THE RIGHT PATH Are we on the right path as a nation?
Many Americans are asking themselves that important question right now in preparation for the forthcoming election of a President.
Some individuals bear a burden which makes them feel guilty of breaking a vow they feel they made when a our sitting president was chosen by a binding majority of the nation's voters. That, in their individual view means that he is my president as well as yours even if we are of opposing political parties. We have sworn to support the leader whom majority opinion has named as our leader. He is our Commander-in-Chief and we are bound to do bidding.
How secure is such an attachment?
Some simply ignore the entire idea and freely, openly and even violently in as few cases resulting in assassinations which have been few
in our national history. Most of, without even thinking about it as a problem, simply disregard any such impediment by observing that we never had a totally democratic election in our country yet! Think about it. We cannot have true election until all eligible voters have cast their ballots.
The path remains, then, in question as long as such technical nicietes are in a state of being bickered about rather than solved or set aside by restrictive wording in proper documents.
I have a feeling that questioning a president's chosen “path” is valid as long as critical comments are honest and “above board”. Both parties have responsibilities for their plans or proposals, not just the party personality in he driver's seat at the time.
Of importance, too is that such drivers of national vehicles are , far too often, attentive to “Back Seat Drivers” supplying guidance and destinations and there may well be more than a few of them seeking help from afar on their cell phone.
Study “pathways” with special care. There are often many tempting side roads' crossroads were decisions must be made, and driving conditions far beyond your worst estimates.
Say a path is wrong if you wish, but be sure you have a better one ready for use in its place.
Andrew McCaskey amccsr@adelphia.net 8-11-06 [c377wds]
