TRAVESTY

TRAVESTY IS A GROTESQUE IMITATION FROM THE ROOT WORD MEANING 'DISGUISE' ONESELF. THE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE FREQUENTLY IS A TRAVESTY; OCCASIONALLY COURAGE DISGUISES ITSELF TOO.

TAKE JUSTICE MASQUERADING AS A LAWSUIT AGAINST LEWIS LIBBY FOR 'OUTING' A CIA OPERATIVE VALERIE PLAME WHEN SHE WAS NOT SECRET AND THEREFORE COULD NOT BE LEAKED. YET A PROSECUTION FRAMED A CASE TO ACCUSE 'SCOOTER' OF LYING.

TAKE JUSTICE DISGUISED IN LITIGATIONS AGAINST PAY DAY LOANS (CASH ADVANCE ESTABLISHMENTS). THEY CLAIM THE PUBLIC IS BEING DECEIVED AND BILKED OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM PREDATORY LEADING. FREE MARKET FORCES ALONE HAVE DICTATED THE NEED AND AFFECTION FOR THESE SERVICES BY THE PUBLIC, BUT POLITICIANS AND THE COURTS WOULD RATHER SERVE INJUSTICE DISGUISED AS PUBLIC SERVICE.

TAKE INJUSTICE IMITATED WHEN DOCTORS CHARGE $2,000 FOR A SHOT OF ONE DRUG FOR MACULAR DEGENERATION BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT OR AN INSURANCE COMPANY PAYS FOR IT AND $40.00 FOR AN IDENTICAL DRUG WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL FOOTS THE BILL. GREED IS NOT DISGUISED IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

NOW TAKE THE TRAVESTY OF COURAGE WHEN LIBERALS IN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY ATTEMPT TO, AS SOME CRITICS SAY, "OWN AMERICA'S DEFEAT." DISGUISED AS PATRIOTISM AND PRAGMATISM, THEIR 'REVOLUTIONARY' AND COUNTER-CULTURAL MIND-SET DEMANDS THAT AMERICA LOSE ITS WARS. COURAGE IS DISGUISED AS SUCCESS BY LIBERALS WHEN, LIKE MANY WEALTHY AND SPOILED INDIVIDUALS IN HISTORY WHO REBEL AGAINST ACCEPTED WISDOM, THEY SUPPORT RAPPROCHEMENT AND COMPROMISE WITH OUR ENEMIES.

WHAT AMERICA NEEDS IS ANOTHER RIDE OF APOLLO THE SUN GOD IN HIS SUN CHARIOT PULLED BY FIERY STEEDS. NOWHERE DOES THE LIGHT FROM HIS RACING WHITE HORSES ( SYMBOLIZING COURAGE OR JUSTICE) BLAZE ACROSS OUR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. AT THE TURN OF THIS CENTURY, AMERICA HAD NO TROUBLE EMBRACING OPTIMISM AND THE 'CAN-DO' SPIRIT. TODAY’S SCENE MORE RESEMBLES ICARUS FALLING FROM THE SKY THAN A RIDE AT THE REINS OF A DEITY.

HINT: LIBERALS MAKE A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE AND COURAGE AS THEY TRY TO 'OWN DEFEAT’ AND NEGATIVISM.