10.14.08 It’s political today
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008I dusted off my boots this morning…its time…..Where is my static guard?
Today the post is political..
A part from a Glenn Beck column posted last week:
George Washington hated the idea of political parties so much. Here’s what he said about them in his 1796 farewell speech:
“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”
I know that George had a habit for using big words, so allow me to translate into 2008 English: Political parties that put their own success over that of the country’s will be the death of America.
If you don’t believe him yet, just wait a few more years…you’re about to see firsthand how right he was. After all, if power corrupts, then the kind of absolute power gained by political parties (and feared by Washington) corrupts absolutely.
The best advice I can give you is to stop thinking in terms of left and right and start thinking in terms of right and wrong. Demand the best leaders possible, and then demand the best out of them.
REGISTER TO VOTE
Call your city hall if you need details or the proper steps for your state/ county/city.
You matter,
Katie