Ponder Place

Andre wrote:
So you have probably seen the recent headlines of congress approving a cool 1 mil to a department that nobody was sure even existed (Google the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure ).

Do you think history will look back at this time as one of a corrupt war mongering government or democracy at its best?

Let’s lay down some facts. People are corrupt. A good structure will still have its weak points. And a good person given power will usually lose sight of what a good person is.

My general philosophy with the government is that its a good system. But one filled with dirty operators.

Let’s shift gears a bit.

I can’t tell you where the philosophy comes from. But it is the idea that any person or thing is only as capable in one direction as it is in the other. This is to say that for a person to be capable of so much good, they also must be capable of so much evil.

It may be hard to understand, but that’s because I’m not explaining it very well.

In my mind our government was created over two hundred years ago. The government that was created was set up for the good of the people. It was created by people with good in mind.

Now, keeping with the aforementioned philosophy - this means that a government that is capable of so much good is also capable of so much evil.

I’m being redundant, but here is the point.

What is it that changes whether or not a person or system is evil?

In the case of a person it is his inner belief system. That which he has scripted and uses to govern his or her perception of the world around him or herself.

In the case of a government it is the people who hold the positions of power. Which of course brings us back to what kind of person he or she is.

What I am saying here is obvious. It’s not a difficult concept to understand. However, in the press, the media, and in society; the focus is always on the “government”. Eventually you start to see them as a body. When in reality, it’s just a large group of people.

People who are working toward their own personal agenda, which agenda is defined by their own personal belief structure and perception of life. Which upon review of the members of congress, does not appear to lend a very helping hand to supporting evidence of good.

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