Far Reaches Farm

I would refer you to last years blog entry for this date.  My views haven't changed except for a further cementing of cynicism towards the current administration.  Commuting Scooter Libby's sentence following the conclusion of our judicial process is simply that of a bully daring a cowed audience to do something about it.  We are so damned complacent.  A friend recently repeated a telling quote to me: "In Europe the government is afraid of the people.  In America the people are afraid of the government." 

We have forgotten who is supposed to be in charge according to the principles upon which this country was founded.  We the People.   We the People are in charge.  Feel Free to complain.  Freedoms and rights are like muscles.  Use them or lose them.  Call, write or email your senator or congressman.  Write a letter to the editor.  Don't depend on TV or mainstream media for information.  Get news from many sources especially foreign and draw your own conclusions. 

I for one would love to see Al Gore run for President.  I would also like to have a sensible time limit on how early one can declare for office and start campaigning.  It is completely out of hand to start campaigning 2+ years before an election.  How can politicians do any sort of job if they have to be working the campaign trail and diluting every action to avoid alienating voters?  We know who these people are and what they stand for already.  We probably already know who is going to get our vote.  Give them two months to get their message out, have some real debates and then lets vote.  In the meantime they could be doing what we elected them for - working to protect our interests rather than their own.