Seldom do two different worlds meet with similarity of the spoken word with accuracy as the following. “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy,” Ernest Benn, 1875-1954.

All because of that the following, “The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, a taking one with the other, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office,” H.L. Mencken 1880-1956.

Then we have this timeless fable from Aesop which might be what’s ailing America. “People generally find that a change in government simply means exchanging one master for another. Amply illustrated with the following anecdote. A timid old man was gazing his donkey in a meadow when all of a sudden he was alarmed by the shouting of some enemy soldiers, ‘Run for it,’ he cried, ’so that they can’t catch us.’

But the donkey was in no hurry, ‘tell me,’ he said, if I fall into the the conqueror’s hands, do you think he will make me carry a double load?’ ‘I shouldn’t think so, ‘was the old man’s answer. ‘Then what matter is it to me what master I serve as long as I have to bear my ordinary burden?’” (source:One Master As God As Another -Penguin Classics-Fables of Aesop)

Complacency is a great trap holding its catch tightly in its web. Americans need to cut them selves free from our governmental web. Rediscovering the stuff General G.S Patton, 1885-1945, knew all the time about us. “Champions are built to overcome adversity.”

The American political system is broken and needs to replaced. America’s most cherished documents gives American’s the legal right to replace what needs to replaced. The first is found in our Declaration of Independence, where we find these words. “… That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive … it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, …” Followed by Article V, The Amending Power, of our Constitution.

Obviously this would be a task of difficulty. Needing the courage of what champions are made of in order to overcome political adversity. Interested in more information, then engage this clergyman in ‘how to’ lectures and workshops. Just refer to the navigation link and click upon the ‘contact us’ tab.

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