Wake Up Now!

IN AMERICA, it is reasonably easy to con people out of their money by offering them membership, for a price, in an organization or activity which promises to produce an income for all members. Anyone can do it...from the comfort of your own home, sign on today and get our special bonus offer, pay only shipping and handling fees, and so forth. All Americans are familiar with the drill, in the United States of Advertising. This says about America...what? That it is a land where naïve, lonely, and greedy people dwell in great abundance? Or, perhaps, a land where hope springs eternal. A website called "Wake Up Now" is a good example. It appears to be a pyramid scheme which offers...nothing. Perfectly intelligent people have logged on, signed up, and remained members for months, without ever finding out exactly what membership entails, what goods or services are involved. "the business of America is business", quoth one of our less than illustrious republican presidents of the nineteen twenties, maybe Calvin Coolidge. "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people", P.T. Barnum spoke right up. "against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain", thus spake the ancient Greek philosopher, Agathon. And really, who can disagree with any of the crew?