So, something I've noticed about elections is that, no matter how unpopular the current president is during his first term, he still gets re-elected. It's like America, as a whole, is screaming for reform from or with the current administration, but at the last minute, we decide, "Better the devil you know!" This ridiculous fear is so clearly evident in this current election.
My husband says that it is the civic duty of every literate American citizen to read the Declaration of Independence. I agree. My mother tried in vain to convince me to do so as a child. But I recently read it, beginning to end, for the first time and as an adult, I see many chilling parallels with our current government in the description of King George's offenses.
It is becoming more and more apparent to me that the world, in general, and America, especially, is ripe for a revolution. My favorite literary quote comes not from a scholarly author or an autobiography, or anything so lofty and educated. No, my quote comes from Julie Garwood, a romance novelist. She penned, "One whisper, added to a thousand others, becomes a roar of discontent even the church can't ignore." It is my opinion that this still has a great resonance in today's world.
Here's my whisper; Where's yours?
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