We are the richest, most powerful country in the World. We have the potential to lead on many fronts. But part of the reason we can't is, as former President Jimmy Carter and John "Saint Jack" Danforth (Episcopal priest; former Ambassador and Senator-MO) there are too many evangelicals mucking up the Government because they can't distinguish where their version(s) of the Bible ends and where the law of man begins.
And it has become painfully obvious, far too many of these quasi-evangelicals are as corrupt as there are interpretations of the Book.
While reading Roosevelt's inauguration speech I was impressed by the sheer wisdom of the man. Bill Clinton attempted to display wisdom from time to time, but was forced by the need to reach the lowest common denominator to ustilize the KISS method - keep it simple, stupid. Prior to Bill, Jimmy Carter occasionally touched upon brilliance and wisdom; John Kennedy was a wise man and it often shone through in his speeches.
There hasn't been anything even remotely close to that which might resemble wisdom emanating from anyone who works in the West Wing, especially the highly educated Condi Rice, since January 20, 2001.
As a reminder to the Republicans and their continual talk of war, that Democrats are wusses who won't protect America, here's what the man who was forced to take on the Japanese and the Germans at the same time (as well as Grandpa Prescott Bush, indicted by FDR's Justice Department for consorting with and profiteering from the Nazis):
"In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor - the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others - the neighbor who respects his obligations and respects the sanctity of his agreements in and with a world of neighbors."
DAY 1,886 OF AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE - our White House and the Executive Branch overrun by the Karl Rove-controlled Neo-con Fascist Regime.
Impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
(This column appeared in THE LONE STAR ICONOCLAST and at www.LoneStarIcon.com the week of Feb. 7, 2006)
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