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Patrick Fanning

I believe that the government is a Shepard, leading the sheep that are the people of America. The people of our nation blindly follow along with whatever out leaders, the Sheppard's, say. These Sheppard's include government officials, experts, and those who control the media. Common citizens who don't fully understand politics are taken advantage of by the those who claim they care about the greater good for all. Much like the Shepard, our leaders have their own versions of sheep dogs to aid in our herding. Their dogs in this case are the crises we find ourselves in such as terrorism, the recession, food shortages, and unemployment. These problems cause panic and terror which in turn cause us to look for leadership. Our search for leadership brings us back the our "Sheppard's", our president, senators and political heads, who if given the chance would not rid the world of these issues because they would then lose their control over the blind, following, sheep.