More
than all the power mongers and politicians put together, it is we, the American
People, the citizens, who have allowed this present political mess to come to
pass, by our own failure to occupy our responsibilities as citizens. For power
and responsibilities that are not yielded by the citizens cannot be accumulated
elsewhere by those who would keep those to themselves, and therewith strive to
subjugate the citizens.
Too
long have we Americans lived in willful ignorance or willful despair failing to
get off our too tired, too lazy, too busy, or too fearful derrieres and get
back into the fight that we never should have left. Eternal vigilance has no
sabbaths nor vacations, but is indwelt and enlivened by the confidence of our
common language and Documents, our abilities, our faith, our constant
watchfulness, appropriate training, and proper, timely communications, to deal
with all enemies, foreign and domestic.
I reapply, to the moral, spiritual, social, and political scenes, the following
POGO cartoon quote from cartoonist Walt Kelly:
It’s
way past time for everyone to start pulling their own weight to get busy shoveling and
bagging the trash of society and politics!
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