As It Stands Now, Those Of Us

True Patriots Believe That Freedom From Responsibility Is Selfishness, Freedom From Sacrifice Is Cowardice, Freedom From Tolerance Is Prejudice, Freedom From Stewardship Is Exploitation, And Freedom From Compassion Is Cruelty.

You Want To Defend Citizenship? Don't Persecute Or Isolate Those Without Papers. Just Live Like A Citizen. That'd Be A First-class Way To Be American.

As It Stands Now, Those Of Us Who Are Lucky Enough To Be Citizens By Birth Don't Have To Do Much. Very Little Is Asked Of Us.

Six Decades Ago, As Mao's Communists Seized Power, The Question In Washington Was, 'who Lost China?' Now, As His Capitalist Descendants Stand Astride The World Stage And Washington Worries About Decline, It Seems To Be, 'who Lost America?'

We Tend To Think Of Politics As Bad, Full Of Dirty Tricks, Negative Ads, Big Campaigns, But I Am Here To Explore The Original Meaning Of Politics, Which Is Positive And Has To Do With Balancing Competing Interests And Looking For Solutions.