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