Blueprint For the Nation

My cousin Frank ran for U.S. president in the last election, choosing Dr. Bull Eagle as his public persona. I could stop right here and say "Another crackpot campaign!"

However, he earned the doctorate, and what if all political candidates took an Indian name? Couldn't we more easily decide between Talks As He Walks and Soaring Turkey Vulture?

If only America had known the previous incumbent as Misses with Arrows before votes were cast.

Dr. Eagle listed his publications among his political credentials. How Words Are a Limited Reflection of Reality is both a scholarly treatment of the arbitrariness of symbols and a poignant reflection of Bull Eagle's difficulty describing his eccentric world.

And I was assured of his executive savvy knowing he'd closely studied Labor/Management Relations in Yugoslavia.

I wondered, though, how on earth "Energy Artichokes and Energy Tongues" could be anything but the title to a poem.

Then I read the article, and understood it as a promise to support sustainable energy sources, including the too often overlooked Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus): "superior in yield of carbohydrates per unit area; a quality raw material for the production of ethanol."

Doctor      Bull        Eagle.
Scientist   Farmer   Politician.

One Who Cries