S. And the Christmas Pig (with a name)

I understand the purpose of the last remaining stricture - against political assassination - left standing, even in the chaos of war. It is a concept also reflected in the game of chess. Assassination goes beyond mere killing. It targets a leader – the head the snake, in some cases – a man (or woman), nevertheless with a recognizable name. It violates the last law of civilized behavior after which there is no telling.

S. was a little boy living in Goa. It wasn’t the place of his birth or even where he grew up. His parents moved around a lot due to the nature of his father’s job. S. used to like watching the yard from his second floor window. He watched the cow being milked and the chickens. His very favorite was the pink piglet with the curly tail. He gave it a name and it would follow him around when he went down to the yard to play.

Came Christmas, there was much activity down in the yard. S. had been struggling to stay awake the night before. Midnight mass seemed to drag on endlessly. Around daybreak he finally fell asleep. Consequently, he awoke late. It was already time for the holiday feast served on a festive table at midday. When S. came downstairs, the heavily laden table was the first thing he saw. In the center was his pig – the one with a name. It had an apple in its mouth.

S. ran back upstairs weeping. He could not eat that day.

The assassination of a leader is considered by some to be the most effective way to rid oneself of an adversary. And perhaps it is. But it flies in the face of any shred of doubt one may still harbor as to the rightness or wrongness of one’s intent. There must always be doubt. Without doubt, there is no countervailing force to mitigate madness, and it’s off to the races. Why not target Ahmadinejad, Mugabe, or Kim Jong-Il? We know where they live.

Of all the palpable threats that are facing our nation, I consider Barack Hussein Obama to be at the top of the list. Still, I would shudder if he were to be assassinated. It would mean that we have stepped over and obscured a very delicate line. It would be difficult – if not impossible – to find our way back to any semblance of normal.

Targeting Kaddafi is wrong. I know the sainted Reagan did it. He was wrong as well. Kaddafi may have been tipped off as he might have been tipped off also this time around (I should like to believe so).

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The Bird Has Flown

POTUS has shown over and over again that he has no respect for the law or convention. As far as he is concerned, he is the law by virtue of having been elected president. He can follow the law, or just as easily ignore it. He can even impose new law and make it retroactive. This is pure madness.

In an ordinary environment, Obama would not be able to get away with it. It is a servile press that enables Obama’s madness, serving as a mere extension of his will. It never challenges; it glosses over any contradictions that might arise, often evidenced by raised eyebrows. The only interest the media has is in proclaiming that POTUS wins.

“The wild worship of lawlessness and the materialist worship of law (both) end in the same void. Nietzsche scales staggering mountains, but he turns up ultimately in Tibet. He sits down beside Tolstoy in the land of nothing and Nirvana. They both are helpless—one because he must not grasp anything and the other because he must not let go of anything. The Tolstoyan’s will is frozen by a Buddhist instinct that all deliberate actions are evil. But the Nietzscheite’s will is quite equally frozen by his view that all deliberate actions are good; for if all deliberate actions are good, none of them are deliberate. They stand at the crossroads, and one hates all the roads and the other likes all the roads. The result is—well, some things are not hard to calculate.” - G. K. Chesterton.

Where does that leave us? We must submit and recognize that we have been conquered. Or, we must revolt. Clearly, the way it now stands, ours is no longer the American way. We may in fact no longer be living in what has been historically known as ‘America’.

The landmass still exists and will continue to exist as it has existed for thousands of years. And for some, this is comfort enough. But, there is no doubt that America’s spirit has flown elsewhere, seeking to find a more robust mate.

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