Thankfully, a few publications are beginning to express the conservative ideas of those who are concerned about the direction of what was once a "democratic republic" - turned monarchy - primarily brought about by the mutation of a constitutionally guaranteed power of the people to that of a select and firmly ensconced group of "leaders" who've prostituted the laws in a manner that has allowed them to wrangle their way into permanent seats of royalty.
This royalty is comprised of those of all political persuasions but who have the one common goal of personal promotion - to the detriment of those national interests intended by our founders.
The failure of an adequate national defense, the results of which we will pay dearly, is just one of a long list of governance failures caused by a neglect of national interests in favor of personal aggrandizement.
Sadly, the electorate tends only to concern itself with national problems of the moment, with no feel for the big picture from which these problems emanate. Which brings us to the crux of our problem: "Terms infinitum" - a lack of congressional term limits, a problem about which our founders warned.
Envision a Congress, limited to eight years service, having no need to spend most of their time and our taxes to maintain their royalty. Obviously their interests would be directed to the welfare of our nation; no more pork for votes and, more importantly, concern for our nation's defense would finally take a greater precedence.
To change the course of our nation's future for the better, we would be wise to consider the revolution for freedom from whence we've come and become fully aware of the degree of perilousness to which our nation has ebbed.
Today, as we agonize over ensuring a democratically based form of government in Afghanistan, shouldn't we do the same for the good old U.S.A.?
Armond "Si" Simmons,
Pell City, Ala.
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