“The Audacity of Democracy!!!”
Wow!!!
Can it get any better???
Yes, it can… It is like the weather, just wait a minute!!!
Unlike the Republicans, the Democrates are living out history… The Democrates are exercising the principles of “democracy” that have not been worked out in some time… And democracy will be stronger for it… This long drawn out process can not hurt the Dems because it is “High Time” for this workout… The Dems are pulling and pushing; tearing down and building up; and most importantly engaging and engaging on ever front democracy’s very soul…
Yes, the soul of democracy is being tested to see if it can truly stand the “test of time…”
With out this testing, our core belief of what democracy truly is – is simple a fable… It is a hypothesis that needs to be proven time and time again to insure it’s theories are sound… With this vigorous exploration of the hieght, depth, and breadth of democracy, we cause her to grow… It is imperiative that this takes place or democracy will wilther and die… She will lose her sprint of vivacy and vitality!!! Yes, she will lose her soul and she will die…
So you see that democracy is alive and living best when she is exercised and allowed to grow and expand to encompass all history has in store for her… Democracy is not fragile only the people charged with keeping her…
Democracy is like the wind…
She comes and goes whereth she will…
So let’s let “Democracy” have her way and in the end she and we will be best served…
“The Audacity of Democracy!!!”
March 17, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, and he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr., But they were already presidents, so nobody cared.
But the attack on Rev. Wright reveals something beyond ignorance of basic dynamics of Christian community. It demonstrates the level of misunderstanding that still divides white and black Christians in the United States. Many white people find the traditions of African-American preaching offensive, especially when it comes to politics.
Typical of the form used by black preachers is Frederick Douglass’ address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” first delivered on July 5, 1852. The address, a political sermon, forcefully attacks white culture. “Fellow-citizens,” Douglass proclaims, “above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wails of millions! Whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, today, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them.” He goes on to calls American conduct “hideous and revolting” and accuses white Christians of trampling upon and disregarding both the constitution and the Bible. He concluded his sermon with the words, “For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.” Wonderful. (I am white.)