The Fifth of November
Nov 05. , 2008 
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As ecstatic as I am that Barack Obama is the new President-elect, I think it’s important to remember that he is, in fact, still just a man.
He will make mistakes and screw ups as President, just as all others have before him. The difference, though, is how will he handle his mistakes and the new power he will soon wield.
Today is, fittingly enough, November 5th.
“Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder, treason and plot,
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.”
As American citizens, we can’t forget that government as a whole, regardless of which political party is in charge, needs to be kept in check by the people.
Government needs to know that its power comes from the people.
I sincerely hope that, should things become as bleak as they did during the Bush years, that United States citizens will take to the streets, instead of letting our government continue to strip away our rights while we sit back and watch.
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A big part of the problem lies in the public expecting the president to make the big important reforms. A great many of the ills of the United States find their root in the executive branch overreaching. That’s a problem that needs to be solved from without, not from within. The legislature really needs to sack up and play its part in our system of checks and balances; the people only get to directly put our hand on the tiller once every two years.