{"id":3506,"date":"2008-10-20T07:38:48","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T12:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2009-05-30T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T15:02:23","slug":"freedoms-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3506","title":{"rendered":"Freedom’s Light At The End Of The Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1940, war clouds were gathering on both horizons, as the nation struggled to shake off an epic downturn.\u00a0 There were those that said socialism was the only way to defeat totalitarianism; that, perhaps, Hitler and Stalin had the right answer<\/em> to difficult times.<\/p>\n

Into that breach, on December 9, 1940, stepped the Chicago Bears.\u00a0 Heavy underdogs to Sammy Baugh’s Washington Redskin juggernaut, Papa Bear George Halas and quarterback Sid Luckman led the plucky Monsters of the Midway to the most lopsided win in NFL Championship history; 73-0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to say the win ended the Depression and set the stage for victory in World War II – but the fact remains, we’ll never need<\/em> to know if either would have happened otherwise.\u00a0 The Bears came through.<\/p>\n

And in 1985, as the nation rebounded from a deep recession but struggled with Soviet power around the world, there were those who believed the Cold War was as close to going “hot” as it would ever get.\u00a0 This – in the days before Rejkjavik and the fall of The Wall, with Contras and Pershing Missiles and demonstrations against the US around the world\u00a0– was a dire time for the US, and for democracy.<\/p>\n

And when the nation needed it most, the Chicago Bears delivered; Jim MacMahon led the Bears to a victory that set the stage for the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the greatest period of prosperity in modern times.<\/p>\n

Indeed, it could be said that the onset of the current electoral and economic\u00a0troubles – the Dems’ win in ’06, the mortgage crisis – coincided with the Bears loss to the Baltimore Clots\u00a0earlier in 2006.<\/p>\n

So today\u00a0– with times as fraught as they are – it’s good to know that The Bears are not only still there, but they are still\u00a0beating up on the hated Vikings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

There is hope, my fellow Americans.\u00a0 It is on the horizon.\u00a0 And it wears Black<\/strike> really really dark Navy-Blue and Orange.<\/p>\n

Courage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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