2003 Soap Box Archives

Washington Is 10/13/03

Washington is the Capitol of the United States where our three branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial, make their home.

Washington is a city of extraordinary beauty with unique and meaningful statuary, dignified monuments, cherry blossoms, tidal pools and grassy malls. But lurking just a few blocks from all this federal majesty is a world of drugs, crime and murder with dangerous streets and decaying ghettos.

Washington is a city where grown men and women act like grade school children in a big sandbox fighting over a toy.

Washington is where countless lobbyists stalk the halls of Congress representing the whims of special interests and big business.

It is a city where perception is everything and truth matters little. Where pompous, inarticulate old gas bags stand up and make inane speeches and spend money which doesn't belong to them with the abandon of a drunken gambler.

Washington - where the press corp is like a school of insatiable
sharks who can smell blood in the water all the way across the Potomac, always anxious to tear some poor soul apart regardless of innocence or guilt.

Where political correctness is an avocational religion and a slight slip of the tongue can put an end to a brilliant career no matter how illustrious, no matter how beneficial, no matter how honorable.

Washington is the city where power is the coin of the realm and
and every individual or group jealously protects their fiefdom with every weapon at their disposal, no matter how questionable, no matter how despicable.

Where young men and women go fresh from the streets of
middle America, with stars in their eyes and a true desire to make a difference to find that if they don’t toe the party line they may as well have stayed at home.

Where aging old pork barrel patriarchs cajole and threaten and wheel and deal in order to bring home the bacon.

Washington is press leaks, sex scandals, denial,spin, parsing and
photo ops, where the name of the game is winning and the stakes are always high.

Washington is a man eater, a widow maker, a destroyer of hard earned reputations and the greatest thing to ever happen to blood pressure medicine.

The most often heard phrases in Washington are,” A tax break for the wealthy,” “We are currently studying the matter,” ”The President said---’” “I have no knowledge of the situation”. And,” A woman’s right to choose.”

Least heard phrases,” Term limits”, “A salary cut for Congress,”
“School vouchers”, and” A baby’s right to life.”

Pray for our troops.

What do you think?

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels