Truth in beauty

We are in deep doodoo because liars spread untruths to power. What were the Communist denials of the past -that Einstein, Hegel and God were lies of the idealists - cannot be excused or accepted today. A perspicacious Russian wrote about life under Stalin, that "the murder of the truthful words was the blackest of crimes." This lesson has still not been learned.. Celebrities, stars and influential icons can gather audiences to hear their lies as they claim that religion and faith have no traditional meaning, dogmas or certitudes, just spiritual offerings and that a belief in an omnipotent being is dangerous. Too many searchers for truth accept lies. Presidential candidate, Barak Obama, inspires a Ms. Eshoo because he "appeals to the best in us, and in doing so he restores the sense of idealism that brought me to public service. He challenges us to dream bigger and reach farther." Unfortunately, Mr. Obama’s appeal for change can anything or mean something ominous. Ms. Eshoo’s words could be re-interpreted as truths to accommodate the great struggle for the soul of Russia by her evil but inspiring leader, Josef Stalin. As one ‘true, young believer’ in Communism wrote in his autobiographical book, I imagined the "ugly, little pigmy, to be a handsome giant." America cannot afford to let the appealing lies of liberals speak as truths with the power to change our hearts and minds.

Also, as an aside, I am reminded that true freedom, true capitalism, true patriotism made us great. As is written in a letter to the editor of a national newspaper by a concerned citizen about the problem of poverty: "It is not capitalism, but the absence of true capitalism and economic freedom that suppresses wealth building ( and dream building, I might add)." A leader should "encourage countries to eliminate corruption, reduce crime, improve infrastructure, protect private property, reduce taxes, enforce contracts, support the rule of law, encourage savings, encourage investment, educate the population, become self-sufficient in food production and stop fighting... " ( with each other I might add.). "Capitalism is not failing the poor; the governments are failing the poor."

If we take each of the above ideas and hold them up to a mirror evaluating their condition (and implementation) in America today, I’m afraid we suffer from a bad case of acne. Many pimples of imperfection have popped up due to liberal thinking and politically correct actions. Corruption in Washington, inner-city crime waves, crumbling infrastructures, legal usurpation of private property, increased taxes, personal irresponsibility, plea bargaining, absence of savings and neglect of investment, complete dumbing down in public schools, food subsidies, tariffs and regulations and the inability of Republicans and Democrats to agree on core values - each is a dangerous eruption on the face of a great nation. What to do? What to do? Clearasil won’t do! Lying to ourselves won’t do. The truth is sometimes not pretty, but only the truth will do. As John Keats the young, gifted poet reminds us, Truth is beauty; beauty truth." That’s all you need to know.