Wednesday, 01 April 2009
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Herdsman LPMcD
On my blog today I've highlighted a poem entitled The Calf Path by Sam Foss. It explains the dangers of blindly following precedent. But it also implies that there is a another way, a straighter path that when followed yields better results.
Today we US citizens are trampling the clear-cut map called The Constitution by not expecting our elected officials to uphold the principles of this fine historical document. Whether leading the land as President or serving in State office, all legislators swear to uphold the Constitution. That's different from voting according to the whims and desires of their constituencies (read *herd*) just so s/he will be re-elected.
This is a lesson I learned from my parents, but was re-enforced in all areas of my upbringing. In civil government, it was most modeled by a family friend, employer, and true statesman, Larry McDonald. Larry would have been 74 years old today, but died in 1983, when the Russians shot down the commercial airline, KAL007.
In today's Congress, Ron Paul votes similarly to Larry and is even using an old Crossfire clip to promote his message. Search for it on YouTube. Note that there are two parts to the interview. Look to the right-hand side of the page in order to access Part Two.
The way will be straighter because you listened to Congressman McDonald's calm, factual efforts to expose those who keep pushing us down the crooked path.
He was the first person to tell me about the white-faced bumblebee, too.
Currently
We Hold These Truths: A Reverent Review of the U. S. Constitution 1993 Revised Edition
By Congressman Lawrence P. McDonald
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