Vigilance

[LloydDobbler 2]

Whether Republican, Democrat, or Label-Resistant, I would caution us all to be vigilant. I'm reminded of a very well-written bit of text, which I'm sure most of you have read before:

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.

Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.

--attributed to Sir Alexander Tytler (1747 - 1813)

Looking back over the campaign (and the promises that were made of new social programs and 'spreading the wealth around'), I'm a little concerned about Obama, Pelosi and Reid in control of the country.

(And I'm not even a Republican).

We have given one party - the party of big government - check-and-balance-free control of the nation. So just as I said to myself in 2000, I'll say it again - no matter what side of the aisle you're on, be vigilant.

Just food for thought.

Signatures are the new black.