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Power, Money, Death, Morality


Power and Money are twin diseases of humanity.  If you’re in politics and want money, you work quietly behind the scenes selling favors, information, and access, i.e. what you can do.  If you’re in politics and want power, you’ll say anything, lies, truth, and bologna, to get it. Does this make the money grubbing politician more honest? 

A close call is this contest between these twins known better as, “Do Anything” and “Say Anything.” 

 The real bad boy's name is "Saydo Anything."  
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Modern mainstream morality:  If you like the guy, it’s ok if he stands by mute while thousands are slaughtered.  If you don’t like the guy, it is moral turpitude if he doesn’t wash his hands after a bathroom break.
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Death is an interesting word with a world of meanings.  In war, one can both hope for and dread it at the same time.  Personally, the rules are different.  George Gershwin said it perfectly in Porgy and Bess with “… tired of livin' and scared of dyin'.”  Or from the film “Long Hot Summer,” we hear Orson Welles say, “I think I’ll just live forever.”

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