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I don't want to sound like Chicken Little but ever wonder why all Presidents age so much while in office?  Doesn't really matter if they are seasoned politicians or fairly new, as in Obama's case one only has to look at his photos from 2008 and the ones today and you'll see what the weight of the Presidency does to someone and if anyone should have beaten aging it should have been Obama what with as many vacations and golfing outings he took. 

First of all I guess having people's lives in your hands and depending on your decisions is sobering but then so is knowing that you hold the power to end life on Earth, as we know it today.  Then there is the many speculations that people have as to what the President knows or is told from the evidence or presence of aliens (as in Space creatures, not those from Mexico) to whether or not Fort Knox Gold is there or not.  While it's interesting to speculate just what all a President may know or what he is told the stark reality of it is most likely far worse or more frightening than any of us could imagine. 

Maybe knowing just how thin a thread our world hangs by with the many scenarios, that could lead to destruction in a matter of any ten to thirty minutes, and that most if not all of them are mostly out of your hands or your ability to control them and that at any moment you could be called upon to make a decision, that no President would ever want to make, can take a mental toll upon anyone with any kind of a conscience.  I'm sure there are many  benefits to the job but I'm also sure that there are parts of the job that no rational person would want to subjected to. 

One thing I am fairly confident in saying and that is I imagine that the general public knows very little about how close our Nation comes to experiencing horrific events and how often those come close to happening.  Every now and again we hear about an attack here or attack there but somehow I feel that there is weapons out there that people don't know the location of that could unleash far worse horrors than any of us care to conceive of.  We, ,as citizens, can only hope that our military and law enforcement agencies continue to stay ahead of the threats that are out there and that our President-elect maintains a steady and calm head about him. 

People are worried about Trump having the nuclear codes because they consider him rash and temperamental but somehow I believe that obtaining the knowledge that he is being instilled with given these deep, dark, secrets it will have a way of bringing him to reality and will sober him up and instill wisdom into his  moves and decision making.  From the article, from Obama's own words, the world must be on continual edge subject to events that none of us ever would wish would happen. 

Another interesting article that goes right along with this post is:

https://www.washingtonpost.com...de2537a9d_story.html

Happy reading and happy dreams!

Be as the Bereans ( Acts 17:11 )

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