Indian political and spiritual leader. Educated in India and London, he was admitted to the English bar in 1889 and practiced law unsuccessfully in India for two years. In 1893 he went to South Africa where he became a successful lawyer and leader of the Indian community and involved himself in the fight to end discrimination against the country's Indian minority. Throughout his life, Gandhi remained committed to non-violence and truth even in the most extreme situations. World War II broke out in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Initially, Gandhi had favored offering "non-violent moral support" to the British effort, but other Congress leaders were offended by the unilateral inclusion of India into the war without consultation with the people's representatives. All Congressmen elected to office resigned en masse. After lengthy deliberations, Gandhi declared that India could not be party to a war ostensibly being fought for democratic freedom, while that freedom was denied in India herself. As the war progressed, Gandhi increased his demands for independence, drafting a resolution calling for the British to Quit India. This was Gandhi's and the Congress Party's most definitive revolt aimed at securing the British exit from Indian shores. If you found this tad bit of information interesting about the late Mr. Gandhi, consider visting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi

Mr. Gandhi is a stark contrast to the men and women in the U.S. Senate. I believe that a man whose life depended on finding one, just one of them, who is there to serve rather than be served, is a dead man walking. Yes, a declaration written with the pen of Thomas Jefferson and edited by the likes of Benjamin Franklin is a fine thing, but what use is it if it hangs in a sanctuary for thieves? I believe the rules governing members of Congress could be reduced to: A politician’s sworn duty is to protect the lives and property of their constituents. But when they endeavor to perpetrate the destruction of either, they thereby cease to be politicians; they become tyrants and dissolve all ties of allegiance between themselves and their constituents. Now if only that rule were enforced. I do not know what the maximum punishment for political tyrants is in this country. It's possible that we don't even have such a category. But if there is one, I'm agreeable to using it for every current member of Congress, and then starting over.

With the publication of my book, Conversations With God, in 1992 by Vanquish Publications, I decided I would walk away from my vocation of euthanasia and become more like Gandhi. I spoke in churches all across America and came face to face with thousands like DeLay, who put on a Christian face for the television viewers when he withdrew his name for re-election saying he’d prayed to God about it. I knew that Gandhi's philosophy--that the mind of an oppressor or a bigot could be changed by love and non-violent rejection of wrong actions, while accepting full responsibility for the consequences of the actions--would not work for me. I was too much like those I hold in contempt.

I estimate I used at least 50,000 words in an assay to express my feelings about how unclean I felt being around the people I met on that church speaking tour, not knowing that Mr. Gandhi had done so perfectly in just seventeen words many years earlier.

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” -Mahatma Gandhi

Naturally, he was assassinated. I've often thought that I might be as well, and two of these hypocrites did try. And now if they ever succeed, the very best score they can hope for is Hypocrites 1 – Miller 2.

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