REVOLUTIONARY WORDS

An Idea Which Time Has Come?

Yesterday a WaTimes editorial asked, and pretty much answered in the affirmative, "Should Arizona secede?"  Up the turnpikes, Investor's Business Daily asked "Will Washington's Failures Lead To Second American Revolution?"  Here's the opening chorus:   The Internet is a large-scale version of the "Committees of Correspondence" that led to the first American Revolution — and with Washington's failings now so obvious and awful, it may lead to another. People are asking, "Is the government doing us more harm than good? Should we change what it does and the way it does it?" Pruning the power of government begins with the imperial presidency. Too many overreaching laws give the president too much discretion to make too many open-ended rules controlling too many aspects of our lives. There's no end to the harm an out-of-control president can do. Bill Clinton lowered the culture, moral tone and strength of the nation — and left America vulnerable to attack. When it came, George W. Bush stood up for America, albeit sometimes clumsily. Barack Obama, however, has pulled off the ultimate switcheroo: He's diminishing America from within — so far, successfully. (continue) ” The editorial finishes: " “   A wounded rampaging president can do much damage — and, like Caesar, the evil he does will live long after he leaves office, whenever that may be. The overgrown, un-pruned power of the presidency to reward, punish and intimidate may now be so overwhelming that his re-election in 2012 is already assured — Chicago-style. ” What will be the flash point?