Reflection on the wall

This country was founded upon tripartite diversity. American colonies possessed royal charters, corporate charters or proprietary charters. When dissent entered our ranks by way of the sugar acts, the quartering act and the stamp act, colonists took retaliatory actions that eventually resulted in a war for independence and a victory for a new Republic. In 1767, John Dickinson (who wrote the Articles of Confederation) believed that "those who are taxed without their consent are slaves." White slaves, therefore, as well as black slaves inhabited this nascent nation.
We’ve come a long way to yesterday! David Ogilvy, an ad man, pegged ‘it,’ meaning the moment in our history when the first black President, Obama, took office. Advertising’s goal is to urge consumption of a product and Ogilvy warned about the "slippery surface of irrelevant brilliance." Glitter should not triumph over substance.

We’ve come a long way to yesterday because to a man and woman, each and every customer of Obamamania sees (and hears and speaks about ) only an idealized Platonic reflection flickering on the wall in the cave. Reality doesn’t count.