Wayne Morse just became one of my new heroes. I love this guy and I’ve only seen him on a couple of old clips. The way he speaks about his understanding of the Constitution and the power of the people in relation to the president is not common among American politicians, much to my dismay.
I know it’s old hat to talk about mistakes our government has made, but hearing Senator Morse reminds me that it is our lack of reflection on the past that has allowed us to let our government make so many mistakes. It’s easy to blame the knuckleheads in D.C. for their foolishness and lack of respect for the people, but in a democratic system such as ours we can only blame ourselves, the American people.
Sounds like a downer, I know. This is only an observation, not a forecast. I’ve had a general apathy for politics and matters of consequence for a while, but not out of a lack of interest. It was hard to stay focused on something that seemed out of my realm of impact, but now I think that’s a cop out. I think the democracy Senator Morse spoke about is based on the idea that people should take an interest in what’s going on and seek out the facts in situations, so that when we speak we speak from a position of comprehension and analysis.
Now we just have to go through the tedious process of finding the good information out of the noise…
[mind wandering to ideas for topics about information technology, "the media", general inquisitiveness, etc.]
