Many of those trees were my friends creatures I had known from nut and acorn; many had voices of their own that are lost for ever now. And there are wastes of stump and bramble where once there were singing groves. I have been idle. I have let things slip. It must stop! — The Two Towers

My Take – Where is your line in the sand?  Where is your “Jews in the attic” point?  At what moment does the danger and uncertainty of action in the face of adversity become less costly than the certainty of harm from inaction?

Those who believe that the government has gone too far have been attacked for decades, and the lambasting both by the press and this administration has been particularly sharp.  Our rights, our financial future, and the prosperity of our children and their children are at stake, and those who oppose us are either stupid, despicable, or both.  The time to act is now.

I am up on my soap box, trying to convince as many as will listen that there our ship is headed toward a reef.  I have been in a jury box, trying to find a way to chart a course between “legal” and “just”.  I have put votes into the ballot box and will do so again soon.  I pray that my cartridge box stays closed, but it is well-stocked and handy.