Is it the beginning of the end?

I have something in common with the lunatic fringe of the Republican Party. We're both extremists. The lunatics off the deep end of conservatism. I'm way over the edge on liberalism. The lunatics are -- well, loonie. On the other hand, I'm a genius. Way ahead of my times. I'm advocating a form of government that will be in vogue in 200 years. Then world government will be acceptable. Yes, the global economy will need regulation and close monitoring. So that the common good is served. Exploitation of the masses will be frowned upon. We'll accept the notion that we have to be fair to everyone. By narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor. Trying to guarantee everyone the basic necessities of life. Such as an education and health care and a pension in our waning years. We'll look back on American-style capitalism as immoral. Just as immoral as slavery and the subjugation of people based on racial and ethnic background. People will still be allowed to get rich. But not so much in monetary ways. But rather in intellectual and cultural ways. Poets and philosophers will be revered. For their thoughts. And we'll have a new style of politic. Geared to promote the common good. And historians will shudder when they write about the old days when lunatic Republicans prevailed. They'll be equated with the feudal lords of the middle ages. The 21st century will be known as the Age of Unenlightenment. The beginning of the end for the Republican loonies. --Jim Broede