Swami for Precedent

Precedential Plank One
Let’s Elect Ourselves!
Time to Act Like Citizens, Not Subjects

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people . . . people — hey, that’s us!”
Great news! We don’t need a revolution in America. We already had one, thank you. Those very enlightened documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, safeguard our right to freely exercise our will — or, our won’t — in any way that makes us happy yet tramples no one else’s freedom.

How the Body Politic Became a Couch Potato
Unfortunately, while we the people were busy doing other things like tending to our families and our gardens and making a living, we began to neglect our body politic. And you know what happens when you don’t exercise your rights. The body politic becomes a 90-pound weakling, a pushover for anyone with a pushy agenda who just happens to have tons of money, a monopoly over the media, and plenty of followers to follow in lockstep. And before you know it, what once were citizens have become subjects.

Why Our Skeptic System Isn’t Working
Meanwhile, the Irony Curtain has descended, as Americans have become walled off from the information they need to make wiser political choices. Instead, the mass media has inundated the body politic with so much toxic B.S., that our skeptic system has overflowed, and people end up swallowing huge ironies whole. How else would people allow the most unconstitutional and unAmerican document ever conceived to be called the “Patriot Act”? How else would people accept that the best way to protect our liberties is to . . . take them away?

A Cure for Impotence?
In 2002, those seeking an alternative looked to the Democratic Party, but alas. Ever since that electile dysfunction they suffered in Florida, those Democrats just can’t seem to get an election, can they? But their impotence doesn’t have to be our impotence. And if we the people revitalize not just the Democratic Party, but all parties in the body politic, the current regime will have stiff opposition in 2004.

Time for an American Evolution
The job of running the country is too big for one person, and even too big for a small, secretive cadre. So I say, weare elected. Lincoln spoke of government of the people, by the people and for the people. People — hey, that’s us! More than two centuries ago, our Founding Fathers put forth an unprecedented, revolutionary notion: Each of us is endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights . . . that we are essentially sovereign citizens choosing to align in government for our collective good. In other words, the government is meant to do our bidding, not the bidding of the highest bidder. So now, we the people must elect ourselves to become the empowered, enlightened citizens our Founding Fathers intended. Why now? Because it is too late to do it sooner!

But Seriously, Folks . . . Are you in favor of perpetual warfare, growing gap between rich and poor, environmental destruction, loss of civil liberties?

Are you in favor of gold collar criminals buying influence in our government and siphoning off our national wealth?

You’re not? Well then, the very least you can do is register to vote — and then vote! Expecting regime change without voting is like expecting to win the lottery without buying a ticket. Remember to vote every day in every way with your dollars, your attention, your intention and your time.


Exerpted from Swami for Precedent: A 7-Step Plan to Heal the Body Politic and Cure Electile Dysfunction. Order your copy here