Monday, June 25, 2012

Cleaning out the Pigpen

"The political process was not designed for careers, but the volunteering of citizens to represent their country for a short period of time and then go home to tend to their farms or businesses.
When you continue to feed a pig, they have a tendency to grow. And this one has grown so big, that we cannot move it past it's resting place. No one likes the smell of the pig pen, but they are reluctant to get dirty and see to the task of taking the pig to the sale.
We all want the savory pork chops; ham and bacon produced by the pig, but no one wants to move the pig on to the next step of butchering. And why should they? We haven't done anyone any favors by letting them continue to feed the pig or demand that they clean out manure so that everyone will have a clear perspective on how big the pig really is.
Regardless of political party or personal beliefs, the time has come to pick up the scattered feathers. We have to put them back into pillow.
Sooner or later, the pig is going to die from being overfed. We have the option to get it to the next step before it dies in order to save the best parts of the pig for our continued use. If we don't; and the pig dies, everything will be wasted.Cleaning a pig pen is not fun. No One wants to dive in wholeheartedly. But Do It We Must And Soon".~Bonnie Bird  -  Walking the Fence Line

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Tyranny

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” ~C.S. Lewis