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The Question upon which Chris Crumbles

Chris Matthews, who heads MSNBC’s, “Hardball,” has cobbled together an exposé of the Tea Party movement, entitled, “The Rise of the New Right”

Boldly, he connects gun-toting militia folk -- with an unvarnished disdain for, “government” -- to non-uniformed, apparently more respectable, types already in government and others hoping to be in government.

Among the latter is Dr. Rand Paul, who recently became the GOP candidate for next fall’s senatorial race in Kentucky. He feels that businesses have the right to racially discriminate.

Then, there is representative Michele Bachman of Minnesota who feels that certain lawmakers should be examined for “loyalty.”

When asked if the Tea Party’s stern opposition to the president and “government” would be present had not Obama been in the White House, Chris Matthews demurs, saying he has insufficient information upon which to form a definitive opinion.

I, however, have no such qualms. Having had a longer and more intimate sojourn through the soul of America, I do have the basis upon which to state, unequivocally: Without Barack Hussein Obama, there would be no Tea Party!

(I repeat my advice to the president to cease coddling his vehement opposition. He should stop; playing “Charlie Brown” to their “Lucy.” No matter how much they promise, they will never let him kick the ball!)

“Words, words, words…”

Professor Higgins in George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”/”My Fair Lady,” was frustrated in his attempt to turn a flower girl into a lady. The besieged oil giant BP and the NAACP certainly could use the services of a Professor Higgins today.

When the CEO first commented on the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, he casually observed that it was a mere “trickle in a large ocean.” Then, not having been sufficiently chastised, he later, callously, dismissed the cries of desperation from the families of the dead and others affected by the spewing petrol, by revealing that he, too, would like to have his “life back.”

Now, the chairman of that beleaguered corporation takes his turn as a flubber. Recalling NYC’s, “Queen of Mean’s,” paean to the, “little people,” he thrice expressed his concern for the well being of the Gulf region’s “small people.”

The NAACP is caught in active ignorance by insisting that Hallmark recall a talking greeting card that mentions, “black holes” in a completely inoffensive context.

Philanthropy Purifies Politics

Amidst all of the negativity, discordant and destructive things with which we are bombarded on a daily basis that are vexatious to the spirit, almost unnoticed is a giant act of human compassion that would have been incomprehensible to the “Robber Barons,” around the turn of the last century.

On one hand, the idea of, “spreading around the wealth,” is anathema to those on the right side of the political spectrum. On the other hand, however, two of this country’s – and the world’s – greatest practitioners of capitalism have launched upon a lessening of their bulging purses that is more personal and direct than that of the Carnegies, et. al.

Not only have Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined their efforts to distribute their fabulous wealth among worthy causes around the world, now, jointly, they are engaged upon a campaign to encourage others -- perhaps less financially endowed of their numbers -- to do likewise.