BABBLE ON!
The dictionary says “babbling” means to talk enthusiastically or in excess, but the word comes from the Old Testament story of the Tower of Babel where it had a profoundly different meaning. At the end of Genesis 10, we learn that Noah's three sons, Ham, Shem, and Japheth, scattered about the now dry earth and all their offspring spoke the same language. In Genesis 11, it is written: “Now the whole world had one language.” When the Lord discovered that, he scattered the people and gave them different languages, because, he said, “If as one people speaking the same language. . .then nothing they plan will be impossible for them to do,”
Now English is becoming a world language, and for those who don't speak it translation sites like the amazing Babel-Fish make it easy to understand what anybody who's tweeted you is talking about. That fueled the Arab Spring, lets the young in Iran hold on to hope, and enabled kids in Manhattan to kick off what has become a world wide protest against the corporate and bank overlords.
Since 1979 the top 1% has enjoyed an income rise 275% and a majority of both Democrats and Republicans agree that that's not good for our country. Since nothing is now impossible,we may be able to close the divide between the 1% and 99% a bit and return to the world as it was in ancient Babel. The Lord was right, now nothing is impossible!
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