Constitution
Today the new Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States will supervise the reading of The Constitution of the United States before starting business. This seems innocent enough. A quaint ritual perhaps? No. This is no quaint ritual. This is religious fundamentalism merged with politics. The backward see The Constitution as a civic Bible, a static rule book, subject to interpretation only by the chosen few, those who wield political power at any given moment.
Fundamentalism of this kind is the enemy of progress. By cloaking themselves in this religious 'belief' in The Constitution, the new breed of American conservatives, goaded along by Tea Party extremists, are trying to tap into the religiosity of recent decades to manipulate the American conscience. This is cynical and motivated purely by greed and corruption.
The great tool of mass distraction is being used to avoid dealing with urgent human problems in America and across the planet. American coastal areas are flooding from sea-level rise. America is locked into two war zones for stable oil supplies. America's clean water supplies are under threat by toxic waste disposal and international, corporate privatization. Across the planet, the effects of human overpopulation, including symptoms like illegal immigration, are being addressed by reactionary methods rather than a vast investment in sex education and empowerment of women.
And the arrogant suits in Washington will be smugly reading their Constitution, while collecting salaries from the U.S. Treasury and getting a full benefit package at the expense of the American people. They will plot the destruction of health care coverage for those tax-paying citizens. They will look to increase the profits and tax breaks for the tax-evading wealthy who got them elected. They will shout about the will of an American electorate, manipulated by the propagandist media owned by the special interests they represent. Great theater, lousy public service.
Fundamentalism of this kind is the enemy of progress. By cloaking themselves in this religious 'belief' in The Constitution, the new breed of American conservatives, goaded along by Tea Party extremists, are trying to tap into the religiosity of recent decades to manipulate the American conscience. This is cynical and motivated purely by greed and corruption.The great tool of mass distraction is being used to avoid dealing with urgent human problems in America and across the planet. American coastal areas are flooding from sea-level rise. America is locked into two war zones for stable oil supplies. America's clean water supplies are under threat by toxic waste disposal and international, corporate privatization. Across the planet, the effects of human overpopulation, including symptoms like illegal immigration, are being addressed by reactionary methods rather than a vast investment in sex education and empowerment of women.
And the arrogant suits in Washington will be smugly reading their Constitution, while collecting salaries from the U.S. Treasury and getting a full benefit package at the expense of the American people. They will plot the destruction of health care coverage for those tax-paying citizens. They will look to increase the profits and tax breaks for the tax-evading wealthy who got them elected. They will shout about the will of an American electorate, manipulated by the propagandist media owned by the special interests they represent. Great theater, lousy public service.
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