Statecraft Informer

These blogs run most recent to last, so I should have posted this first today, instead of second, because I wanted you to read this after “You Can Quote Me, I Mean, Them.�? Sheesh, it’s always something, isn’t it?

Anyway, the subject is, and will remain, at least until November 8, 2006,

The NEXT American Revolution!

While discussing the idea with an acquaintance the other day, the subject was “change;�? radical change, yes, but like a patient slowly bleeding to death from within, sometimes a radical operation is required.

After a time, the subject switched from “change�? to “fear.�? My companion said a lot of people may understand that our two-party system is no longer OUR system, but THEIRS… powerful, wealthy, or otherwise influentially “connected�? people, who really decide what gets done, or not done, in government. A lot of people may even believe they can help change things for the better this November 7, by voting for ANYBODY OTHER than a DEMOCRAT or REPUBLICAN. But, my friend said, they may be too afraid to follow through. They may be too afraid to do something so radically different with their votes.

In case my friend is right, please consider the following quote from author and teacher, Marianne Williamson:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you NOT to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won’t feel unsure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
As we let our own Light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.�?

Please don’t be afraid to make a difference for the better. You were born to. Those around you need you to. Our country needs you to.