| | I've not blogged with any consistency in more than a year. Really, I've never blogged consistently. But with the upcoming election, I wanted to put some thoughts down.
First, let me just say that I don't think either party in the upcoming election "has it all right." Twisting John F. Kennedy's oft heard phrase, both presidential candidates seem to have bought into the idea that we (the public) should be asking, "What can my country do for me?", and say nothing of what we can do for our country. Both candidates, sensing the public's unhappiness with government, are now running reform campaigns. Change? Baloney! Both candidates are offering more of the same, but in different flavors. Yes, I do find one "flavor" more distasteful than the other. But in the larger scope of things, that's almost beside the point.
In looking at the scope of government, I really like the preamble to the Constitution:
We the People of the United States, in Order to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote
the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.
This is one of the best and most succinct statements of governmental philosophy in existence.
More to come later.
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| | Posted 9/11/2008 10:24 PM - 28 Views - 0 eProps - 2 comments
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