Once upon a time an old woman ran through the streets shouting, “Power, greed, and corruption. Power, greed, and corruption.” For a while, people stopped to hear, to think, to discuss the problem. As time went by and nothing happened, they finally went back about their business. Finally, one day, a child stepped in front of the prophet to say as she ran by, “Old woman, no one is listening to you.” So, the woman stopped to say, “Oh, I know that.” The boy was puzzled. “Then if you know you have failed, why do you go on shouting?” And the old woman answered, “Oh, child, you do not understand. I
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