I just can’t let it go. Believe me, I’ve tried. That said, it pounds at me with each passing day.

When the White House Chief of Staff for President Obama, Rahm Emanual stated his “Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste,” he could have been very well intentioned. I don’t know. None of us do really.

That said, I absolutely understand struggle and a springboard, but the political philosophy of wasting a crisis just tweaks me.

Anyone viewing a crisis as a catalyst to some other end, and end that could not have been reached or achieved minus the jolting catastrophe, is a bit unsettling to me. It almost feels like a bait and switch, like a distracting “find the pea under the nutshell” game performed by a street magician. It smacks of ulterior motives or hidden agendas. I’m just not sure. I just can’t put my finger on the uneasy feeling I have.

So for now…

Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste.

Rule two: When the leopard licks your hand, draw your sword.