Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

January 17, 2008

If the United States of America is a republic, rather than an empire, why does the president travel in a fashion suitable to an Oriental potentate?

For his recent trip to Israel, President Bush brought the usual entourage. This includes 250 Secret Service agents, 50 White House aides, 150 military personnel, and at least 400 other federal officials.

An entire fleet of aircraft and automobiles is required to carry the president and his companions. The president's ground transportation requires to use of two identical motorcades containing 20 armored vehicles. In Tel Aviv, the presidential entourage and Israeli security personnel literally booked every available hotel room. The visit cost the Israeli government $25,000 an hour, with the expenses passed along to US taxpayers through foreign aid.

If a republic is ruled by law rather than men, what can we infer from the royal splendor in which the president travels?

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.