| Something quite dramatic is happening in the | | | | reelecting the reckless and the thoughtless |
| political arena - a new vision nothing like | | | | leaders that throw away our kids, but are so |
| the old politics of greed, hatred, and spin. | | | | clever and cunning when it comes to money and |
| Accustomed as we are to division, bickering, | | | | power for themselves. |
| and animosity, this will take some getting | | | | |
| used to - and may not happen in this cycle - | | | | When a leader operates from insecurity and |
| but it is coming. | | | | weakness, this fosters greed, hatred and |
| | | | selfish thinking, which is quite different |
| Voicing principles without tearing down | | | | from leaders who operate through confidence |
| another comes from confidence. On the other | | | | that fosters generosity, compassion, and |
| hand, politicians and pundits that tear down | | | | clear thinking. Imagine a family that lives |
| those who don't agree with them act from | | | | from greed, hatred, and muddled thinking. |
| insecurity. In the same manner, not lashing | | | | That family will have troubles upon troubles. |
| out or striking back when someone disparages | | | | The family members will learn to not trust |
| us comes from understanding, maturity, and | | | | each other and only look out for themselves, |
| strength, while the old eye for an eye | | | | and soon the family will split apart. A |
| mentality comes from hatred, smallness, and | | | | nation is no different. When we look out for |
| weakness. | | | | only our own selfish interests and viciously |
| | | | compete with each other rather than coming |
| I think that we, as an electorate, are | | | | together for a common purpose, fear is always |
| finally beginning to get it; we must live | | | | injected into the equation. |
| with those we vote for . . . for a long time. | | | | |
| If we vote for insecure, weak people, we live | | | | If we broaden this selfish, negative approach |
| with the resulting poor decision making for | | | | and look upon the rest of the world as our |
| many years, because insecure leaders will | | | | adversaries as well, both in our trade |
| create elaborate conspiracy theories in an | | | | practices and militarily, we will bring to |
| attempt to keep us as insecure, fearful, and | | | | fruition a self-fulfilling prophecy of an |
| weak as they are, because when we are | | | | adversarial and dangerous world that is in |
| fearful, we can easily be deceived. | | | | constant warfare with us. We will be at each |
| | | | other's throats endlessly, always afraid and |
| Maybe we are finally coming around to the | | | | always arming ourselves to the teeth. This |
| fact that we, the electorate, really are not | | | | buildup, although proclaimed defensive, can't |
| weak and insecure, that we have enough | | | | help but lead to war. |
| courage to face whatever may come our way | | | | |
| without huddling in fear with a bunker | | | | It all begins with you and me. Can we find |
| mentality. Maybe this time we will see | | | | compassion inside of ourselves? We can't |
| through the rhetoric and false bravado of | | | | criticize others if we operate from greed, |
| those who want to deceive us. Of those that | | | | hatred, fear, weakness and muddled thinking |
| think bravery is sitting in air-conditioned | | | | ourselves. We always have a choice between |
| offices while recklessly and thoughtlessly | | | | weakness and fear, and courage and |
| sending our youth to fight private revenge | | | | compassion. One seems like courage but is |
| wars and for big business interests against a | | | | cowardice, and the other seems like cowardice |
| mythical army of terrorists conjured up from | | | | but is courageous. If we can figure out which |
| a handful of desperate men with box cutters. | | | | politician has legitimate courage, by |
| | | | carefully assessing how they treat their |
| This mythical army, this same rag-tag loosely | | | | adversaries, it is a good bet that they will |
| organized group of criminals called | | | | keep our country out of serious trouble, and |
| terrorists, is the masterful delusion that | | | | maybe even bring our country and the world |
| has in fact terrorized Americans for years | | | | together for a change. Nobody can survive a |
| now, has cost our country 500 billion | | | | nuclear war. |
| dollars, and has been instrumental in | | | | |