THE ENEMY WITHIN

THE ENEMY IS AT MY DOORSTEP, THE ENEMY IS HERE AT HOME, THE ENEMY IS WITHIN. DO I NEED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THESE THREE ENEMIES? LOCAL NEWS IS ATWITTER OVER THE SOLICITATION OF TOYOTA TO BUILD AN AUTOMOTIVE PLANT IN A NEARBY TOWN. GLORY HALLELULAH! 2,000 THOUSAND JOBS MAY BE GAINED. HOW COULD THE BEARER OF GLAD TIDINGS, BEING INTERVIEWED, BE AN ENEMY OF PROGRESS WHEN HE WITHHOLDS INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE LOSS OF TAX REVENUE BECAUSE OF ABATEMENTS OFFERED TO THE SAVIOR FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN? TO THIS ELECTED OFFICAL, THE SOLUTION TO ANY SHORTFALL OF FUNDS WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM SUCH AN OVER-INVESTMENT WOULD COME IN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FORM OF GRANTS, SUBSIDIES OR LOANS. THE CONVERSATION SEGUED FROM FACTORY JOBS TO THE LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT TO FOREIGN WORKERS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CLOTHING INDUSTRIES. NOW THE ENEMY REARED ITS ILLOGICAL HEAD. THE INTERVIEWED GUEST SAID THAT LOOKING AT APPAREL LABELS (INDICATING GARMENTS MADE ABROAD) MADE HIM "CRINGE." WOW! THIS SAME MAYOR WHO BELIEVED FOREIGN INVESTMENT WOULD SAVE HIS COMMUNITY, NOW EXPRESSED HIS REPULSION AND DISAPPROVAL OF FOREIGN FREE-MARKET COMPETITION AND LOWER PRICES BECAUSE THEY PREVENT GOOD JOBS AT HOME. I HEAR A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT TALKING, BUT NOT THINKING. WHY IS IT THAT THE ENEMIES OF COMMON SENSE ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK?