The Chickens Come Home to Roost

It's ironic how the more things change, the more they stay the same, isn't it?  Back in the 1960s, vocal and violent political radicals started springing up all across the US, mostly on college campuses.  They were anti-establishment, they hated "the man," they didn't want to fight for their country so they created an anti-war mentality to justify their cowardice, and they claimed they wanted nothing more than "power to the people."  I remember it well, because I was there. Unlike those leftists, I went to college, showed up for induction into the Armed Forces when my draft number was called, and actually held a job developing  housing.  But I watched them carefully then, and have continued to do so since.

Weather Underground Terrorists

The FBI investigated many of these subversive groups and individuals, and that only enhanced the radicals' romanticized appeal to the unwashed collegiate impressionable youths.  It was learned through these investigations, although little was made public through the press, that they were almost all recruited, trained and funded by the Soviet Union communists, directly and indirectly. But there was little public outcry then, largely due to the much publicized McCarthy hearings during the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the late 1950s, which left the populace with a "What, this again?"  attitude.  However, McCarthy was right in his exposure of communists and Soviet spies in the State Department and elsewhere in American media and culture.  But the public was numb to his evidence and warning by then, and the 1960s radical movement grew unchecked.  Many of those subversives, who at the time were guilty of bombings and murder, are now prominent leaders in government, academia and politics.  How that actually came to be is subject to conjecture.  The fact remains, however, that in the ensuing decades the nation has moved way, way to the left - to the totalitarianism we have today - and it's because of the influence wielded by these radicals as they infiltrated the press, media and academe.  Over the last few decades, they have become the political norm, the cultural tenet, and the scholastic curriculum.  In short, they have become "the establishment man" they hated so viciously years ago.

As It Should Be

But now we see the pendulum swing to the right.  The militant Negroes are still not happy with their communal lot after enjoying 40 years of liberal "progressive" protection as a victim class.  They're out killing cops again, allegedly for keeping them down.  Whatever that means.  And the American voter has had enough of voting for candidates who lie about the changes they are going to make when elected.  Americans realize the economy is the worst it's ever been, that there's a government sponsored invasion of the homeland, and that we just gave a mortal enemy a nuclear weapon. The American voter now realizes he's not represented in congress by any stretch of the imagination, and his candidate's motivation is clear: he's in congress to become wealthy, and to "grow" in office, not to remedy any voter concerns.  In fact, they legislate in direct contravention to the will of the voter - of the people themselves.  So today it's no surprise that three of the leading 5 candidates on the Republican ticket are not politicians, and the other two are anti-establishment candidates.  The voters are rejecting the political elite's business as usual, and it's happening on the other side of the aisle as well.  Hillary is being rejected, and the Dems can't find a good horse to run, either.

Anti-establishment.  That's a word not heard much since 1967.  I guess the radical left's karma ran over its dogma.  The chickens have come home to roost.  Meet the new boss.  Same as the old boss.  How fitting.  How ironic.