A PRESIDENTIAL PARABLE

“A danger sign of the lapse from true skepticism in to dogmatism is an inability to respect those who disagree” (Dr. Leonard George).

The kingdom of the united states is like a man going on a journey, who chose a servant and entrusted him to oversee all that he had – rather than taking care of his master’s property, the servant used that property, instead, to reward his friends – while he was rewarding his friends, he allowed his master’s enemies to sneak in and destroy valuable property – at first the servant pursued the perpetrators, but then, for no apparent reason, he turned away to another of his master’s enemies and decided to punish him instead (to this day, no one knows why he did this) – he got all the master’s guardsmen together and broke into the man’s house and had him killed – regarding the talents that the master entrusted him with – he did not invest them – he did not put them in the bank – he didn’t even bury them in the ground, but rather squandered them on his friends in the way of tax breaks and no-bid contracts – his friends got richer and richer while he ran his Master’s household into incredible (possibly irreparable) debt – when a portion of the household became flooded, instead of helping or fixing the problem, he all but completely ignored the problem and years later the problem is still not fixed – he lied to the Master – he spied on members of the household – he had people tortured – he mistreated the master’s guardsmen – and was so abusive to the other households (both friend and foe) that he has caused the Master’s name to be cursed across the entire globe – he has done all this and more and seemingly without any consequence to himself – regarding the master – we don’t know what’s become of him – is he dead? Drunk? Addicted to internet gambling or porn? Where has the master been these last seven plus years? And the other servants, what the hell is wrong with them – they all seem to be cronies or complete cowards – if the master ever manages to get out of prison or rehab or wherever and return to us, what should he do? Should he say, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!” or should he say to instead, “You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest -- take him to Guantanamo so that he can see for himself whether or not waterboarding constitutes torture and then throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.