Wielding a mace

In 8000 B.C., around the time of the defense of Jericho, war technology involved a stone mace wielded against an enemy. From about 200 B.C. to 400 A.D., the horse could not be used effectively as a dray or be ridden into battle because the throat and girth harness used for pulling tended to strangle the horse and restrict its blood flow. The stirrup and destrier eventually came later. In 200 A.D., men fought each other carrying leather-covered shields and wearing iron helmets. Better armor eventually evolved. In 1981, nuclear powered ships that did not need their reactor core replaced for 9 years, could cruise the seas for more than 70 days without making port. We now have cruise missiles. Historically, improvements in war technology have been relentless.

Why then do we now observe primitive behavior and neanderthal reasoning? In this election cycle, the technology of war is words. Election day being November 4th, why do thousands of Americans stand for hours in polling lines because they have been told to vote early? Who other than backward Obamericans would fall for the fallacy that exercising a premature franchise ensures either a full and fair franchise or their candidate’s victory? The mobs and masses standing in voting cues are left behind the lines in the battle for brains; they have succumbed to the mind-numbing rhetoric and magic of their leader, Obama. His words like hope and change, however, carry Obamericans backward not forward.