Wednesday, 11 November 2009
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Responsibility
I can't help but wonder what the founding fathers would think of America today. We're a beacon of freedom to which hundreds and thousands have come to seek prosperity. Generations of us cannot imagine living elsewhere. We have a unique role in the world. I'd think that they would be down-right proud of some of our progress.
But they would tell us that we're too lazy in reguards to keeping tabs on our government. We have failed to recognize that we just can't live our lives and ignore politics. It was Horatio Bunce, a farmer, who told Congressman Davy Crockett that the money in the American treasury was not his to give away as he pleases. Today there isn't a Horatio Bunce or a congressman like Davy Crockett who would listen.
If our patriotic duty was confined to simply voting, we'd have fewer freedoms. For the love of our country, we must root out, boot out, vote out, and get out corruption at every level of government. For if money and power corrupt, where else would be a better place to start? Voicing our opinion isn't limited to voting, our voice has more power than that. We have the right to assemble and make our voices heart through protesting.
We must be more careful in the teaching of our history and translation of our constitution, lest we loose any rights or worse, their intended meanings. We must treat each other with the dignity and respect we expect others to treat us with.
"Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those words that makes me tight in the throat - the same tightness a man gets when his baby takes his first step or his first baby shaves and makes his first sound as a man. Some words can give you a feeling that makes your heart warm. Republic is one of those words." - Davy Crockett as portrayed by John Wayne in The Alamo.
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