I had this thought this morning about George Washington and his desire to make ours a free country. I wasn’t there of course, but I’m told that he believed fervently in a few things like liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness.
And that got me to wondering if his intent was to provide folks with the opportunity to make something of themselves without an over-burdensome government on their backs, burying them with taxes. Or did he envision a nation where someone, like a farmer perhaps, went out and found some arable land, worked hard to make the acreage productive, and at the same time built another one for folks who, for whatever reason, couldn’t or wouldn’t build one for themselves?
And then, how about his army? Did he expect all his soldiers to carry guns, brave the elements and shoot the enemy at all costs, or was it okay with him if the weak, timid, tired and lazy stayed in the warmth of the barracks and said, “Wake me when it’s over, I’m not really up to it, okay? And by the way, if you take prisoners and treat them harshly, we’ll help send you to Leavenworth.”
And what if some government official later on came to him and said, “That house you built isn’t up to standard, what’s more you’ve got to tear it down because it’s not environmentally friendly and you owe us four thousand pence in fines?” Would our founding father have gone along with that, or would the assessor find himself pushing up daises?
And how about when he chopped down that cherry tree with an axe, and then was quizzed by his pop? He stepped right up and told the absolute truth.
So, looking back on all that, I’ve really got to wonder how it's all gone so far the other way. Where today we have so-called leaders who’ve done nothing but lie, cheat and steal their entire lives, refuse to defend their country themselves, contribute nothing at all to the nation and feed off everyone else.
And after reading this stuff back, I was going to remark that if GW could see what his nation's become, he’d probably shoot himself in frustration. But on second thought, that’s got to be wrong –because he’d likely mow down everyone one of those losers himself with a shotgun.
That’s it for today folks.
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