08 September 2012

THE GREAT ENEMY OF FREEDOM IS.....

HERE are some words of wisdom that can be applied to the 2012 election, the citizens united decision, and the republican / tea-bagger ticket of mitt robme and lyin' paul ryan.....
"The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the natural wealth of localities and the local economies of household, neighborhood, and community - and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.”
- Wendell Berry
from The Art of the Commonplace
 

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