Irish Wisdom For The United States

How come the Irish can see things so clearly while, we here in the States, twist and turn in the wind?

It's clear to me what course to take in this election but many of my countrymen and women don't have a clue - Did you ever wonder how the German people felt in the mid 1930's or the Russian people after the first world war or the Chinese in the 60's or the Japanese leading up to the second world war?

Did they ever consider what their future might be given what their leaders were telling them or maybe they just didn't care. Maybe it just wasn't important enough at the time to consider the consequences?

Well, chill out - the Irish will take care of us - wisdom born from generations of conflict.

(Author unknown)
Leave it to the Irish to cut through the crap and make the whole issue crystal clear... Thoughts from across the pond.

An email from Ireland to the brethren in the States... a point to ponder despite your political affiliation: "We, in Ireland , can't figure out why people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States this year.

On one side, a lawyer who states he is 'black' when it is documented that he is only 12% 'black', who goes to the wrong church, who has stated that he wants his countrymen to learn to speak Spanish rather than English,who refuses to put his hand over his heart and say the pledge of allegiance or wear the flag of the country he wants to run, who can't remember if there are 50 or 57 states in his own country, who is married to yet another lawyer who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run. Now...

On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc' terminology married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship.

What in Lord's name are ye lads thinking over there in the colonies?"