Comments on: More things to be outraged about with the Bush administration http://billwattblog.org/2008/05/25/more-things-to-be-outraged-about-with-the-bush-administration/ Tilting at windmills since 1998. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:16:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: kathryn http://billwattblog.org/2008/05/25/more-things-to-be-outraged-about-with-the-bush-administration/#comment-828 kathryn Mon, 26 May 2008 01:25:27 +0000 http://billwattblog.org/2008/05/25/more-things-to-be-outraged-about-with-the-bush-administration/#comment-828 My head literally starts to throb when I read these sorts of things. They make it difficult for me to say 'I'm American' without an overwhelming urge to apologize. That said, I am not a fan of any government institution...with reference to that well-known quote that 'absolute power corrupts absolutely.' (Naturally, Chris has accused me of being an anarchist...but I digress...) And I'm not sure what we have to look forward to in 2009. I am never happy with politicians. People I would vote for don't run for President; they are humanitarians and/or spiritualists a la Gandhi, Thomas Merton, MLK, the Dalai Lama, Jesus of Nazareth... I only half jokingly say, send a monk or a Zen master to office. Meanwhile, may we keep our politicians on a short leash. My head literally starts to throb when I read these sorts of things. They make it difficult for me to say ‘I’m American’ without an overwhelming urge to apologize. That said, I am not a fan of any government institution…with reference to that well-known quote that ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ (Naturally, Chris has accused me of being an anarchist…but I digress…)

And I’m not sure what we have to look forward to in 2009. I am never happy with politicians. People I would vote for don’t run for President; they are humanitarians and/or spiritualists a la Gandhi, Thomas Merton, MLK, the Dalai Lama, Jesus of Nazareth…

I only half jokingly say, send a monk or a Zen master to office. Meanwhile, may we keep our politicians on a short leash.

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