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Are we so blind that we need new eyeglasses – especially those eyeglasses? I read a blurb today dedicated to Sarah Palin’s eyewear! What is worse than the fact that someone actually wrote it is the fact that I actually read it. She wears some special rimless frame that has become the most ordered model, after her grand entrance unto the national stage. I was reminded of another self-assured, deriding, shameless politician who belittled opponents and friends alike. His hubris knew no bounds and for a time, people were enamored with him and, like Palin’s, sought his eyewear. Donald Rumsfeld fell from the good graces of the people and even eventually the Bush Administration. I don’t know if his rimless glasses are still in demand. I know the only place where he is really in demand is in Germany where he’s been indicted for war crimes. I guess the lesson here is that we should probably be more careful where we invest blind devotion. We should more carefully consider those whom we try to emulate.
-Peter J. Burns
