Hard to tell the parties' difference

Editor,

All writers feel a sense of completion when they receive a response to something they have presented to a reading audience. I am no different. First, I acknowledge Thompson Smith's response to my request for a retraction of his comparison of the Constitution Party to the Taliban. Retraction accepted.

As to the rest of his views about the party's political platform, I am not qualified to answer. I do not at this time claim affiliation with any political party.

Though I try to determine what their platforms might be, I detect little if anything that is significantly different in what they say they can do and the compromises they all are willing to make for the sake of power.

The bottom line is that I don't believe it matters too much who is in office because ultimately the power that is granted to elected politicians is handed off to an all consuming entity called bureaucracy.

For this reason my response to Bob Stone can only be based on my perception of the candidates and not the party they represent. I voted for Rick Jore because I believe Rick to be a brother in Christian faith who knows that government in all its many faceted identities, as any big brother would provide for our every need, is in reality all consuming and for the most part out of control. Rick will most likely be the proverbial voice crying in the wilderness during the legislative session, but at least there will be a voice.

I ask our readers a question: What kind of government could we have if our politicians knew and believed what our national motto — In God we Trust — really means? Our nation was founded on Godly principles. To me, there is no higher qualification for public office than to humbly submit to the true teachings of our Creator and Savior. When we can admit to ourselves that there is a power that is true and unchanging, then we have taken the first step in being able to address the issues of our time.

By ourselves, we cannot make one little difference. The world will beat us every time. So, how far are you prepared to go to receive the promises that politicians so generously lavish on us at election time?

Do you believe that there is a free lunch? How much personal freedom will you sacrifice to be "taken care of?"

Do you believe that the Director of Human Services in Governmentville, USA, knows your needs better than you?

As to the question of education, Bob, I would love to express my views, but my views are just that. The question is do you believe that children are receiving the kind of education they really need?

Elected politicians with a genuine fear of God — what a breath of fresh air that would be.

Joseph G. Brooks

Ronan