STUPIDITY

The Rev. Dana Prom Smith, S.T.D., Ph.D. (4/22/08)

The stupidity of corporate executives and political leaders is astounding. The politicians latched onto fuels made from corn as a means of easing our addiction to foreign oil, apparently unaware that when corn is taken out of the food chain and put in the fuel chain, there will be less corn in the food chain, meaning higher prices for food. Of course, they did this when they knew of a looming world-wide food crisis and a looming recession at home.

Parallel to this stupidity is the disposition of the automobile manufacturers to produce gas-guzzling urban assault vehicles in the face of a looming world-wide oil crisis. As I remember, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney touted themselves as oil men; however, their failing, at least Vice-President Cheney’s, is not stupidity, but cunning with secret meetings with oil company executives to set policy to avoid an oil crisis.

The executives of the automobile companies are real dunderheads. Why would a manufacturer keep producing products that any damned fool knows will not be feasible in the future? People often accuse ecclesiastics of being stuck in the past, but they’re pikers compared to the automobile executives.

Hillary Clinton and John McCain tout themselves as experienced hands in Washington, apparently unaware that their boasts are their greatest liabilities. They not only witnessed but participated in the Bush-Cheney Brave New World in which we’ve conceded the future to Arabic tyrants and Chinese Communists. Trials for their high crimes and misdemeanors are more in order than their election.