Through the Looking Glass

"That government is best which governs least." T. Paine
A surprising favorite quote from a man who in all likely hood is going to vote for Obama. I read a friends blog today (OK actually a new step cousin, if such things exist), and she had some wonderful thoughts about the "elections" currently taking place in Zimbabwe. I enjoyed her thoughts and they set my musings over to thoughts of governments an authority. She is quit the liberal and her words held enough empathy for myself and small room full of nihilists. I feel this is a good thing, the world needs people who care.
I on the other hand am a socialist who hates society. Perhaps an enlightened anarchist if you will. "Do what ye want, Harm none." (I have a feeling there will be a lot of quotes today, sometimes it is easier to let smarter people talk for you.) I believe in working to straighten the common good, but do the commons really deserve it? Do I mind paying high taxes for social services? Nope, I love parks, I like public works, I am all for welfare when it is warranted, and even some cases where it may not be. What bothers me is when the elite find ways to bypass there share and hold money in P.O. boxes in far away lands, and when the disenfranchised just give up and start to collect more then they contribute. When situations like this occur, it adds an undo burden to already stretched middle class.
I would like to note that as my rantings begin to froth, I am sitting next to a singing wife and a very stinky puggle. These are the things that make life interesting. My wife says I should write a post about my puggle, that is gonna take some whiskey. Back to the diatribe.
"Government, even in it's best state, is but a necessary evil; in it's worst state, an intolerable one." (Yeah that's right, I came to bring the Paine.) It seems that every day I hear more of the abysmal approval ratings of our monkey and chief. It may seem out of character, but I am gonna have to say, "give the guy a break." I only say this as a reflection on our congress. It took G Dub 7 years to get his ratings so low. It took him 7 years of actively running our country into the ground for the average American to say, "Ya know what??? Fuck you Mr. Bush." It only took our newly elected democratic congress one year of doing absolutely nothing to reach the same, if not lower ratings. Now that my friend is some mad skill.
Sometimes I stop and think, I as going somewhere wasn't I? The answer I feel is probably not, but I shall press on non-the-less. Let's go back to Africa and start with another quote.
"When dictatorship is fact, revolution becomes a right." -?? (It's not Paine, first lucky person to guess gets a cookie.) I don't think there words more true. If you are oppressed, it is up to you to change it. Demonstrations, riots, coups, some options are less bloody then others, but in the end all can work. It is not the job of the U.N. to intercede in the problems of all developing nations. (okay okay, maybe it is, but anywho...) You can't wait till the president of the United States decides he wants your oil... or to liberate you, yeah that's it. Most great nations are born from revolution. The U.S., France, China, Russia, all born from revolution. Not to say that Russia and China are the happiest places in the world, but they are supper powers born of popular revolution.
I have been told that this is getting to long, I believe it is getting to long winded. Please disregard anything in here, it may require a rewrite in order to pull a thread of sanity from it. On to something more fun.

In love and rage