BUMP to the Top for some of my Calvinist homeys, just 'cause it's a great quote which I wanted to share...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I'm Christian Taylor (ph) from Washington, D.C. Mr. Begala, when will the powerful former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin be called to testify in the Senate about asking the Bush treasury department to manipulate Enron's credit rating? And when he made that call, was Mr. Rubin acting on behalf of the people or on behalf of the powerful Citigroup that he works for?
Beeaauut-iful!!! Fight the Good Fight.
And as I willingly admit that there is no kind of government happier than where liberty is framed with becoming moderation, and duly constituted so as to be durable, so I deem those very happy who are permitted to enjoy that form, and I admit that they do nothing at variance with their duty when they strenuously and constantly labor to preserve and maintain it. Nay, even magistrates ought to do their utmost to prevent the liberty, of which they have been appointed guardians, from being impaired, far less violated. If in this they are sluggish or little careful, they are perfidious traitors to their office and their country. -- John Calvin, the "Father of America", The Institutes of the Christian Religion Book IV, Chapter XX
Thanks for the BUMP.