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Sunday, January 27, 2013


The rising of a third Party
       While I may live locally in east Tennessee, I read nationally and internationally. Hence I am confident in my thoughts and feelings.
            And I sense the times they are a changing.
            And it's everywhere...politically, culturally, morally, economically, even in the education of our young people. Our values are changing.
            And if I am on to something, I also know change takes time.
            Specifically, our great and well intentioned socialist ideas and efforts of the last century are coming to an end for lack of success, and obvious to most, changes that are adverse to most of us. If I am correct, then this transcends recent things like having a crummy President, or two poorly performing National Political parties. Said another way, it has taken time to get into today's mess, and will take time to change. And by this idea, I mean at all levels, from federal down to local, even public school boards.
            The good news is that change is more about leadership, and the future, with a focus on how to get there, and where we want to go. I see little looking backwards, and complaining; and more looking forward and leading to another way.
            Even the present dinosaurs will grow old, die, and go away eventually.
            And even there will always be leaders, and followers. The low-intelligence people, really most are just poorly educated, and busy with their own lives, will be lead by others. In the new world USA the idea is called a republic, which we already have.
            Here in the new world USA, one way to accomplish all this is a third party, and I sense it is arising throughout the land. Our new world USA history is full of third parties, usually led by one man. But this time I sense it is based on an idea, or ideas,  and is at all levels of growth, organization, and financing throughout our land. Heck the idea doesn't even have an agreed upon name. Many presently call it the Tea Party, named I think for the Boston Tea Party, but really even no agreed upon name is in my mind.
            And again, change takes time. I would expect this idea applies to a third party movement, too. I am thinking like the national elections of 2020 will be big, though incremental time and intervening elections will begin to change things in a smaller way.
            The last third party that rose to extended national prominence was the Whig Party, and that was based on ideas, and not some individual.
            Such may be the nature of whatever third party arises in the new world USA.

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