« Google's not perfect after all | Main | Another big quake, closer to home » PoliticsI'll remember 2005 as the year I'd been sucked kicking and screaming into the world of candidate politics because the current crop of politicians seemed exponentially worse than any that had gone before. Most of us read Plunkitt at some point and accept a bit of honest graft, but the current combination of crooks, bozos, and bizarre fundamentalists sorta creeped me out. I'm better now, realizing that American Democracy for all its warts and weirdness is still resilient and still supported by persons of principle like the Fitzgerald, Ronnie Earle, and the prosecutors that've shined a light on Jack Abramoff's misdealings, and Tom Delay's, and whatever others will be found to have abused power and privilege. Those of us who'd prefer to avoid candidate politics really can't afford to; I figure we have a responsibility to ourselves, our children, and our communities to do our part to keep the political process as clean, accountable, and honest as possible. I started this post thinking I was going to say I'm ready to forget politics altogether, but I've talked myself out of it. None of us has that luxury. jon posted this at 11:36 PM |
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