| Ancient Greece lifted the souls of men of | | | | When free, the First Founding Father George |
| imagination and thoughts they had wanted to | | | | Washington did as no Napoleon would ever do. He |
| express for ages. But in ancient Egypt there was | | | | refused to be crowned king, and stepped down |
| no time for that; all rules and thoughts of any | | | | after two terms, in order to not set a precedent, |
| worth were by decree by the reigning Pharaoh of | | | | or appoint a son as his heir. |
| Egypt. | | | | And now, as the Adam Smith example of Hong |
| Greece was a land that, like Rome next door did | | | | Kong and Japan and Singapore and Malaysia |
| have a winter when the people could not grow | | | | proved that well regulated free capitalism provides |
| crops and had to be able to survive an occasional | | | | more riches than the common poverty of state |
| winter blast unknown in fortunate Egypt.For many | | | | control by those who understand party politics but |
| months each year in Athens or Rome the | | | | have long lost connection by a fair election to |
| weather would not allow crops to grow, and it | | | | hear what the people want. |
| was a matter of ample food storage. | | | | A court mandarin who does not need to face the |
| And always, there was ample fresh food in | | | | people for approval in elections can make many |
| Egypt, where the frosts never followed.Three | | | | decrees and have the army carry them out. Up |
| crops a year were common, and to hungry | | | | to a point. |
| people to see the abundance of crops and figs | | | | Democracy is not in China yet, but in these |
| and dates dropping from their trees onto the | | | | storms we notice a very nervous leadership out |
| ground uneaten, caused visitors such wonderment. | | | | there with a megaphone asking forgiveness for |
| Egypt was the bread basket of the | | | | the weather and that the army was not quicker |
| Mediterranean, where ships would line up at the | | | | to help. |
| mighty wharfs created by Alexander to supply | | | | If you were the Mighty Khan inside the Forbidden |
| the known world within this vast sea, and pull in | | | | Temple might you also not quake. The times are |
| and enjoy the riches. But being free to speak | | | | most certainly changing. And we feel that is a |
| your mind was not allowed in ancient Egypt. Nor, | | | | good, if belated thing. |
| for long was free speech allowed in Roman times. | | | | As we have had the good fortune to have been |
| The idea of theaters to act out actual events led | | | | brought up to understand capitalism and |
| to free discussions in Athens between free men, | | | | democracy as if it is a given. And around the |
| some at least. | | | | world in too many places it is not that yet at all. |
| Thomas Jefferson and others saw in America a | | | | Yet it is coming. And hopefully one day other |
| new Greek Democracy of free Men in a New | | | | grand parents can share the joy of one such as I, |
| World, and it has come to be, imperfect but | | | | who is amazed at this new generation again. My |
| evolving well. | | | | grand daughters are on the net more often than |
| The founding fathers of what came to be | | | | at the mall, or watching the television. History |
| America considered the ways of Imperial Rome | | | | would seem to make it inevitable that free |
| and Democratic Greece. Wisely, they chose the | | | | speech and this range of personal choice will soon |
| democracy of Greece and a vote for all. This | | | | make it through the remaining shreds of the |
| would be a far superior means of creating a | | | | bamboo or silk curtain. |
| nation. Gone should be the days of a Caesar or | | | | And we think that is a very good thing. |
| Kaiser or Czar or Emperor. | | | | |