Lawyers in the White House

The e-mail that prompted the formation of this blog was titled "This is not a Lawyer Joke" The e-mail began with: This article was in the "American Thinker"17 March 2008, The Lawyers' Party By Bruce Walker.
"The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers' Party. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are lawyers. Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama are lawyers. John Edwards, the other former Democrat candidate for president, is a lawyer and so is his wife Elizabeth. Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate.) Every Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Benson, went to law school. Look at the Democrat Party in Congress: the Majority Leader in each house is a lawyer."

The e-mail goes on to say the Republican Party has no lawyer among the upper leaders, so who should we trust? Walker also mentions the founding fathers were not lawyers. No, they were visionaries, thinkers, and philosophers, while lawyers at that time were practitioners. Today, many of our thinkers and philosophers have gone to law school to learn the rules, not having to learn them on the job as they seek to provide legal protection for citizens under the law. Who would you rather have defending your rights under the law, a Texas oil and cattle rancher? We know how things turn out after 7 years of not having a legally trained mind where it counts.

What are people thinking when they say "Lord save us from educated people!" There are 3 professions, though some would count 5. Medicine safeguards our physical well being; the Clergy safeguard our spiritual well being; and Lawyers safeguard our rights as citizens. (Arguably, Prostitution and Engineering provide sexual and community supports, and if you count these, there are 5 professions.) Each of the first 3 require advanced training by some of the most intelligent among us, unless you count the lay ministries out there. Would you really want an untrained person as your surgeon? Then what makes people think we should have untrained folks as our leaders.

I think many Americans don't like educated people! Education must really frighten members of the masses for this kind of hatred and fear to be so prevalent. Is this why we are dumbing down our education systems, to make the fearful feel better? This is my real gripe, this is what really pushes my buttons! Dumbing down lets China leap ahead in the space race, Korea build our cars, and Japan build our electronics. We are in debt to China!!! We are loosing it folks, when we give way to fear and allow fear to rule us!

We need to provide incentives for intelligent students to strive to be the best, not feel afraid for being smart. We are creating the most intelligent gang leaders because we are so afraid to spend time and money on our brightest minds. All people are not created intellectually or physically equal, and we need to be okay with that. Perhaps we should regain our grip on reality by looking at successful school systems in Europe, stop throwing money at a system that isn't working, encourage and reward those who are the brightest to shoot for the Moon, and not worry so much if someone gets their feelings hurt in the process. If we don't shape up, we will be unable to catch up or even play the game in international circles. Education is power, and we are rapidly loosing both.

Now you know my beef, what about you?

Mother One