Liberty Hollow
Just got a comment which touched on the material I am about to cover, and which prompted me to finish this up and get it out there. In baseball, when a batter comes to the plate, he gets at least three swings at the ball, but once he’s missed three times, he’s out, he cannot bat any longer in that turn at-bat. Now baseball does not serve as a great analogy for politics, but I submit to you, gentle reader, that we here in these presently united States have had our three strikes, and that while we are not yet out of the game we are certainly in one hell of a mess. (BTW, those of you who have never seen George Carlin’s comparison between baseball and football are missing a truly timeless comedic routine. Fairly clean, too!) Continue reading “Three Strikes, or the Three Roots of American Tyranny.”