“There is but an inch of difference between the
cushioned chamber and the padded cell”
– G.K. Chesterton.
Nonsenseland was in a state
of turmoil, the police were searching for information on alleged, “bribery,
fraud and breach of trust.” Hundreds of political emails were released into the
public domain and the residents of the Land were seeing some of the inner
workings of their “law and order” government. Much of the information was not
pretty to read. It seemed a certain honourable person had been billing the
taxpayers quite a lot and “was getting paid for meals he ate in his own
house...” Still, we cannot have a hungry politician, can we? But hey, a
politician has to eat and what better way to do it than bill the taxpayers when
feeling hungry? Ordinary people have to go to food banks when they need food.
Therefore, the answer for them is, get elected and they will never be hungry
again! Because in Nonsenseland, it seems the political class are “entitled to
their entitlements.”
Anyway, it seems this
honourable guy’s “entitlements” have been causing the leader of the Land a bit
of bother. He was asked, did he know about monies being paid to cover this
honourable person’s expenses? The leader replied that he “did not know” and
seemed astonished and dumbfounded that this had happened. Yet, in the leader’s
office there were a number of his political appointees who knew all about this
arrangement. What was going on? Why did these trusted advisers keep the leader
in the dark? Was there some type of conspiracy? Was truth a victim and lies a
victor in the most important and highest office in Nonsenseland? In fact, the
policeman investigating this tangled web of possible deceit had said the
evidence from one honourable player was “ not consistent with the facts.” Did
this mean, an honourable person was lying? Surely not! After all, this was Nonsenseland
where the spoken word could be nonsensical.
Still, Nonsenseland was no
stranger to scandals. The previous government had been immersed in scandal and
had been punished by the taxpayers by being voted out of office. Yet, this “new”
government had preached “accountability” and “rule of law” now some people were
wondering was “accountability” and “rule of law” just B.S. to fool the masses.
Unfortunately, the masses in
Nonsenseland were victims of politicians. They voted these people into power
then they were punished by these same politicians. Yet, the people, ever
faithful turned out at election time for more of the same. Was this a form of
political masochism? At one time there had been a chance of referendum and
recall in the Land, but this had been conveniently ditched when the politicians
merged into the one big political party that was now in power. So now there was
no hope of recalling politicians or having referendums anymore on their
conduct. And the present leader of Nonsenseland could not be recalled even if
the people wanted to do so.
Some people were now
wondering was the word “accountability” just another word to placate and fool
the people into believing all was well in Nonsenseland. When in reality, based
on the evidence in the political emails released, some of their honourable
political masters and some of their powerful appointees were up to no good.
Still, this was Nonsenseland where nonsense was acceptable and accountability
was just a word that sounded good, and the truth was proving hard to find.
Stephen J. Gray
November 27, 2013.
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