[Posted February 25, 2010]

Unqualified for the Job

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Dial the common denominator for congress?

Rasmussen Reports Jan 7, 2010 -

45% Say Random Group From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 45% of likely U.S. voters now think a group of people selected at random from the phone book would do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress. That’s up 12 points from October 2008, just before the last congressional elections. Thirty-six percent (36%) disagree, and another 19% are not sure. ...Most male voters (51%) say a group of people selected at random from the phone book would do a better job than the current Congress. Female voters are evenly divided on the question. go to story

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One God, millions of names

Fools Elected by Fools Hansadutta das

"Oh, you should have democracy. You can vote." Vote for what? Two men are running for office, and ten million people are voting. So what is the big choice? Both of them are rogues. Fool's paradise. The people are foolish, and they are given the right to vote. "You vote." So amongst all the fools, they select one grand fool. And he will lead them. It's a fool's paradise. That's what it is. Democracy means fool's paradise. more

False promises

excerpt from Life Comes from Life, Chapter 7

The law is cheating, medical science is cheating, and the government is cheating. Top government officials are charged with taking bribes. If the governor takes bribes and the constable takes bribes, then where is the good society? People elect the leader who promises them happiness. But since that happiness is maya [or illusion], he can never deliver it, and society simply becomes filled with cheaters. Since people are actually after this illusory happiness, however, they continue to elect such unscrupulous leaders time and time again.

Blind leading the blind

excerpt from Quest for Enlightenment

Everyone in this material world is under this illusion. The living entities are loitering in this material nature, sometimes in this body, sometimes in that body, sometimes this way, sometimes that way. Simply loitering. No one knows where to find shelter, where to find permanent life, permanent peace, permanent happiness. They are simply changing forms of government: electing one rascal, rejecting him, electing another rascal, and rejecting him. Because the candidates are all rascals, the people have no alternative but to elect a rascal. They are thinking, "By electing this rascal, we shall be happy." Andha yathandhair upaniyamanah: [Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.31] The people are blind, and they are accepting leaders who are also blind. What will be the profit? If you are blind and you are led by another blind man, what will be the profit? Both of you will fall down into a ditch.

Therefore, if you want real happiness, you must accept the leadership of a man who has eyes to see. And whose eyes are open? The guru's. That is explained in the Vedic literature:

om ajñana-timirandhasya jñanañjana-shalakaya
chakshur unmilitam yena tasmai shri-gurave namah

Everyone is blind, in the darkness of ignorance. So it is the guru's business to open their eyes, to help them see things as they are.

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