Posted by
Sam Heath on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:57:14 AM
When it comes to the struggle between Good and Evil my Cherokee ancestors had their own philosophers the equal of Confucius, Socrates, and Jesus. Take the story of Two Wolves: One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two ”wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: ”Which wolf wins?” The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
My good friend Byron, an Episcopal Priest, and I were discussing the many things not only threatening his own church but churches and Christians throughout America and the world. Then the conversation turned to the nuclear lunacy threatening the world, how our own leaders faced with the potential nuclear terrorism that could be unleashed on America because of their refusal to secure our porous borders seem dedicated only to perversion, greed, and avarice, displaying the kind of lunacy that has disgraced and discredited America and plunged the whole world into a nuclear arms race.
We laughed sardonically about the fellow crossing the border on an elephant accompanied by a Mariachi band. But then, with somber expression Byron said to me, “I can’t believe we are actually discussing the end of America.” Here we were, two rational and very well educated men old enough to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor, old enough to remember how America had literally saved the civilized world from the Axis Powers at such a monumental price in American lives, old enough to remember an America of which we had just cause to be proud, but now looking at a leadership that had evolved over the years to nothing but a bunch of scoundrels falling all over themselves in their haste to sell out and betray America on every hand, leaders that had chosen to feed the evil wolf described by that Cherokee philosopher.
But the very lunacy of our leadership refusing to secure our borders is summed neatly by this note I just received from a friend and I’m passing it on: Let’s say I break into your house. A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in ages!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV. Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely. Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let’s say I break into your house. Let’s say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, “I’ve made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors; I’ve done all the things you don’t like to do. I’m hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house). According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to your family’s insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide other benefits to me and to my family. My husband will do your yard work because he too is hard-working and honest, (except for that breaking in part). If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my right to be there. It’s only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I’m just trying to better myself. I’m hard-working and honest, um, except for well, you know. And what a deal it is for me!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being an anti-housebreaker. Oh yeah, and I want you to learn my language so you can communicate with me. Why can’t people see how ridiculous this is?! Only in America... if you agree, pass it on (in English). Share this if you see the value of it as a good simile. If not blow it off along with your future Social Security funds.
We the People easily see the lunacy of feeding this evil “wolf” and the result will inevitably be the ease with which that elephant can be replaced with a terrorist nuclear bomb because of the evil wolves in our Federal Triune Dictatorship, none of whom even bother any longer disguising and clothing themselves as sheep.