Undoubtedly you are familiar with the canine greeting dance involving frenzied anal sniffing. Even when encountering other dogs with whom they’ve played in the past, the pups will vigorously sniff and snort one another to positively identify each other. Obviously their method is much more effective than any “Voter I.D.” implemented by government (are you thinking what I’m thinking? Maybe it would work at the polls. What scares me is the type of volunteer we might attract). Nevertheless, olfactory identification is an extremely useful tool for humans…..particularly those of us who have become cynical, skeptical or jaded by government mismanagement, misfeasance, malfeasance and massiveness. If it “stinks to high heaven,” it is not a good thing for us.
We hear a politician’s voice or look into her or his eyes seeking a glimmer of integrity. In the tiny recesses of their feeble minds they see us as kissing their ample arses as we humbly beg for crumbs from Big Brother’s table. They have a point. Just as our friendly canine critters have a fool-proof system for discerning friend from foe, as we stoop to smooch their beneficent behinds, we should inhale deeply so as to detect their true natures. I suspect that if we peer closely as we engage in our olfactory exercise, we may see a head….the politician’s head…firmly lodged in the anal cavity. Hey…I understand that this is a ludicrous metaphor for the way things are, but once in a while I must deviate from the concrete….the cold harsh reality of the tyranny of Big Government. Perhaps I’m overly sensitive regarding expansive government power and its increasing misapplication, but it seems to me that it has grow exponentially in recent years.
Government power and abuse is not an onion (sorry, another metaphor). It cannot be peeled back or removed incrementally. The malignant power permeates every bureau, every directorate and every department. The courts play along in the corruption of liberty game by relying on precedent for justifying the preeminence of the state. As a result, the power continues to grow and individuals’ abilities to affect the process are drastically diminished. Peeling the onion cannot be accomplished quickly enough to rectify the harm ….. it will merely cause us to cry. I know. This whole thing stinks. That’s why I chose “Man’s Best (earthly) Friend” as the symbol of the metaphor.
Our governments at all levels have exceeded their purposes. They have transformed from the servants to the masters of the people. I wish that I could confidently assert that we can turn this monstrosity around, but I fear that the choking tendrils of government have permeated and poisoned every level of our social and political structure. It is imperative, therefore, if we are to survive in this milieu, that we engage all of our senses. If we have any hope of turning this situation around, we must place our senses on “hyper-alert.”
We must see through our career politicians. We cannot, we dare not take them at face value. We must be suspicious and discerning.
We must hear the words of government and politicians, but consciously pursue the unspoken and unsaid facts that they insist on withholding. We must listen carefully for the small still voices that join our pleas for freedom.
We must reach out and touch those who are unaware or unwilling to recognize our present circumstances. We must handle the truth with tender care and crush deceit whenever we encounter it.
We must learn our history and recharge our memories to recapture the divine sweet taste of liberty. We must transmit its flavor to everyone we know and those we meet.
We must use the smell test whenever we encounter an advocate for government. The sweet scent of freedom must not be covered by the odor of tyranny. The joyful aroma of liberty cannot be overcome by the stench of despotism.
We must engage all our senses all the time because nearly everything that government does fails to pass the “smell test.”
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