Consider what a fairy tale world we live in. A world in which so many folks pretend.

Politicians pretend to hate big companies and the rich. Yet they beg millions of campaign donations from them.

Our Attorney General pretends there is no voter fraud. Yet Montana has uncovered a mountain of irregularities. Florida found 53,000 dead voters on its rolls. Chicago? How many votes do you need? The AG pretends that asking voters for photo ID is unreasonable and racist. Yet photo IDs are required for any number of simple activities.

People pretend our teachers’ unions are only interested in quality education for kids. Yet they spend millions to stop charters, vouchers, private schools, home-schooling. All of which have proven effective. And those unions have made it virtually impossible for schools to fire tenured perverts and incompetents.

Not all, but many who fight against oil and gas development are pretending. They pretend they only want to protect the environment. In reality they oppose capitalism and free markets. (Hey, that is their right. So is my protest of their pretending.)

Many who fight to protect the snail darters also pretend. They know the darters are not going to perish. The truth is they just don’t want the dam. Or the new highway. Or the irrigation system. Because it benefits business owners in some way.