“THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER”
by OPOVV, ©2018
(Apr. 11, 2018) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the info-news show that spells it out pretty plainly, sometimes accused either of being too plain or not plain enough. No, I’m not running for any office; I was just reading what my boss handed me. The Deep State’s attack on our president has taken on a very nasty turn, so bad, in fact that the sacrosanct line between lawyer-client privilege has been breached and, by extension, doctor-patient privilege; librarian-reader; beautician-client; mail carrier-addressee; bank teller-over-withdrawer; and Indian Chief-Soothsayer privilege. There are others such as Porsche mechanic-Porsche owner; pickup truck salesman asking, ‘So you’re not going to use the pickup truck’s truck functions at all?’
“So here’s the end result: ‘Mr. Jones, please take the stand. You’ve already been sworn in as an Officer of the Court, so I ask you: what is your relationship with the accused? Oh, so you’re the lawyer of the accused. Can you please tell the Court and the Jury if your client confessed to you? Is it your belief that your client is guilty as charged?
“Or: ‘Am I speaking to Dr. Lee? Dr. Lee, I work in the HR department of our town’s largest employer. We just sent an applicant over for a checkup; can you tell me if I should be concerned and if so, why?
“You get the message: the absence of privacy, which leads directly to the Deep State. Hello, my name is Roving, as in ‘Roving Reporter (RR),’ and I’m on a corner in a suburb of our city and my job is to find out what’s on our neighbors’ minds. Excuse me, sir, care to be on ‘Pulse,’ the most exciting info show on television?”
“We watch you; the wife and the dog. The dog likes the Talking Dog; I know; I know: the dog doesn’t actually do the talking. The wife likes Madam Shylock; I like the Chief because he talks straight talk. Name is Bob, so what’s the question of the day?”
“Define ‘Deep State.’”
“Oh, that’s an easy one: follow the money.”
“Care to elaborate a tad?”
“Funny: ‘a tad.’ Will do. They hide those ‘campaign contributions,’ you know?”
“So how come you put ‘campaign contributions’ in quotes?”
“Because it’s a euphemism for ‘favor asked’: in other words, bribes. Look, it’s how the system works: a politician takes money from Big Oil so no mass transit; he takes money from Arab Oil so no coal to burn to boil the water to make the steam to turn the turbine to turn the generator to make electricity.”
“You mean if they don’t take the bribe and deliver somebody else will?”
“You got it, Roving. See, this Trump guy, he don’t need the money, and that’s upsetting the apple cart. Think of all that cash from China making its way into Congress. Trump is thinking about the future of America, but the dumb people don’t see it that way.”
“Well, tell us, how do the dumb people see it?”
“I’m glad you asked so I’ll tell you. The wife keeps saying I ought to tell somebody my good ideas all the time. Okay, I’ll tell you. You see, most people live very boring lives, which is why soaps are so popular. These people think they identify with Hillary; I don’t mean the stealing, murders and the lying; I mean girl from a hick State becoming the First Lady thing. So Hillary and Obama are stealing from them; ruining their retirement and healthcare; robbing them blind, but they really don’t care.
“Matter of fact, they care so little about the facts that when you present them with the truth they lash out at you. Here’s the crazy part: the supporters of the Deep State in no way, shape or form will benefit from whatever the Deep State does, because whatever the Deep State does is bad news for them and bad news for America.”
“So they’ve been, what, brainwashed?”
“Even to the degree of ‘The Manchurian Candidate,‘ where they’ll attack someone wearing a Trump ‘Make America Great Again’ hat.”
“And you’re wearing one.”
“That’s right, and I’ve got my right hand in my pocket and in my right hand I’ve a gun: try and destroy my hat; well, simply put: I win.”
“And I’m afraid we’ve run out of time and so, on behalf of the crew, I’ll be wishing you all a goodnight: Goodnight.
“Good show. So these anti-Trump people will in no way benefit from acting stupid and by supporting the Deep State just do themselves harm. Sounds like the government is looking for bidders to build a crematorium and the very people that are being targeted are the ones building it. Now that’s what I call dumb, which means the viewers of ‘The View’ are just cutting their own throats. It’s all too much to believe, but you’d better believe it ‘cause it’s true. People are selling our country, not for power, but for a measly 30 pieces of silver*. That’s it. Burger time: my treat.”
[*30 pieces of silver: the oldest trick in the book. For instance, a foreign spy asks a sailor if he would commit treason for 20 million dollars and the sailor says yes. And then the spy asks the sailor if he would commit treason for $10,000 and the sailor replies, ‘Heck, no! What do you think I am?’ to which the spy replies, ‘We’ve already established what you are; now we’re haggling over the price.’ The moral, of course, is that there is no price placed on patriotism, for the love a person has for his or her homeland. I’m sorry to say that many of our fellow citizens hold our country, military and the Constitution in little or no regard, and one has to look no further that the RINOS in Congress, with the likes of Ryan, McConnell and McCain.]
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (7:28)