The Wall has fallen. Long live the Wall!
I had hoped that I would be able to post a long overdue obituary today for The Berlin Wall (August 13, 1961 – November 9, 1989). Along with it should have been all of Socialism as well. Sadly, socialist and walls still exist.
The wall was constructed as a means of imposing Socialism on an unwilling population. During The Wall’s existence, over 5,000 people successfully escaped. By some estimates, more than 1,000 died trying. It is difficult to be sure of this number given the totalitarian nature of the East German government.
Less than 48 hours ago, lurking about in the dead of night much like a Stasi agent, the US House of Representatives strung the barbed wire that served as a temporary barrier prior to the construction of the concrete wall. Built out of more than 1,900 pages of paper, the ObamaCare package will trap me, an unwilling victim, inside a system of socialized medicine.
Next, the Senate will pour the concrete. Once the bill makes it to the Conference Committee, the concrete will harden. After that, Obama promises punishment for all who do not cooperate. Erich Honecker may have died in 1994, his reincarnation now lives in The White House. Long live the Wall!