FORGIVE US FATHERS, FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE DO January 20, 2013 Today and tomorrow, as millions of Americans celebrate yet another peaceful reaffirmation of faith in our system of governance and our beloved Republic, I reflect upon that which we are celebrating, who is celebrating what, and whether or not our founding fathers would be celebrating. Truly, we can celebrate how peacefully we transfer and/or re-affirm political power in this nation. If one ignores the Civil War, no one in the world has done it so well and for so long. It was, after all, Lincoln’s election, which triggered secession. That did not end so peacefully. However, the Union prevailed and we marched on through history, elections and inaugurations, pretty much witho