WHERE HAVE ALL THE WISE MEN GONE?

Ref: "Who Are the Wise Men"by Joel Hiliker www.TheTrumpet.com 11/29/09

Peggy Noonon is not one of the Hatman's favorites, nonetheless she made a valid point in a recent column:

"Mr. [Leslie] Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and fully plugged into the Democratic foreign-policy establishment, wrote this week that the president’s Asia trip suggested “a disturbing amateurishness in managing America’s power.” The president’s Afghanistan review has been “inexcusably clumsy,” Mideast negotiations have been “fumbling.” So unsuccessful was the trip that Mr. Gelb suggested Mr. Obama take responsibility for it “as President Kennedy did after the Bay of Pigs.”

He added that rather than bowing to emperors—Mr. Obama “seems to do this stuff spontaneously and inexplicably”—he should begin to bow to “the voices of experience” in Washington."

For at least three decades, America has been languishing with leaders without wisdom and frankly, not much common sense either. In every discipline, politics government, business, education, healthcare and religion we seem to lack leaders

with wisdom and insight.

America, the greatest nation the world has ever known is sinking into oblivion.

Those at the top, the elite, are either unaware or are disregarding their responsibilities to lead-- still clinging to bankrupt theories and pretenses of virtue.

We have been seduced by the pandering of Hollywood. Mesmerized by the

show-business 6 o'clock news or the 'in depth' Sunday morning TV interviews. We are so accustomed to being lied to and had events misrepresented and distorted

by spin mongers, that we have turned inward and are trying to ignore that which is happening to us.

The "Fourth Turning" [Authors Strauss and Howe] of socio-economic winter is fast

approaching; perhaps it is just part of the natural cycle. Perhaps it is because of the failure of the children born during the time of awakening who don't trust institutions to look out for their welfare and are 'go it alone' types. Perhaps it is the bright but selfish generation X who grew up in the turbulent 60's and 70's --the 'me' generation. These two types are our leaders and bear the responsibility for our national demise.

Their failure to use wisdom will lead to their replacement as the common man rises up, in his despair, to survive.

With Love and Kindness,

THE HATMAN