When I was a child, growing up in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, we had a news source that I don't think exists any longer; it was called the evening newspaper. Evening newspapers were probably put out of business by the Evening news broadcasts, first, of the major networks, and eventually by the 24 hour Cable news networks. The since expired "Evening Star" newspaper used to carry one of my favorite cartoons; called "Pogo", about what I think was supposed to be a talking Porcupine, though his actual species identity was somewhat a cause for debate. He, and his talking friends (I remember an alligator, who walked on his hind feet, but I don't remember much else) lived in a swamp, which was appropriate for those of us who lived in, and around, one of the most famous swamps in the world, Washington, D.C, which was supposedly drained by it's name-sake, but has come to be re-filled with some of the most despicable animals upon the face of the earth! They might even be called a, "basket of deplorables", but I think that moniker has already been applied.
About the only thing I remember from that strip was the famous quote that I used for the title of this post, which has been often repeated by others throughout my life. The wisdom of that quote (bad grammar, not withstanding) seems more relevant today than ever, as President Trump faces perhaps the most difficult task of his Presidency: Fulfilling his campaign promise to, "Drain the swamp"!!! This refers to ridding America of it's most deadly "parasites", a wasteful-spending and even hostile, and unpatriotic bureaucracy, and the "Fat-Cat Congressmen" who perpetuate their despotic tyranny!
Perhaps the main reason for the difficulty of this task is because of the practically air-tight government employees union contract, that makes it all but impossible to fire an under-performing, incompetent, and even hostile, or destructive bureaucrat, like Lois Lerner (though she may have been an Obama Administration political appointee, and as such not qualified for union protection). Her famous hostility, while ostensibly "serving" in the Internal Revenue Service, kept many conservative non-profit organizations from receiving their applied-for tax exempt status, for which they were qualified in every respect, except for their conservative viewpoints. Her obstructionism was not only inappropriate, it was also illegal discrimination of their first amendment rights, though I doubt that she will ever be prosecuted for what she did.
So, just how does Trump go about "Draining the swamp"? Beats me !!! I am not a Lawyer, and I have no idea how one goes about breaking an almost impossible-to-break government employee union contract, which was obviously voted into place by government workers, who were rightly fearful of losing their jobs because the next President's political views might not mesh with the values some employee is known to have expressed. But, what was established to protect workers from political house-cleaning, by each new administration, has evolved into a perceived protection of a hostile, and greedy, out-of-control bureaucracy that wants to spend as much money as they can, under trumped-up authority (as that is the perceived way to get promotions, and increased job security within the bureaucracy). Even if Trump were to figure out some way to legally fire all the "bad eggs" in one department, I'm sure their union would call for a massive "sick out", or walk out, of every other department until he agreed to take the employees back. What a nightmare of political corruption! Talk about the inmates running the asylum! And guess which party has gone "bananas" in hiring sympathetic workers, (under the auspices of "job creation") who can be easily motivated to protest whatever their union says they should? You guessed it, the so-called "progressives", who want nothing more than to push America into a third-world state of political, economic, and military level of Regression!!! They are international Socialists, who believe in the fallacy that if you destroy the wealth of a successful economy, the rest of the world will pick up the wealth that they lost. So, we should allow them to destroy our economy, in order for them to discover the foolishness of their doctrine? I don't think so!!! I suspect when they would be confronted with the damage their foolish efforts had caused, they would excuse them with some brilliant defense like, "Oops! Sorry about that!" And then they'd be off to destroy some other nation!
Addendum--
I just watched a report on C.B.S.News, lauding the "benefits" of a new cyber security development being tested in "La-La land", (excuse me, I mean San Francisco). It involves the injection of a computer chip, the size of a grain of rice, under the skin of a person's hand, that a sensor can read all the necessary data that would identify them to their computer system, wherever they are! Isn't that wonderful!!! We're all set to take the Antichrist's "Mark Of The Beast", which God has strictly forbidden, saying it will condemn the recipient to Eternal Damnation! Is there no end to the wonders that modern technology will develop??? You can read all about this wonderful "new" development, in Revelation Chapter 13, which God warned His people about to the Apostle John, some time around the first century, A.D.!
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