Who You Gonna Call?

There is a scene in the 1984 comedy, Ghosts Busters where they are in the basement of their headquarters being confronted by a shrieking EPA agent. “Shut that thing down!” he yelled as he is pointed to a big electronic device on the wall that somehow housed all the spooks that the Ghost Busters had captured.

In the scene the Ghost Busters were trying to convince the police to not listen to the EPA agent. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you! You have no idea what you are dealing with!”

Then they started covering their heads and running towards the exit as they realized that the policeman had to acquiesce to the authority of the EPA agent and turn off the switch. Moments later, all hell broke loose, literally, as all the spooks escaped and ran amok through New York.

It’s a funny scene. I remember it because the EPA agent had absolutely no wisdom, no sense of reality of what he is dealing with, and yet couldn’t help but act on his absolute authority. To me, he is the personification of the Democrats in Congress and the Senate with regards to their authority and the issue of the Iraq War.

“Shut that thing down!”

Those who understand the situation in the Middle East reply, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you. You have no idea what you are dealing with.” Like the character in the movie, that fact has no impact on the Democratic leadership. They have the authority and they are going to throw the switch. In the movie, what happened next was funny. I am sure the reality of what happens next after shutting down the war in Iraq will not be funny.

Like the EPA agent, it is apparent that the Democrats in power in Washington have no understanding or fear of the demonic forces that are now being held at bay. They don’t understand that these forces have no appreciation of the conventional rules by which we abide. The Democrats came to power in the Senate and Congress because those who were in power before allowed them to. We live here by rules that we all have agreed upon. Democrats won in enough elections to gain the majority. Republicans surrendered their seats to them. This “convention” has no meaning at all to the evil forces who will be allowed to roam the world at will, when we shut down the war in Iraq. Borders mean nothing, existing laws mean nothing, existing authority, customs, and cultures mean nothing. Like the ghosts who were liberated to freely terrorize the city, these evil forces will be suddenly liberated to terrorize the world.

You can laugh at this analogy. But if you read it, then someday you will remember it. It will be a day when you are done laughing. Who you gonna call, then?