The Sword May Be Double-edged

But there is still only one sword.

Dick Henson's Letter-To-The Editor in the Frederick News Post last Tuesday begs, pleads, SCREAMS for a response.

He is right to be concerned about the power accruing to the Presidency; it is indeed the biggest danger Americans face. Although I am glad to see that someone recognizes this danger, it is evident that still, Mr. Henson does not yet quite get it.

I'm reminded of the quip Jon Stewart made on his The Daily Show some time prior to the last presidential election. On the show he said: Thanks to Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton will be the most powerful President in history. Now, he may have gotten the winner of the election wrong, but he got the danger, I would say crisis, exactly right.

Democrat, Republican, it obviously doesn't matter. It makes no difference if it's W. Bush, Obama, Reagan, or Clinton, the power just seems to accumulate to the Executive; like gravity operating in reverse, the power moves upward to the 'that singular of power'.

This is not by chance; this is not one party making bad decisions, looking only to their own power and control with no thought to the future. Sure they will say that they plan for a century of Republican control of our lives or whatever, but they know that will not happen within the current political system framework.

I constantly remind you: do not assume the people in political power are stupid, don't see the big picture, are dumber than you.

They're not.

The right question to ask, is why. Why is it that everyone elected to political office operates in the same mode, works toward some common goal?

Why, Democratic or Republican, does the government get larger, spend more money, implement stricter laws, violate the Constitution more? Do they all think they will have a better chance of getting elected next time if the country is in worse shape that the year before? Is it that the party out of power thinks that by making things worse, they will get to be IN power next time?

If any of that is even remotely true then are we anything other than doomed?

But the issue could be even more sinister than that.

It could be that the people who really run things have one agenda, one unified aim, one plan for the future of not only this country but the world. It could be that that one group uses the two political parties as tools to accomplish their aim.

What we need to do is to reveal the invisible hand, to pull back the curtain, expose the truth.

You won't get that from the spokespersons for either of the two political parties.

You won't get that from Newsweek or The New York Times.

You will get that here. You will get that information from the Greens and in other places that may be even harder to find.

But finding that information is worth the effort. It's worthwhile for you to find out what others are thinking and saying.

That double-edged sword does indeed cut both ways. Unfortunately for us, both directions cut us out and cut us down.

The only way to stop that is to disarm the ones wielding the sword.

Find them.