We've Landed in Alice's Wonderland

By Mark Hyman

"But I don't want to go among mad people,"
Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat:
"we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat,
"or you wouldn't have come here."
(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
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It appears America has become that mad land Alice
stumbled upon down the rabbit hole. There is so much
about American society that no longer makes any sense.
Up is down, black is white and right is wrong.
We've witnessed the implementation of programs, policies
and court opinions over the last several decades that defy
commonsense and logic.
And there appears to be no end in sight to the madness.

Consider that FDR's New Deal created a government
with an insatiable appetite for more money, more federal
workers and more bureaucracy which are expended in the
most wasteful manner.
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs incentivized
unemployment and created generational dependence
on government handouts.
Jurists became activists by ignoring the Constitution and
legislating from the bench.

There exists in Washington, D.C., today, a political climate
that considers business evil, hard work to be without virtue,
and individual liberty and freedom a plague that must be
eliminated.

Time after time, government bureaucrats, politicians,
academia, major news organizations and the cultural elite
demonstrate themselves to be out of step and out of touch
with the American people and their values.

Consider the following juxtapositions.

A country whose national character is typified by the
great melting pot is continually being redefined by
individuals who promote racial, ethnic, religious,
and gender division.

Elected officials who literally swear an oath to support
and defend the U.S. Constitution casually break that
very same oath.

Servicemen and women who are fighting a determined
foe in Iraq and Afghanistan are undermined by service
chiefs who announce the military's number one strategic
priority is not winning these wars but instead to achieve
diversity in the ranks.

The Internal Revenue Service -- placed in the hands of
a Treasury Secretary who is a bona fide tax cheat --
implements tax policy written by a House Ways and
Means Chairman who is also a tax cheat.
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Alice
Let me see: four times five is twelve,
and four times six is thirteen,
and four times seven is -- oh dear!
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)