Shadow of a doubt leads to being left out Rhyme and Reason

Before I get into what a mess you are, let me first say Happy Super Tuesday. I have no clue what that means. But apparently there’s some holiday being celebrated, and that’s what they call it. Now, where was I? Oh yeah. You’re a mess. I know you are. Beyond a shadow of a doubt. And I know it because it’s a human condition. Bad choices. And a strong tendency toward selfishness. Trouble is, there’s no cure for it. Because, as a whole, humans don’t learn from their mistakes. We don’t know our history. So, we’re probably doomed to repeat it.

So, here are 3 ways I know this beyond a shadow of a doubt.

1. Truth: Control freaks cast shadows on the truth. Truth is their mortal enemy. So they have to pound out lies, with consistent resolve, until the truth becomes nothing more than a cloudy concept. Truth becomes “whatever you make of it.” Or whatever is “right in their own minds.” Nazis believed all you need to do to twist a lie into the truth is tell one that’s “big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually become to believe it.” Of course, that happens all around you, everywhere, every day. All you gotta do is pay attention.

2. Morality: This is another area under constant attack by those who want to justify their behavior. When you reduce right and wrong to whatever is “right in their own minds,” you produce a culture where anything goes. Then everything goes…out the window. Who knows where that might lead? You might even find adults killing babies. Well, at least that couldn’t happen here in America. Right? So, let’s don’t think about that. Let’s go shopping.

3. Property: Once people realized they could vote the money away from the wealthy and into their own pockets, then the proverbial (and political) genie was out of the bottle. So, politicians run for office (and win) using promises based on redistribution of wealth. It’s not just wrong. It’s evil. Because it destroys lives. But who cares, right? It’s just the way things are. The status quo. I’m gonna get mine as long as the gettin’s good. Ok, where do we sign up?

Well, here’s what I think about it. Beyond a shadow of a doubt…

Nothin’s Sacred Anymore

Take the truth and lock it up, and throw away the key

Winds of change are blowing foul; a dance with destiny

Blur the face of love and sex and say it’s all OK

Tell the child it’s just a choice and melt her soul away

Nothin’s sacred anymore.

Can’t we learn from mistakes when they cut to the core.

Nothin’s sacred anymore.

And should we be surprised since we’ve opened that dark, wide door?

Nothin’s sacred anymore.

Cast your vote for social growth and then say yes to law

Keep the peace, divide the wealth; the vision Adolph saw

Hedge the bets and ride the fence; the middle road’s secure

Then one day you’re head to head with all you must endure

Nothin’s sacred anymore.

Can’t we learn from mistakes when they cut to the core.

Nothin’s sacred anymore.

And should we be surprised since we’ve opened that dark, wide door?

Nothin’s sacred anymore.

More! More space and time. More would be sublime.

Someone else can pay long as I get mine today.

Ain’t nothin’ sacred anymore.

© 2002

(lyrics and song found in one of my songbook journals on Amazon)

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