The Jack Acid Society

Day 593, 18:52 • Published in USA Israel • by Moishe

"We have met the enemy and he is us!"

No truer words have ever been spoken unless it was the equally folksy and yet poignant, "If you can't vote my way, vote anyway, but VOTE!"

So who was the genius that spoke these words? Was it General MacArthur? Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower? Winston Churchill?

No.

None of those.

Those words came from the wit and wisdom of Walt Kelly and were spoken by the wise 'possum, Pogo, a denizen of the Georgia Section of the Okefenokee Swamp. Why it (the locale) is specifically the "Georgia section" of the swamp is beyond me. Perhaps Mr. Kelly felt the Georgia folks were more homey and had a finer philosophy than their Florida counter-parts.

Pogo was often seen in the company of Albert Alligator, Dr. Howland Owl, Churchill "Churchy" LaFemme, and others. No doubt we can see characterizations of these laughable and loveable swamp inhabitants in our own society. I would challenge you, the reader, to make those comparisons (a 1 Gold award to the most creative in my opinion) as I continue on with my tired tirade. (For a list of the characters and their specific personalities visit the Wikipedia page on Pogo.)

So who is this "enemy" Pogo so precisely mentions? Ah, yes, "he is us".

What?! WHAAT?

Whatever does Brer Pogo mean?

The eUSA has the greatest potential of any eNation on the ePlanet of eRepublik. It has some of the greatest eMinds; some of the bravest eSouls; and some of the most creative ePersonalities (all right, enough eStuff.)

I will not attempt to be exhaustive in this list so do not get your drawers in a wad if you are not included but we have such people as:

Publius
scrabman
Emerick
Leroy Combs
Eugene Harlot
One Eye
Harrison Richardson
Moishe (the incomprehensible)
PrincessMedyPi
and on and on.....

So why are we not number one?

The answer...

Wait for it.....

The Answer....

"We have met the enemy and he is us!"

Our Congress takes a month to get something done and then the next Congress undoes it.

It is good that our military is not as replaceable as our Congress or each month we would be reforming, reorganizing, and restructuring (as was once the case - thank you, Eugene!)

In the aftermath of the current election I am calling for 100% unity amongst the American people. I urge the winner of the Presidential elections to look at the ranks of the opposing parties and to bring them into the Administration in positions of advisement. I urge the Congress to listen to the suggestions of the President and his advisers and to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Let us not take two weeks to decide if we want to drop Import Taxes from 5% to 1%. Let us get some momentum behind us and get things done!

We can do it! I know we can. And I urge each and every American citizen to contact your representative and give them your instructions.

In the words of another American, "Git r dun!"

Thanks for reading the American Free Press.

Editor - Moishe.