And it's finally been made public: the neocons, it turns out, plan to keep fifty thousand troops in Iraq, retain control of oil reserves, and encourage the investment of foreign capital, especially American, in Iraq. We've been saying that since the invasion and they've been denying it. Now that they get honest is there any consequence for their dishonesty?
But that's not what I'm writing about tonight.
All of a sudden Trent Lott, being the second-ranking Republican after more than thirty years inside the Beltway, steps down with no explanation other than he listened to a sermon on Sunday from Ecclesiastes ('To every thing there is a season...') and decided it was time to go. Now, call me cynical, but that's a bit thin. My BS meter spiked when I heard about it.
A coworker remarked on Lott leaving. I told her it was probably because he was close to getting caught for something and was skating before it came out. Thinking later, maybe he did get caught, the scandal was too tight to get out of, and he bowed to upper management telling him to get the hell out of Dodge and they wouldn't let the truth out.
Either way, such a powerful man leaving like that points to the oft-voiced allegation of corruption. If the scandal goes that high in the food chain then it's too close to the top to not have had the top involved, or at least aware of it. To not doubt is irresponsible if we are to preserve the good name of our nation. Where is investigative journalism anymore?
And to give such a thin excuse, using a Godly reason to cover his ass! How it rankles. How low we have sunk. I wonder how God will deal with him when the time comes?
Rather than get indignant and even angry about such things I'll just shake my head slowly. What can we do with such people? We're better than that.
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From the Shooting Sunset dictionary:
Death (n): 1. a misunderstood transaction. 2. quittin’ time before one is ready to clock out. 3. being fired from life.
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