Bonnie Alba
Radical protest: "none of the above"
By Bonnie Alba
The Sarah "Barracuda" Palin hubbub has turned the media into ravenous sharks. Almost instantly a household name, many disenchanted voters are galvanized in newfound enthusiasm for McCain's VP pick — all for the wrong reasons.
Alaskan Gov. Palin is an up-and-coming woman to admire, a go-getter, conservative and principled in spirit. Sen. McCain is known as a big-government, moderate to liberal globalist. Where does that leave Gov. Palin?
I want to shout to all of you: Slow down, take a deep breath, and think. What exactly does a U.S. Vice President do? Influence presidential policies? Not much. Is McCain going to listen to Sarah Palin? I very much doubt McCain will listen to someone who is a Washington Outsider.
In his recently released book, "None of the Above," founder, editor and CEO of World Net Daily's Joseph Farah lays out a "radical vision" of this election, the two major parties, and the peoples' lack of vision and standards. Add that Americans are for the most part ignorant of traditional American History (due to federal government control over our education).
Is Farah saying stay home, don't vote? By no means. Farah advocates going to the election booth and voting for "None of the Above." What he's saying is that we must not keep voting for the "lesser of two evils." What we have ended up with for the past 100 years is "more of the same" and "business as usual" in our Capitol.
Farah suggests a Radical Decision to vote in Protest — write in a name such as Ron Paul, or vote for one of the third party candidates, such as Libertarian Party Bob Barr or Constitution Party Chuck Baldwin. Any one of these men could do no worse than the present establishment.
One thing is sure, these men would abide in the U.S. Constitution better than the present two major party candidates. At least they would try to adhere to our founders' admonitions and intent from our nation's beginning.
Is there Hope as the usual rhetoric promises spew forth from the mouths of the major candidates? Or, have we given up on ever seeing real leadership in Washington DC? And I don't mean the usual liberal-conservative cross-the-aisle bipartisanship eliminating constitutional principles to enact bad laws and government's steadily increasing power.
Maybe it's time for the Radical Vision, to bring to the fore that dim memory of what was originally intended for our Republic. One where the melting pot of united Americans share a common language, a common underpinning foundation of Biblical morality and Justice, and a constitutional government.
What is the government responsible for? What is its job? I ask you, where has that government gone? You know, the one whose elected and appointed representatives take the U.S. Constitution seriously? Are we in the twilight era of freedom and liberty as some seem to think? Is the U.S. Constitution dead? Is God dead in America?
These are the questions serious thinkers take into their heads and hearts and ponder and wonder. These are the questions with only one answer.
Is there HOPE for America? Yes, but only if the people share a united belief in the U.S. Constitution as the document by which our nation, once a nation of law, ought to be governed. Otherwise, liberty and freedom are just words used to justify the issue or individual right of the day.
Farah is probably right when he says: "The nickel's worth of difference between the two major parties can best be summarized as the choice between the express lane and the regular commuter lane of the road paved with good intentions."
George Washington in his September 1796 Farewell Speech, among other rich and common sense statements, noted: "And of fatal tendency...to put, in the place of the delegated will of the Nation, the will of a party; — often a small but artful and enterprising minority...they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion..."
We have watched our first president's words come true. Americans, will you continue to vote for either party — just because? Maybe it's time to give a different man or party candidate a chance — at least when these men take their oath of office swearing to uphold the U.S. Constitution, they will mean it.
© Bonnie Alba
The Sarah "Barracuda" Palin hubbub has turned the media into ravenous sharks. Almost instantly a household name, many disenchanted voters are galvanized in newfound enthusiasm for McCain's VP pick — all for the wrong reasons.
Alaskan Gov. Palin is an up-and-coming woman to admire, a go-getter, conservative and principled in spirit. Sen. McCain is known as a big-government, moderate to liberal globalist. Where does that leave Gov. Palin?
I want to shout to all of you: Slow down, take a deep breath, and think. What exactly does a U.S. Vice President do? Influence presidential policies? Not much. Is McCain going to listen to Sarah Palin? I very much doubt McCain will listen to someone who is a Washington Outsider.
In his recently released book, "None of the Above," founder, editor and CEO of World Net Daily's Joseph Farah lays out a "radical vision" of this election, the two major parties, and the peoples' lack of vision and standards. Add that Americans are for the most part ignorant of traditional American History (due to federal government control over our education).
Is Farah saying stay home, don't vote? By no means. Farah advocates going to the election booth and voting for "None of the Above." What he's saying is that we must not keep voting for the "lesser of two evils." What we have ended up with for the past 100 years is "more of the same" and "business as usual" in our Capitol.
Farah suggests a Radical Decision to vote in Protest — write in a name such as Ron Paul, or vote for one of the third party candidates, such as Libertarian Party Bob Barr or Constitution Party Chuck Baldwin. Any one of these men could do no worse than the present establishment.
One thing is sure, these men would abide in the U.S. Constitution better than the present two major party candidates. At least they would try to adhere to our founders' admonitions and intent from our nation's beginning.
Is there Hope as the usual rhetoric promises spew forth from the mouths of the major candidates? Or, have we given up on ever seeing real leadership in Washington DC? And I don't mean the usual liberal-conservative cross-the-aisle bipartisanship eliminating constitutional principles to enact bad laws and government's steadily increasing power.
Maybe it's time for the Radical Vision, to bring to the fore that dim memory of what was originally intended for our Republic. One where the melting pot of united Americans share a common language, a common underpinning foundation of Biblical morality and Justice, and a constitutional government.
What is the government responsible for? What is its job? I ask you, where has that government gone? You know, the one whose elected and appointed representatives take the U.S. Constitution seriously? Are we in the twilight era of freedom and liberty as some seem to think? Is the U.S. Constitution dead? Is God dead in America?
These are the questions serious thinkers take into their heads and hearts and ponder and wonder. These are the questions with only one answer.
Is there HOPE for America? Yes, but only if the people share a united belief in the U.S. Constitution as the document by which our nation, once a nation of law, ought to be governed. Otherwise, liberty and freedom are just words used to justify the issue or individual right of the day.
Farah is probably right when he says: "The nickel's worth of difference between the two major parties can best be summarized as the choice between the express lane and the regular commuter lane of the road paved with good intentions."
George Washington in his September 1796 Farewell Speech, among other rich and common sense statements, noted: "And of fatal tendency...to put, in the place of the delegated will of the Nation, the will of a party; — often a small but artful and enterprising minority...they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion..."
We have watched our first president's words come true. Americans, will you continue to vote for either party — just because? Maybe it's time to give a different man or party candidate a chance — at least when these men take their oath of office swearing to uphold the U.S. Constitution, they will mean it.
© Bonnie Alba
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