[don-o]

I am a simple man and have to live my life by simple ways. I have never regretted doing the next right thing. I can always find a good reason to not do the next right thing. Sometimes, doing the next right thing seems to be harmful to me.

But, I do have a clear understanding in my own mind of what is right and what is wrong.

I am starting to believe that I am out of my element in The Political World.

[nathanbedford]

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. Af angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

James Madison, Federalist #51

I do not think you are out of sorts with the times and I do not think your moral gyroscope is faulty. I think we live in a world that is best explained by the metaphor of original sin.

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."

Just because we are unavoidably in the political world does not mean we have to be of it. There are days when I too despair. I think a righteous man such as you, and I would like to think myself, must understand that we can affect the political system but we cannot change human nature-the left has taken on that job, to everyone's sorrow.