06-03-2013, 08:04 PM
Quote:Mr. Drago points to the following passages from the website: "Today, elected officials are too often captives to opinion polls, reluctant to act in the broader public interest when it means taking unpopular courses of action or offending powerful groups. The Profile in Courage Award honors modern-day elected officials who govern for the greater good, even when it is not in their own interest to do so.
"The award is presented annually to a public official or officials at the federal, state or local level ... who stand up for particular ideals or principles, even when constituents or powerful interest groups pressured them to bend ... [and] whose actions demonstrate the qualities of politically courageous leadership in the spirit of Profiles in Courage."
Speaking Truth to Power.
I do not see "modern day officials" engaging in much of this.
Speaking Truth to Power is the essence, the raison d'etre, of Jim Garrison.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war