tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516080.post895522770910353210..comments2023-09-23T06:05:51.486-05:00Comments on thejoyofsix: YikesLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04329601656633314983noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516080.post-21449156834777064272009-09-12T20:06:39.141-05:002009-09-12T20:06:39.141-05:00You wrote:
>And for the record, I don't tr...You wrote:<br /><br />>And for the record, I don't trust any of them. <br /><br />Well... I trust Ron Paul just a tiny bit, mainly because his main point is not to trust the government.<br /><br />But, yeah, if he were elected President, I'd be wary even of him.<br /><br />One of the most important insights of the Founders was that no human being can be trusted with unlimited power.<br /><br />We forget that at our peril.<br /><br />Incidentally, I think we should teach that point to our kids as a well-proven fact of history. Distrusting politicians is not just a personal feeling or quirk, and it is not just that individual politicians happen to be untrustworthy.<br /><br />Power corrupts: that is a fact of human nature that transcends partisan politics.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Dave Miller in SacramentoPhysicistDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111405959451703182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516080.post-7444705707139061702009-09-04T09:03:09.218-05:002009-09-04T09:03:09.218-05:00Yes, very scary.Yes, very scary.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332589956455952959noreply@blogger.com