The biggest problem we face today is the abject apathy of people that don't even know they are "We the People" -- Ted Nugent
I heard this statement today in an interview Glenn Beck and even though the Nuge said it as a throw away line in the course of conversation, I believe that it truly encapsulates what is wrong with our country today.
Our Forefathers founded this nation on a truly revolutionary idea; that the PEOPLE were to be the power in charge of our society. That idea has served us in good stead for over two hundred years, but things seem to be falling apart in the last twenty years or so, and Mr. Nugents statement explains it all.
A country founded on the idea that power flows from the governed to the governors can only succeed and flourish if the PEOPLE remain engaged and actively participate in that governance.
Somewhere down the line "We the People" seem to have been infected with the intellectually lazy idea that we can "let the government take of of it" and still remain a free society.
That attitude inevitably leads to tyranny, and at this juncture we have progressed at least (a) quarter half of the way to that foul state.
It is somewhat discouraging to realize that someone who describes himself as "just a guitar player" is one of the most astute voices for freedom in evidence today.
This country needs to awaken from its state of somnambulism , and SOON, or we will wake up in the near future to find we have put ourselves in the bonds of servitude to the State just because we were too damned lazy to do the work and maintain the vigilism necessary to maintain our individual freedom.
Posted by Delftsman3 at August 29, 2008 07:11 PM | TrackBackThe Nuge sometimes comes off as a nut when he talks hunting but he's often on the mark when he gets serious about the Constitution and the public mind.
As you say, he may have meant this as a throw away or just a spur of the moment phrase introducing the rest of his talk, but it is spot on.
So is your follow up.
Posted by: joated at August 30, 2008 08:26 PMThank you for the compliment, JOATED. I'll take all the kudos I can get regardless if I merit them or not.
Ted may seem to wax over-enthusiastic when discussing hunting, but hey it's great to see someone that has the passion he does do what he loves to do most, whether it's rocking out on a stage in front of 30K people, or taking aim at that prize buck on his spread in Michigan. Anyone that has followed the Nuge KNOWS what a true environmentalist is, and he's truly the real deal.
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