A. Blinken

Have you noticed how like iguanas we are? Seriously, think back to the nature programs where the iguanas fight each other viciously to protect their eggs, but stand by stupidly while a screaming seagull gulps down the bunch. That’s how we are. I was thinking about this the other night while listening to a paid public liar on the television. He was declaring that I had to worry about this particular group of folks. They are a real threat to my wellbeing, he assured me. I thought about it, though, and realized these people he was talking about were the poorest folk I know. I wondered why he didn’t warm me about the handful of people who are trading my children’s future for an obscure ideological scheme in the oil rich Middle East. Then, in a flash I realized what the seagulls are screaming while they gobble the iguana eggs: Watch out! Your neighbor will get your eggs! Watch out! Your neighbor will get your eggs!