Our trigger happy people

Confusion and loss of credibility in our country now stems from a trigger happy administration. The 'fast draw' crew took us to Iraq. The problem is that while one can have the fastest draw, it does not predict nor control what the rest in the area will then do to you. It only worked in the Wild West when the enemy was one individual.

Peter Gelzinis of the Boston Herald has written an interesting account of the young woman at Logan Airport, an electrical engineering student, who wore a phony circuit board with LED lights on her shirt. The read poses what the result might have been.

The trigger happy threat is in religious institutions, as well. 'If you don't do it our way, funds will also be cut off for the good work you do'. Even churches want to dictate policies everywhere. There seems no end to the degree governments and religious organizations want power to prevent change and hold onto archaic and outdated precepts.

Here is an example of a man who studied and prepared, raising his odds against failure. A story of daring and skill in which the hand of God was not invoked. If some of our politicians had equal skill and judgment, would our world not be a better place?