Comments on: WHEN DO THE PEOPLE STEAL THEIR OWN FREEDOM?

By: Citizen Tom

Citizen Tom — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:22:34 +0000

James – Your comment about the Constitution is right on. Unfortunately, we have not been doing a good job teaching our children what they should honor and why we must strive to elect honorable people.

kgotthardt – One of the jobs of the news media is to provide us information we can use. Please turn off any source that provides you false or incoherent nonsense. While such garbage may be “entertaining,” it is not worthy of your attention.

One of the reasons we are not allowed to vote until we are 18 is so that we can learn what is important. If the respect too many show for Christianity, our Constitution, and our nation’s traditions is any indication, then I fear too many of us have failed to teach our children what is important. Now they will have to learn the hard way, and their elders will suffer doubly hard. We too will know the pains of corrupt politics and a failing economy, and we will know in our hearts how we could have prevented the whole mess.

Make certain you visit “How Obama Got Elected.” The film clips are very revealing.

By: kgotthardt

kgotthardt — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:58:46 +0000

I think we can safely say there has been cheating in numerous elections and that media does crazy things during campaign time (as do campaigners). The whole process is corrupt, IMHO, if for no other reason than we are inundated with information. If we take our information from only one source, we are doing ourselves an injustice by listening to only one perspective. If we listen to too many sources, however, then we can easily get confused. By the time some people reach the polls, they have one thing in mind: push the stupid buttons and get it over with! This age of information overload has probably hurt us as much as it has helped us–in elections and otherwise.

By: James Atticus Bowden

James Atticus Bowden — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:41:09 +0000

It’s not clear how well the election process is working until, or if, there is an accounting for the vote cheating and the illegal contributions. The coruption will only get worse, if it doesn’t get corrected.

Fallible sinful men and women lead our government by design. Our Constitutional limited government of separated powers, checks and balances is intended for just men, not angels. We need to have those Consitituional limits in the future.

By: Citizen Tom

Citizen Tom — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:33:00 +0000

Archie – Thanks for the compliment.

kgotthardt – Glad you enjoy the cartoons. I do too.

When we take the time, we assess what the people we elect will do. There 535 members in Congress, and that is where most of the power resides. So what Congress does for the most part reflects our nation’s own character.

Because the power of the presidency resides in one man, this choice is somewhat more chancy. Nonetheless, we can choose to elect someone with a record as well as a platform. When we do select someone with a record, we have a good basis decision.

However, to make an informed decision, we do need to know about the people running for office. Many voters did not, and that is the point made at “How Obama Got Elected.” Much of the news media’s coverage was inexcusably biased. Too many voters naively assumed they were being told the whole truth by people who abused that trust.

By: kgotthardt

kgotthardt — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:53:34 +0000

Love the cartoons, Tom.

Unfortunately, elections are crap shoots and we won’t know if we made the right decision until the crap hits the fan.