Strange Legacy

Quick Thought: True Freedom

True freedom is an illusionary concept – all men and women serve a master of one sort or another. Whether we are servants to duty and honor, subjects of logic and reason, or slaves to pleasure and base impulse, no man or woman can claim to act independently. Freedom as a perfect principle can only exist in a vacuum – not merely a vacuum of external pressure and influence, but of emotion, opinion, bias or care. Perfect freedom is oblivion.

Personal fulfillment and happiness are not to be found in the pursuit of absolute liberty, but in the active recognition of the masters we serve and a reconciliation with the principles to which we wish to subscribe.

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The Deathwatch Comes to an End

This last weekend the Senator Clinton Campaign Deathwatch officially came to an end. Hillary has conceded the primary, and the questions swirling about in everyone’s minds are whether she will be Obama’s choice for veep, and how she managed to lose the primary when she had such a promising start. I’ve already shared my opinion on the unlikely nature of an Obama/Clinton ticket (I think she thoroughly burned that bridge over the last few weeks); as to the question of how she lost, I’ll leave that up to the many news pundits who’ve analyzed her downfall ad nauseam. Click on the articles below for some interesting thoughts on this.

Hillary Clinton: What Went Wrong – And Right

For Clinton, a Key Group Didn’t Hold

Crawling Through the Wreckage: A Postmortem on Hillary Clinton, Also Ran

Obviously the Clinton/Obama feud has provided ample fodder for news pundits and the blogosphere alike, and will be sorely missed by many. Expect stories to continue trickling in for the next few weeks on Clinton’s possible VP aspirations, as well as her lingering campaign debt. An interesting article on her debt can be found through the link below:

For Clinton, Millions in Debt and Few Options

Only time will tell if Obama v. McCain proves to be as interesting as Obama v. Clinton.

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