Time for a new revolution?

Thomas Jefferson said that America would probably need a new revolution every twenty years or so. He was onto something.

People in power tend to become entrenched, which leads to corruption. Men in power don't have people around them to tell them they can't do things. Cf. my previous post on the lack of Nathans. In Anne of the Thousand Days (the movie) one character advises his successor, "Tell the king what he ought to do, not what he can do." Of course the character does tell the king what he can do and loses his head for it.

People running the government now have learned what they can do, and have completely lost sight of what they ought to do. The latest scandal involves insider day trading conducted from inside Congressional offices.

I think I am beginning to agree with the bumper sticker I saw: "Don't re-elect anybody."

Seriously, we need new voices, new heads, new ideas, new ethics in government: in Lenoir, in Raleigh, and in Washington.