July 12, 2012<\/p>\n
Dear Friends,<\/p>\n
As I carefully watch and listen to the debates of the day\u00a0 with regard to political party and which candidate is right for the Presidency,\u00a0 I cringe. Neither a man, nor parties are the leaders of this nation. The people\u00a0 are the appointed and true leaders and the elected are the representatives for\u00a0 us.<\/p>\n
For FAR too long, we have shirked, ignored and avoided our\u00a0 responsibility in leading this nation. Praise God that there are differences of\u00a0 opinion! Praise God that we have people who have different skills, abilities and\u00a0 ways of getting things done! That is part of the glory that is America. BUT, my\u00a0 dear American friends, WE are the leaders. Absent of our vigilant voice of\u00a0 oversight, the avarice of man will become drunk with the power of unbridled\u00a0 action and will certainly end in destruction.<\/p>\n
Please find no comfort or complacency in a candidate just\u00a0 because they are of a party. I know it is becoming distasteful to some \u201cprogressives\u201d who look only at the present and \u201cforward\u201d, but only an ignorant,\u00a0 arrogant and conceited fool would so boldly blaze a path while actively\u00a0 rejecting the maps and guidance of the past. I am so harsh because if you wish\u00a0 to run blindly and fall off a cliff ALL BY YOURSELF, then charge forward!!\u00a0 However, you want to take me with you and I say no! That is where your rights\u00a0 end. The child that is still the American nation and its radical concept of\u00a0 governance still needs care and protecting and a caring set of 300 million\u00a0 parents. If you believe it is important to research things for your own\u00a0 children, then that sage choice will certainly be good for our young nation. So\u00a0 I beg you to look for wisdom of the many, many guides of the human past as well\u00a0 as the most ancient, God, to provide the higher success probability for our\u00a0 steps forward.<\/p>\n
Far too many believe that the act of voting is the\u00a0 important aspect of the right of being a citizen. My friends, marking and\u00a0 casting that ballot isn\u2019t the important part. The responsibility that is the\u00a0 inseparable twin to the casting of a ballot is the heartbeat of that particular\u00a0 right of the citizen. That responsibility should be an arduous, unpleasant,\u00a0 uncomfortable and contentious task of vetting the candidate. The process of choosing the best path\u00a0 for all is the critically important part. A vote with no personal knowledge and\u00a0 understanding of the foundation for that vote is treason. That certainly is the\u00a0 case if your vote is made for the \u201ca, me rica\u201d selfishness rather than for all\u00a0 of the future generations of America.<\/p>\n
With that, I will close by offering some wisdom from the\u00a0 1600\u2019s. Rene Descartes exemplified the notion to question everything that is or\u00a0 is believed to be. Only in that pursuit are we able to get close to reality and\u00a0 truth. Certainly, that is still wise to do in our day and age. I implore you not\u00a0 to rest in what you hear from a glowing box called the TV, or from the community\u00a0 organizers or even family and friends. Chances are great that the people and\u00a0 organizations have a significant vested interest in luring you in to act as they\u00a0 wish. You have a job to do and a\u00a0 responsibility to keep that promises made in blood by our forefathers so many\u00a0 years ago.<\/p>\n
— R. A. Grier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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