Here is the Rebelmen statue in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Our remaining Revolutionary War landscape contains many such statues and memorials. We have experienced what many have called an unprecedented campaign in terms of its ad hominem attacks. We have also just experienced among the worst natural disasters along the mid-Atlantic, and people are still suffering from it. As we go to the polls, in addition to a vote, we might also cast a thought back to those anonymous soldiers and civilians who supported, fought and died for, the very system that we have now warped almost beyond recognition. As we pay lip service to "democracy," it might behoove us to think about to what exact use we are putting it. Our political dialog now is virtually non-existent; there is no conversation, only sound bytes, shouting and vitriol. To those who say it has always been so, I do not recall that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams ever resorted to YouTube. And despite their enmity, there was an abiding respect that is absent from much of the current scene.
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