar to know that mass psychosis is a routine condition. In the rise of the Third Reich, the German people were not ignorant by any stretch. People’s Temple  founder Jim Jones mesmerized thousands of followers across many states for decades until the ill-fated massacre at Guyana. They were not brainless.  Known for his charisma, Benito Mussolini manipulated the Italian people who were not morons. You would be eternally grateful if you could blame the presence of blind devotion and obedience on simple stupidity. But centuries of recorded history prove something more sinister has perpetually corrupted human behavior. Absent any other explanation, this affliction must have something to do with a kind of genetic flaw — an intrinsic psychopathy. That disorder is on display in America, ostensibly a civilized, at least marginally educated, society. Americans looked at the scantiest of resumes, devoid of accomplishment, devoid of productive work, devoid of executive experience — and summarily ignored it — preferring to trust in the persuasive power of soaring rhetoric. Now, after nearly four years of utter failure, the suit is still empty. After four years, the seat of government comes closer to resembling the headquarters of organized crime. Abroad, America languishes like a listing ship waiting for the kill shot. At home, the greatest economic engine in mankind’s history groans under the weight of a fathomless debt, as massive unemployment ruins lives and creates a crippling dependency. Yet, despite his appalling performance, half the American people remain kneeling before the empty suit, forever hungry to hear his silky words of wisdom, and the confident cadence of his authority. And once again, willingly and with deliberation, they will reject a performance-packed resume for the murkiest resume in American history. They will choose a pathological liar. They will select a person, who by his own written admissions and actions, holds in his heart a bitterness for the very country you love and that he diminishes day by day. Who can figure? No one. Not the brightest light on the planet. Putting a probe on Mars is child’s play compared to analyzing or influencing human behavior. Knowledge has nothing to do with underlying human conduct. Technology can not and will not alter the genetic flaw that enslaves Mankind to repeat and repeat and repeat the lunacy from age to age. In Lawrence Of Arabia, one Sherif Ali (fictional character) said in summarizing a tragic event, “It is written.” Enough said, sadly.

If you’re easily offended, please don’t read further. If you’re one of those people who wants to receive a government handout rather then work for less money than the handout, don’t read another word. If you’re one of those  people who routinely uses recreational drugs, stop reading now and continue doing your part to ruin lives and support criminals everywhere; then pretend  you’re  a respectable citizen. If you’re a corporate bigwig on Washington’s crony list, this rant  is not for someone like you, desperately consumed by greed and power. If you’re black and think the country “owes you,” hit delete now and bow to your new Master in the WH. If you have no clue and couldn’t care less about American history and heritage, please log out, go to the mall and hang out with your witless friends. If you’re a card-carrying Socialist, quasi Socialist, Marxist or so-called Progressive, you can find better use of your time by finding new ways to steal from your neighbors. If you’re uneducated, you won’t learn anything here — you can always resent and envy the people who are educated. If you’re an elite intellectual, you already despise this “essay.” If you think having babies outside of marriage is a perfect ticket to more welfare, you should be shacking up somewhere right now — and pity the poor offspring. If you think taxpayers, businesses, schools or churches should furnish contraceptives, your brain is already on life support. If you’re a gay rights activist who demands recognition, respect and affirmative action, leave now and plan your next march. If you buy the claim it’s OK to take more money from the rich because it’s the “fair” thing to do, you’re a thief at heart and have no business on this page. If you think taking all the wealth from the rich will somehow make you more successful and well-off, get a canoe and paddle — you’re already up the creek. If you’re a politician with cradle to the grave entitlements, using your office as a lucrative career, don’t waste your time here — there’s a special place in Hell waiting for you. If you think America was built by the Federal Government, odds are you’ve already left this page to waste your time doing what other takers and losers do. If you have farm land and receive federal subsidies for not farming, now’s the time to sign off because you’re one of millions of “respectable” citizens stealing from the Treasury. If you think America is not an exceptional country, you should find the nearest country you can find that is exceptional — and move there tomorrow. If you support the current President of the United States because he’s black, say goodbye and learn how to spell the word you claim to hate — r-a-c-i-s-t. If you haven’t read a non-fiction book in the past year, you definitely shouldn’t be reading this — and definitely shouldn’t vote. If you have a cell phone in one hand and your EBT card in the other, take a hike and don’t play the poverty card. If you think it’s just fine for the Federal Government to grow and private industry to waste away, shut down this blog now and have your IQ checked — quick. If the President tells you lie after lie after lie, and you think lying is cool, exit this site forever and seriously avoid looking at yourself in a mirror. If you’re a Democrat, and intend to vote for BH Obama no matter what, consider how many Americans died for your freedom to do so — and by the way, the mirror doesn’t lie.

You may have noticed. No matter how bad things get, the world keeps turning. A day doesn’t pass without impending doom. Greece, Italy and Spain are hopelessly insolvent, but a funny thing happened on their way to ruination — their soccer teams and soccer fans forgot to take notice. Terrorists kill people willy-nilly, starvation crushes millions and governments commit genocide; yet blood running in the streets doesn’t stop their Olympic athletes from running marathons in London. In America, a President tells lies routinely and unashamedly; an Attorney General perjures himself under oath and The Constitution languishes, gravely injured, while a nation preoccupied with social media has a jolly old time playing every game under the sun. This is just the way it is. You might as well face facts. Sure, you want to see the preservation of ideals that birthed an exceptional nation; you want to see things like morality, ethics, honor and character ingrained in every member of Congress — but that’s a pipe dream. Those attributes are MIA, increasingly replaced by wickedness, duplicity, corruption and disgrace. You want to see Mankind somehow come to its senses after centuries of tyranny, but then you remember even Jesus left the authority of Rome to the Romans. They nailed him up and the world kept right on turning under the depraved rule of evil men. Since that most dreadful day, in case you hadn’t noticed, nothing changed the misery index of the common man until a handful of uncommon men risked everything a mere 236 years ago to establish a nation of the people, by the people and for the people. Now, the work of these giants rests in the hands of midgets elected by an uneducated and uncultured mob, and you have no plausible reason to believe that mob will shrink. This is just the way it is. Get used to it; and as Andy Dufresne said on his way out of Shawshank, “Get busy livin’.” Get in your little red wagon and escape. Find your own games to play. Chill. And when you need a good laugh, visualize your pet fantasy — Jefferson and Madison sitting across a table from BO and Biden. Giants and midgets. What a treat that would be. What a great birthday gift on this July 4, 2012.