Our Unfinest Hour

To paraphrase Winston Churchill: “Never in the history of US governance have so many been betrayed by so few”. The chance of a default draws ever closer. The rating agencies are ready to pounce on our credit rating. Meanwhile, John Boehner and his Republican Student Council do nothing but pose and posture for Fox News. Dunkirk preceded the Battle of Britain (Our finest hour time). Here in the US we may be playing the same tape out of sequence—the Battle of the Budget is lost and then followed by our own Dunkirk with a massive defeated army of the middle class stranded on the beach waiting valiantly for Election Day 2012. Who can save us? Not the Congress. Not the White House. They represent themselves. Who’s left, just us. The Las Vegas Sun published a letter I submitted this week. It’s theme was that adversity is often the birthplace of successful change. Let’s hope it is and let’s hope we grow up.