As one of TILB's brothers has been known to say, our Administration is run by the "Hope Pope." Given the greatness of our founding fathers' foresight, it does not augar well that the siren song of that certain type of thought forfeiting hope lilts more effectively today than at virtually any time in our nation's history:
"It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it."- Patrick Henry
