Can anyone explain to me my "Here you go Bush Haters!" question.
Liberal, Conservative, Democrat, whatever . . . JUST ANYBODY.
It is more than one sentence long, so brace yourself.
Read it and come back with an intelligent response, if I can get that.
2006-08-14
23:59:04
·
9 answers
·
asked by
Anonymous
in
Politics & Government
➔ Politics
READ THIS!
If you have a need or a problem, you should solve it yourself. To look to George Bush, or Hillary Clinton, or any politician to solve your problem encourages a fundamentally paternalistic relationship.
The analogy of the cedar pertains in this way.
When the colonials undertook their revolution, they did so not through a ballot box, but through effectual action. They showed that tyranny had no power over them, because even death was not a fear.
By their strength they were able to create a society that mitigated the oppressive impulses of government.
Full of their own sense of importance, politicians, though, use their power, just as any government figure to keep extending powers and extending powers until the government can no longer bear its own weight.
You get deadness all over.
The people still rant and rave about freedom and enfranchisement, but going to a ballot box to choose from several options given to you, and rising up . . .
2006-08-15
01:24:19 ·
update #1