But as we walked from the capitol building this evening wondering if there ever were to be a true fait accompli, I kept wondering what, in fact, was the nucleus of such disdain for this otherwise no-brainer. And then it hit me. Through all levels of tenor this night, there were but two critical words never to enter testimony... penis, vagina.

For those like The Heritage Foundation who demand government spending be abridged on programming to protect the personal welfare of its citizens, how is it defensible that the U.S. Department of Defense budget has surged to approximately 4.8 percent of GDP, the most in U.S. history?

Lots of folks dissected Obama’s Oval Office speech and delivered diatribes on what’s right and wrong with him and the oil world, a la BP and its horrific spill — in an ad infinitum list of horrific spills. So I figured I might as well join the fracas since it’s the thing to do. Although I gotta warn you, my take is a little, well, different.

The “America of Now” is one far more apt to hoist historical trophies than triumph over actual tribulations. Whole tracts of life are disappearing under the weight of personal accumulation for accumulation’s sake.

“You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, we all want to change the world.”

A cop wearing riot gear thrusts his billy club into a college student’s liver.

“You tell me that it’s evolution, well, you know, we all want to change the world.”

A cop wearing riot gear thrusts his billy club into a college student’s groin.