I just did a google search, looking for something on the agile catchphrase of "Done Done." The first hit was James Shore's site. I clicked on the link, expecting useful information, but received propaganda instead:

In the United States, power flows from the people. We grant our power to representives [sic] on the first Tuesday of November.

I applaud Mr Shore for being courageous enough to mix his politics with his business. I choose to minimize my commentary to places like this blog, where my personal beliefs shouldn't be enough to dissuade someone from doing business with me. Of course, that still may happen, but it's far less likely to happen than if I choose to shut down access to information and commerce on my site in order to push my personal belief system.

Perhaps if more people were to take a stand, like Mr Shore, we'd be better off. I'll take my small stand: most of what Mr Shore says is correct, with the exception of the part about the "last six years." The unfortunate part is that these activities aren't just part of the current administration, they've existed in virtually every administration since Abraham Lincoln (who used just about all of these tactics), up to Clinton and of course Bush II. It's just that sometimes the American people have been gullible enough to swallow the rationales and excuses, or worse, have been willing to be complicit because their party happens to be the offender.

I recommend that the American voters remove everyone responsible next year. That includes those in Congress who swallowed the lies as well as those who made the lies--the threat of WMDs, even if real, was not an excuse to invade another country. That's pretty much everyone in Congress. If only we had the courage.

I am neither Republican, Democrat, socialist, or Libertarian. I no longer believe that voting contributes to solving any problem (in fact, I believe that voting is implicitly an act of force). But if I were to vote, I'd say that the only hope for the future of the U.S. lies in someone who actually believes in the U.S. Constitution, and not someone who believes in only parts of it (Republicans or Democrats). That one person is Ron Paul. Do your research.

posted by Jeff L.  # 11/06/2007 04:54:00 PM Database TDD Blogs