You'd Think The 47% Would Change

I tried to keep my big mouth shut on this. I tried, but I just can't. It seems Gov. Romney is upset with 47% of the people of America. He thinks they are the moochers (my word, not his), the folks who live on the government dole because they're too lazy to work and so they want other people to pay for their basic needs. I presume he means people like Rep. Michele Bachmann who rakes in hundreds of thousands as a "Farmer." Or maybe he speaks of all the folks who enjoy the freedom they receive as a result of the lives of young military service men and women given to protect their freedom. People like Gov Romney, who served his church in mission in the south of France instead of his country in the south of Viet Nam. I guess that most of us Americans enjoy the fruits of other people's efforts one way or another. What I don't get is why some folks think they should complain about what other people get, but just expect what they get. Those folks should read the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence again. Where the founding fathers said "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." Too bad there's not a little more of that kind of honor in America and a little less petty greed and selfishness. We need leaders today who are more concerned about the well being of all our citizens and a little less concerned for the ideology of their political parties. Is that asking too much? Maybe it is. Gov Romney will never measure up to a founding father as long as he thinks like that.