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“June
will come soon and we will lieutenants be,”
is a line in a West Point song. My June Week
graduation was 34 years ago. Seems like
yesterday. Our youngest child, Maggie, just
graduated from The University. Many of her
friends are getting married. So, for this
piece in June I’d rather chat about
graduations and the future than keep up the
drumbeat on taxes.
I’m
sick of writing about taxes. I’m tired of
naming names, His Lordship Sir John Chichester
- first among fellow travelers, for apostate
Republicans, RINOs, who make all Republicans
look foolish, childish, churlish, disloyal,
economically ignorant, politically tone deaf,
and worthy of almost every mocking thing a
Democrat could dream to say.
So,
I’ll just close my eyes and hope that there
is a state budget by July 1st. If not, then
I’ll be back to writing about Constitutional
crisis, tax folly, scam and stupidity - later.
June
is for graduations, despite the colleges
turning to May, and weddings. And summer. The
glow of joyful occasions, those monuments to
life passages marking welcomed ends and new,
bright beginnings, are full of hope.
The
celebration of living in joy and love makes
for dreamy hours of well being. More than a
mid-summer night’s dream, June whispers the
"future will be fine". There are
warm days, blue skies adorned with glorious
clouds, and restful relaxation in the company
of family and friends.
My
wife and I treasure the honor of attending the
graduation parties and weddings. We cherish
sharing the moment. We are thrilled seeing
young people with a purpose. We marvel that
they are still innocent amidst the vulgarity
and crudeness of our culture. The kids have to
earn sophistication and real worldliness wrung
from life’s inevitable hard times. Yet, they
are ready to take on the world. From the
bottom rung of the job ladder, everything
looks up to them. All things seem possible:
Everything wonderful will happen. ... It
won’t, but that is for another season of
life.
The
future is just another tomorrow. Yet it holds
promises of great potential. Virginians are
children of the Enlightenment, so we believe
in progress. Conservatives embrace change,
especially technology, as a way to make life
better. Our distinction is our desire to shove
the best of the past into the future. Learn
from history and dump the bad. Yet, never
expect the perfection of man. Simply try to
forge the best from the fallen, sinful persons
we all are. Make government reflect the
reality of human nature by limiting it as much
as possible. Governments of men will act like
men. Power corrupts. Men seek power for
themselves. They will say anything, do
anything, be anything to get power – and
become the very tyrants they hated, the day
after they deposed the former tyranny.
June
in Virginia isn’t a time for tyrants. Early
summer blossoms in our flower garden. The
feast for the eyes is sweetness for the soul.
God made this season of blooms. God created
all things. The one, living God described in
the Judeo-Christian Bible is sovereign. Our
rights come from this Creator, not His
creations. Our blessings come from Him. Our
hope is in Him for this life and the
everlasting life that continues this
consciousness, like walking through a door, to
a much better place. No tears. Even as sweet
as tears of joy are. No tears.
Enjoy
this blessed June 2006. Our time is now. Even
for us folks who see the days diminishing, as
much as graduates and newlyweds see the days
expanding. Virginians can rest this June
and dream of a better future. Maybe consider a
little about how to get there.
The
next 400 years can be better for Virginia’s
families – to live, work and play. Based on
firm foundations of the first 400 years of
English-speaking civilization. For liberty and
opportunity. Like the Conservative Convention.
I’m on the Steering Committee.
Conservatives who care about Virginia’s
future should set November 11th, 2006 aside.
The
Virginia Conservative Action PAC (VCAP) is
sponsoring a one-day convention in Richmond.
VCAP has Presidential candidates Allen,
McCain, Frist, and Romney scheduled to speak.
Huckabee might make it. Delegates will sit by
city and county to vote in straw polls and for
a Conservative issues platform. It’s time to
build a Conservative consensus for the future
of our Commonwealth. Stay in touch (www.vcap.org).
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June 12, 2006
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