Beelzebub Scribes (BS)

The Fools have it

Beelzebub Scribes (BS)

Project 1619

By Stephen L. Wilmeth

            Perhaps the most profound lesson in American history took place at the beginning.

            That was when William Bradford mercifully declared that communism was null and void after the disastrous attempt to survive the pilgrim landing. It was then the entire population nearly died from the attempt to secure enough food through communal living.

            It didn’t work.

            At its most basic and fragile juncture, the American model was almost short circuited when the hangers on sat around, debating and directing the work of the doers, and there wasn’t enough of the doers much less latitude to allow them to exercise their expertise and effort to grow and collect basic sustenance.

            Private property rights and the genius of the individual saved the day then as it would today … if allowed to exist.

            The Fools have it

            There is no word in the Bible that rings with more simplistic lingual fascination than Ecclesiastes.

            It just rolls off one’s tongue as if it is scriptural syrup. The author of the Old Testament book of that name was referred to as “The Preacher”. In his wisdom, he presents to the reader the challenge of thought. Biblical scholars generally believe it was none other than Solomon who transcribed those words of God.

            Much akin to the Bradford decision to forego foundational flaws of human nature, Chapter 2 verses 14-24 of the holy book describes the inevitable flaws of existence following the death the wise man. Verse 14 sets forth that the wise man’s eyes are in his head while the fool walks in darkness.

            The problem is, though, there is no more lasting memory of the wise than there is of a fool. Verse 16 forever records that disappointment.

            Verse 17 introduces inevitable tedium of working hard in a world of vanity. That is followed by the personal disgust of realizing whatever is created in this mere mortal existence is going to be left to whoever follows.

            By verse 19, the likelihood of the recipient of that lifetime of labor will more than likely be a fool yet he will rule over the summation of the effort. Regardless of the skill, the knowledge, and the wisdom of the original worker, all will be left to somebody whose efforts are minimal in the original body of work.

            At the conclusion of verse 24, the circle is closed with an inevitable and worldly reality. The passage of good work is universally and fully at risk. It might go to a wise man who can build upon it, or it can go to the fool who will desecrate all goodness. Finally, and almost as an aside, it was noted that it would only be fitting that the joys of creation should rest with the creator, but therein is the problem.

In this world, that is never an option.

            Project 1619

            If you haven’t heard that the Beelzebub scribes (BS) doing business in the name of the New York Times are setting sail to rewrite American history, you need to open your eyes and ears.

            In their own words, they have failed to strike gold in their singular effort to impeach the president, so they are embarking on the next frontier, the evolving story of racial divide. In open admission, they admit they are seeking a rewrite of our history.

            The concept is to reset the beginning of the American experiment to 1619, the year slaves first arrived in our country. That year is intended to erase whatever happened thereafter including another important year, 1776.

            Although the script is not yet written, the subject will project the fact that the overthrow of King George wasn’t the real storyline. The real story is the fact that slavery is the cornerstone of our entire history. All threads, all successes, and all accomplishments will connect to that date, 1619, as the start of real time.

            BS will be the self-appointed agent of change.

            They will “seek voices to unveil the real story of America” as if no true voices have yet existed. Slavery was the foundation. It doesn’t matter that Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, and Patrick Henry sounded the temperament of change amidst the soul of America that initiated the beginning of its institutional end. It doesn’t matter that 98.6% of Americans didn’t own slaves in 1860. It doesn’t matter that atonement for slavery should have been acknowledged and accepted in the deaths of 620,000 Americans during the Civil War that followed. It doesn’t matter that Constitutional Amendments 13, 14, and 15 were passed to protect freedmen during and following that conflagration. It doesn’t matter that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark rights act that outlawed supposed, lingering discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It doesn’t matter that $22T in anti-poverty programs have been spent in the past 50 years, either.

            It simply doesn’t matter.

            BS

The intent of the project is to reframe what we have been taught and know.

The reality is the wise and brave men that came before have bequeathed their lives and collective work to a modern crew of fools. These BS agents and brokers demonstrate they share no sense of history. These BS agents and brokers demonstrate they fail to grasp the most simplistic offering of grace.

Theirs is a constant avalanche of change for change sake, always transforming, and always metamorphosizing into yet another structural transition. Their charge is not intended to build anything. Their task is to divide and elevate dissention.

Our hope is there are enough wise men, men of God, who will toil and labor for a body of work that protects us from them and them from themselves. Bradford did it when the pilgrims were starving.

We are expecting the same thing from yet another wise and brave man.

Stephen L. Wilmeth is a rancher from southern New Mexico. “We should remember that other fellow who suggested we didn’t build anything.”