Polar opposites.
Most people readily recognize what that descriptor means. In relationships, it might mean "the odd couple". Messy v.s. clinically neat; diurnal and nocturnal; introspective and outgoing; Dallas Cowboys v.s. Minnesota Vikings; liberal v.s. conservative.......you get the picture.
I've been following the brouhaha in a nearby state as conservatives and liberals have clashed daily for over two weeks now. This ideological melee has as much to do with finances as it does political viewpoints and the fervor with which each "side" is demonstrating its viewpoint is fascinating, to say the least. I don't know whether to admire the dedication of the demonstrators or worry about their seemingly blind devotion to a cause.....or both.
That which is at stake is expressed differently by conservatives and liberals and there is no shortage of willingness on either "side" to vocalize. This "mess" will eventually spread to other states, as it is currently doing, because there are simply not enough Benjamins to go around any more. Our nation is rapidly reaching an inevitable crossroads where a decision must be made to either divide up the remaining Benjamins or manufacture more. Neither choice will appease anyone and both choices will inflame just about everyone.
Two clear choices exist: Hurt now or hurt later and both of these are tough pills to swallow for all. The billionaire investor, Warren Buffet, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is credited with saying something to the effect (and I paraphrase), "When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!"
I am but one voice in the wilderness......one voice with no solution only the instinctive notion that is is time to abandon the shovels. This is getting us nowhere.
Ancora imparo
