When Great Britain stood alone against the Nazi scourge and turned back the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill declared, "This is not the end of the beginning. It is the beginning of the end." His words inspired freedom-loving people to eventual triumph.
Now, with the world's economy remaining in a shambles, we turn to Tiger Woods for similar inspiration. Tiger's triumph in the Buick Open a couple of weeks ago led to this breathless prose from the Associated Press - "When Michigan's battered golf fans needed him most, many have lost their jobs, all will lose their PGA Tour event, Woods rode off as champion in what's expected to be the final Buick Open."
And what has happened in the past two weeks? Inspired by Tiger's triumph, those formerly "battered" Michigan golf fans have come up with an electric car that gets 230 mpg and Ford Fusions are selling like hotcakes under "Cash For Clunkers". All it took to revive the American Auto Industry was to threaten to take away its PGA Tour event!
You can take away an autoworker's job. You can take away his home, bank account, and medical insurance. But never threaten his PGA Tour event.
Our Creator may endow us with the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but that doesn't inspire us to build a better car. The chance to overpay for tickets to a golf tournament at a country club that wouldn't normally let us through its gates except to clean up after its members, the opportunity to wear garish polyester clothing, the thrill of shouting "You Da Man" after a golfer sends a 5 iron to the green - now, that is what will bring Toyota to its knees.
While Tiger may lack Churchill's eloquence and Churchill lacked Tiger's putting stroke, both men inspired a nation to greatness.
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