Gramps
Mayor
Why not? If we would ever stop to think about the load they carry on their shoulders it should be obvious they age in every way possible -- looks, health, mental state.
I dug up some old pics and every one of them from HST to today had the same signs of stress lines on their faces. True, they are there by choice but so are lots of soldiers who end up in harms way again and again.
I wonder sometimes how much they do know that we do not -- tons of data that we are no privileged to share simply because someone determines we couldn't handle the facts.
What is in hanger 51? Is there really much gold bullion still stashed in Fort Knox? Do they ever ask themselves if it is they who fired the first shot to get us involved in a fracas that eventualy cost the lives of fellow citizens? I can only guess but I would think HST took a guilt trip to his grave for giving the thumbs-up on the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They make monumental decisions like we decide whether to have toast of a bagel for breakfast.
These people have to be plagued with a bounty of information we never need to dwell on. Still in many cases their decision affect millions of us with the stroke of a pen.
What I really noted was how similar the effects of office ravaged all of them -- Rep or Dem. Through the years I have watched men turn gray almost in front of the cameras when their age didn't necessarily dictate it was time to turn gray.
My question to any of them might be "was it worth it?"
Gramps
I dug up some old pics and every one of them from HST to today had the same signs of stress lines on their faces. True, they are there by choice but so are lots of soldiers who end up in harms way again and again.
I wonder sometimes how much they do know that we do not -- tons of data that we are no privileged to share simply because someone determines we couldn't handle the facts.
What is in hanger 51? Is there really much gold bullion still stashed in Fort Knox? Do they ever ask themselves if it is they who fired the first shot to get us involved in a fracas that eventualy cost the lives of fellow citizens? I can only guess but I would think HST took a guilt trip to his grave for giving the thumbs-up on the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They make monumental decisions like we decide whether to have toast of a bagel for breakfast.
These people have to be plagued with a bounty of information we never need to dwell on. Still in many cases their decision affect millions of us with the stroke of a pen.
What I really noted was how similar the effects of office ravaged all of them -- Rep or Dem. Through the years I have watched men turn gray almost in front of the cameras when their age didn't necessarily dictate it was time to turn gray.
My question to any of them might be "was it worth it?"
Gramps
