January 21, 2023
Here is an extract from my book, AMERICA SHRUGS: No joy in Mudville:
In August 2018, my wife and I relocated to Cotacachi, a small city in Ecuador, from our home near Concho, Arizona because of my belief and disgust that the United States of America is infested with costly liberal social programs.I foresee a time – sometime during the next fifty years if the Earth does not experience annihilation – when the USA will have lost much – perhaps all – of the prestige the people have enjoyed since 1776.As nothing lasts forever, the USA will give way to another country – a country that will become the world’s leader brought about by a penchant for complacency by the citizens of the United States.The people of the United States of America are to blame as they are responsible for sending the likes of those described herein to Washington to represent them. They do so without the faintest idea of the evil lurking within those “Honorable” servants.Why do I so say? The answer is easy to explain and with 100% accuracy: Too many people vote based only on family history, the candidate’s appearance and charisma, celebrity endorsements, liberal media reports and student attitudes formed by the liberal academia.Only with a no-nonsense midcourse correction, will residents of the USA feel the weight removed from their shoulders, whether they now feel or do not feel its presence.Otherwise, we will keep paying the cost of having ne’er-do-wells using Washington for their “land of opportunity” as have those described in this book.As you read this book, ask yourself if the events occurring in the mighty USA today will end as did mighty Casey’s eleventh hour at bat.
Mudville and Mighty Casey
The outlook
wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
the score stood four to two, with but one inning
more to play.
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did
the same,
a sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The
rest
clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human
breast;
they thought, if only Casey could get but a whack
at that –
they'd put up even money, now, with Casey at the
bat.
But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
and the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake,
so upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
for there seemed but little chance of Casey's getting
to the bat.
But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of
all,
and Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off
the ball;
and when the dust had lifted, and the men saw what
had occurred,
there was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging
third.
Then from five thousand throats and more there rose
a lusty yell;
it rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the
dell;
it knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the
flat,
for Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.
There
was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place;
there was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on
Casey's face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed
his hat,
no stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey
at the bat.
Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands
with dirt;
five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them
on his shirt.
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into
his hip,
defiance gleamed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's
lip.
And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling
through the air,
and Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur
there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped—
"That ain't my style," said Casey. "Strike
one," the umpire said.
From the benches, black with people, there went up
a muffled roar,
like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and
distant shore.
"Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted someone
on the stand;
and it's likely they'd have killed him had not Casey
raised his hand.
With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage
shone;
he stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go
on;
he signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid
flew;
but Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said:
"Strike two."
"Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands,
and Echo answered fraud;
but one scornful look from Casey and the audience
was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his
muscles strain,
and they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go
by again.
The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are
clenched in hate;
he pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets
it go,
and now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's
blow.
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining
bright;
the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts
are light,
and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children
shout;
but there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has
struck out.
Could the United States strike out? I believe it will. We are going that direction. I believe the character of those we send Washington today are, for the most part, no different than those listed below. What about those not named, you ask? My answer: Some are genuine good people. The remainder haven't been caught.
Here are names of members who not only have
been caught but have been convicted of crimes during our nation’s history
according to Wikipedia’s
List of American federal politicians convicted
of crimes.
Chronological Listings
|
Matthew Lyon Charles F. Mitchell Robert Smalls Joseph R. Burton John Hipple Mitchell Henry B. Cassel John W. Langley William Lorimer Harry E. Rowbottom Michael J. Hogan George Ernest Foulkes Donald Francis Snow John H. Hoeppel James M. Curley Andrew J. May J. Parnell Thomas Walter E. Brehm Orland K. Armstrong Ernest K. Bramblett Thomas J. Lane Thomas F. Johnson Frank W. Boykin |
Daniel Brewster Ted Kennedy Martin B. McKneally Cornelius Gallagher J. Irving Whalley Edwin Reinecke John V. Dowdy Richard T. Hanna Frank Brasco Bertram Podell James F. Hastings Andrew J. Hinshaw Richard Tonry Charles Diggs J. Herbert Burke Frank M. Clark Harrison A. Williams John Jenrette Richard Kelly Raymond Lederer Michael Myers Frank Thompson |
John M. Murphy Jon Hinson Joshua Eilberg Dan Flood Frederick W. Richmond George V. Hansen Mario Biaggi Robert Garcia Pat Swindall David Durenberger Jay Kim Nicholas Mavroules Albert Bustamante Carroll Hubbard Carl C. Perkins Walter Fauntroy Buz Lukens Mary Rose Oakari Dan Rostenkowski Joe Kolter Wes Cooley Austin Murphy |
Mel Reynolds Jim Traficant Bill Janklow Frank Ballance Duke Cunningham Bob Ney Larry Craig William J. Jefferson Laura Richardson Jesse Jackson Jr. Rick Renzi Trey Radel Michael Grimm Dennis Hastert Chaka Fattah Corrine Brown Anthony Weiner Chris Collins Duncan D. Hunter |
You may read details of their misdeeds at Wikipedia.
