tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847564794199054568.post2340608751726828476..comments2023-10-30T05:05:09.493-07:00Comments on Reel Writing: Luke Skywalker v. The Death StarMichael Haganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06935812710118028706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847564794199054568.post-20538369651775988232015-03-11T14:04:10.087-07:002015-03-11T14:04:10.087-07:00Nice. It's shocking how well-intentioned peopl...Nice. It's shocking how well-intentioned people can get overwhelmed by power and authority. Obama, in this case, has been a huge disappointment. Maybe it's the times, maybe it's how power corrupts, or, even scarier, maybe the truth is that even the president has no real power. Anyway, great post. Oh, and remember these lines?<br /><br />Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;<br /> Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,<br /> The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere<br /> The ceremony of innocence is drowned;<br /> The best lack all conviction, while the worst<br /> Are full of passionate intensity.<br /><br />Sounds like western democracies today.Chris Pettynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847564794199054568.post-88313235424621896342015-03-11T13:55:37.771-07:002015-03-11T13:55:37.771-07:00Now I don't know how to edit my post to correc...Now I don't know how to edit my post to correct spelling errors. Obviously this was my first blog post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847564794199054568.post-3941310118810686882015-03-11T13:51:03.940-07:002015-03-11T13:51:03.940-07:00Congratulations on your awakening, or at least you...Congratulations on your awakening, or at least your steps on a journey of enlightenment rooted in a basic distrust of our over-reaching, increasingly totalitarian government. When power-drunken government officials latch onto the notion that they alone know what is best for the citizenry, categorized as "the common good" the collapse of liberty and personal freedom is indeed immenent. There has never been so great a priviledge bestowed unto a citizenry as that of true liberty and the freedom to pursue happiiness. The American people have at best, a tenuous grip on that freedom under the current government regime. Remember Michael, Luke Skywalker got scuffed up pretty good in his light sabre fight with Darth Vader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com