Real Common Sence

I’m sure you’ve heard of the “new rich.”  It’s often quoted in French, nouveau riche, by those of seasoned money, prigs and those with their noses to heaven.  There is also a “new powerful” (nouveau puissant).

The new rich, unaccustomed to wealth often fail spectacularly.  It can and should be assumed the new powerful will do the same.

President Obama has a taste of power that none of his ancestors has ever experienced before and unlike “old money” have not passed on the wisdom to control the euphoria of either wealth or power.  He is the “new powerful.”  Ten months into his Presidency he is not wearing his power well.

I hope; actually I pray that he will take advice from an old sage, Benjamin Franklin, and take this advice to heart.  Franklin said, ““Well done is better than well said.”  So far Obama’s presidency has been marked only by “well said.”

Johnny Locke