So, How Did It All Get So Screwed Up?

Hi,

Last time, we briefly touched on the fact that most of the signers at the Declaration of Independence were merchants and veterans.

I think Shakespeare had the right idea when he said, "First, let's kill all the lawyers."

I'm not saying there ain't some good lawyers out there. If I ever messed up, I know I want Gerry Spence pouring out his "good ol' boy" soliloquy for me. 

But, the lawyers that get into politics, by and large, (remember not all lawyers are bad), are in it for POWER.

If you have to have POWER from a political office, then let me clue you in right freaking now!

(You don't have any power. It's kind of like if you have to ask somebody to respect you, then you ain't earned it.)

True Power does not come from the barrel of a gun, despite what old Commie Mao used to spout.

True Power comes from being an authority on the subject matter at hand. Or, it comes from having built relationships with others who accept that you will do what's right. 

But, even if you have THAT kind of power, then you are in the WRONG to use it against other people.

The only person you should use your POWER on is YOU.

Politicians ain't learned this yet. They think it's all about bringing home the PORK for their constituents so you can stay in POWER until they die.

Don't worry, I've got a way to end all that and level the playing field for everyone, and I'll let you know all about it in  a future RANT.

You have to remember that POWER corrupts, and absolute POWER corrupts absolutely. (Take our current Prez for instance when he wiped out all of his dissenters in the beginning of his second term. Take a look at the fact that he keeps two border patrol agents, who busted a drug dealer in jail, and then states that the prosecutor, who's his buddy, did the right thing. And, yet Scooter Libby, his Vice Prez's buddy gets pardoned immediately. And, you want to tell me that absolute power don't corrupt absolutely.)

So, the problem is that somewhere, POWER came into the equation. (It's kind of like the author of the famous song, "Hello, Muddah! Hello Faddah!" Allan Sherman wrote when he wrote the Rape of the American Puritan Ethic. (A.P.E.) He stated that people enjoyed intercourse, until they started thinking about it. Then when they started thinking about it, they screwed it up.)

So, we have to remember that Politicans are not necessarily about doing what's right. They're about doing what keeps them in office, and keeps them in POWER.

In a little over four years, you'll get a chance to rectify that. 

But, it won't happen if you keep being stupid and keep hoping that the politicians will save you.

Live For Truth

Alex F.