It has finally snowed here in the Mid-Atlantic. It was amazing watching several hundred ducks flying over my house yesterday as I shoveled snow from my driveway. They no doubt seek non-frozen water. And flying farther East across the Atlantic ocean to the Middle East you might\u00a0not have noticed what\u00a0I believe our future holds.<\/p>\n
One of the world’s many dictators is on trial in Iraq. Saddam Hussein is understandably not playing along with the concepts of the rule of law. How hard it must be for a one-time king\u00a0to\u00a0now be a subject, to submit to ideals\u00a0of\u00a0equal justice. During his trial Saddam has repeatedly refused to respect the\u00a0court. To quote the tyrant,<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not a court, this is not a court, this is a game”.<\/p>\n
How can anyone really argue with someone who is utterly incapable of understanding and accepting\u00a0how a system of government founded upon the rule of law works? Even in our own country people make a mockery of\u00a0common law and common sense.<\/p>\n
Consider this,\u00a0a thief suing the person who defended their private property\u00a0with a gun, or class action lawsuits against cigarette makers. From the\u00a0outset, the thief was wrong to enter someone’s house without permission and the smoker is\u00a0responsible for their own actions….. no one\u00a0forced them to rob or smoke!\u00a0They deny responsibility.<\/p>\n
But all this really speaks to a depravity within.\u00a0It is prevalent. It\u00a0ultimately has to be this way due to human nature.\u00a0Humanism and\u00a0moral-relativism are best friends. It says we can do no wrong. And it finds its most glorious moment when we become gods in our own mind, as Saddam so eloquently displays and says to the Judge of his trial,<\/p>\n
“Are you trying to overcome your own smallness?”<\/p>\n
I implied Saddam’s shenanigans were\u00a0a preview of what’s to come here in the US. I say this because\u00a0the\u00a0system\u00a0of government the Founders of our county established\u00a0(a Representative Republic\u00a0form of government) was not designed to handle the widespread apathy to Judeo-Christian values upon which our laws are derived.\u00a0We know that the representatives are elected by the people…but this people is to be a moral people who have their heads right. I\u00a0quote a hero of mine, Founder and second President John Adams,<\/p>\n
“Our\u00a0constitution was\u00a0made only\u00a0for a\u00a0moral and\u00a0religious people. It is\u00a0wholly\u00a0inadequate to the\u00a0government of\u00a0any other.”<\/p>\n
How interesting it is to see a clash of beliefs. How fascinating it is to witness man vs. law.\u00a0We are given these case studies everyday in the news. We lament corrupt politicians and we laugh at Saddam. May we learn from both!<\/p>\n
Vote for Pedro,
\nJim<\/p>\n