We Have Slept for Sixty Years

The last major event for me was Statehood for Israel in 1948. I've been grateful to live in a place removed from gas chambers.

Other events form a repetitious jumble in my head. They came as hope, lingered for a while then sank into despair. The Bush Administration shed new light for me. It collected the evil excesses of the centuries and dropped the chaos directly on our heads.

Julius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Pedro the Cruel, Torquemada, Blackbeard, Vlad the Impaler, John Dillinger and Dick Cheney are alive and thriving in Washington DC.

Since most Americans have slept through the last sixty years, I doubt if many of them will rise from their slumbers before the Messiah comes.

by Jason Paz