The Bush Administration Plays the Coup Ferre Card
The EFF lawsuit against the government over NSA spying on domestic communications may be vetoed by a "state secrets" claim. I found out about this over at digg.com, where I get 95% of my news any more. A lot of well-meaning, but ignorant, people commented about the issue. I broke a long silence and replied after this fashion:
The Constitution and its fundamental protections began to "feel a bit peculiar" when Abraham Lincoln told the South that they did not have the right to associate freely. Mr. Lincoln declared that the nation would be united (at the point of a bayonet!) because it just had to be united, that's all. Roughly half the country felt a disconnect from the way things were being approached by the central Fed and decided to "vote with their feet" and establish a new nation . . . just as the original 13 colonies did to English oppression. Executive Orders (a.k.a. "fiat law") are the supreme eroders of Constitutional protections.
Crooked companies tampering with voting machines are not at fault. The election system is contaminated by non-Constitutional regulations that allow voters to pick the Pork Lo Mein or the Chicken Lo Mein . . . but you're getting Lo Mein and don't give us any sass about pizza or enchiladas! The Reds and Blues are similar to Coca-Cola(tm) and Pepsi(tm). Variations in flavor leveraged by stark contrast in packaging . . . but it's still sweet, brown, fizzy-water.
Not understanding these things, Americans who care scamper to the voting booths and shoot their loads and stagger away feeling self-righteous, when they never penetrated the actual decision-making function of the mutant that was, once, a free country. Trying to vote out corruption when the voting system is corrupt (and ALL the information accessible is suspect) is like trying to gamble your way back out of debt in Las Vegas. The only persons allowed to get very far in public office are vetted by the existing regimes (regardless of if they carry their aprons in their Right hands or Left) and throwing a dart makes more difference in the selection.
The status quo also works very hard to define the word "anarchy" as being lawlessness and violence. "Anarchy," by etymology, means "no ruler." Laws are welcome in a genuine anarchy . . . just no posturing, popularity contest winning alpha male mammals at the top of the pecking order. No presidents. No governors. No mayors. You see the President out waving the southbound traffic to one side and the northbound to the other? Nope. Americans, wearing their "Big Girl Panties", voluntarily comply with sane legislation every second of every day. Painted lines and common sense rules are plenty to manage daily conduct at most levels of decision in the nation.
Still, public school indoctrinated Americans think the election system is about having the "winning" bumper sticker on their cars and react blindly to anything labeled opposite their "brand," even if it turns out to be something beneficial.
There is only one thing that "fixes" problems in government when they reach a certain point of decay. For decades I have tried to guide people around to sanity using reason, and this reply is part of that continuing effort . . . but when things get bad enough, only violence will make a difference. I do not advocate the use of violence to promote any agenda. Violence is only ethical when used in defense against violence. But if the general public does not manage to wake up and get the attention of all public officials, violence will be all that is left for people to use.
If you pray, pray that Americans find a way to cure the cancer eroding the Constitution without leading to the violence that history forecasts . . . as when King George refused to let go his place of privilege, and when President Lincoln decided to go and find his abused wife and drag her home again "for the good of the family."
The Constitution and its fundamental protections began to "feel a bit peculiar" when Abraham Lincoln told the South that they did not have the right to associate freely. Mr. Lincoln declared that the nation would be united (at the point of a bayonet!) because it just had to be united, that's all. Roughly half the country felt a disconnect from the way things were being approached by the central Fed and decided to "vote with their feet" and establish a new nation . . . just as the original 13 colonies did to English oppression. Executive Orders (a.k.a. "fiat law") are the supreme eroders of Constitutional protections.
Crooked companies tampering with voting machines are not at fault. The election system is contaminated by non-Constitutional regulations that allow voters to pick the Pork Lo Mein or the Chicken Lo Mein . . . but you're getting Lo Mein and don't give us any sass about pizza or enchiladas! The Reds and Blues are similar to Coca-Cola(tm) and Pepsi(tm). Variations in flavor leveraged by stark contrast in packaging . . . but it's still sweet, brown, fizzy-water.
Not understanding these things, Americans who care scamper to the voting booths and shoot their loads and stagger away feeling self-righteous, when they never penetrated the actual decision-making function of the mutant that was, once, a free country. Trying to vote out corruption when the voting system is corrupt (and ALL the information accessible is suspect) is like trying to gamble your way back out of debt in Las Vegas. The only persons allowed to get very far in public office are vetted by the existing regimes (regardless of if they carry their aprons in their Right hands or Left) and throwing a dart makes more difference in the selection.
The status quo also works very hard to define the word "anarchy" as being lawlessness and violence. "Anarchy," by etymology, means "no ruler." Laws are welcome in a genuine anarchy . . . just no posturing, popularity contest winning alpha male mammals at the top of the pecking order. No presidents. No governors. No mayors. You see the President out waving the southbound traffic to one side and the northbound to the other? Nope. Americans, wearing their "Big Girl Panties", voluntarily comply with sane legislation every second of every day. Painted lines and common sense rules are plenty to manage daily conduct at most levels of decision in the nation.
Still, public school indoctrinated Americans think the election system is about having the "winning" bumper sticker on their cars and react blindly to anything labeled opposite their "brand," even if it turns out to be something beneficial.
There is only one thing that "fixes" problems in government when they reach a certain point of decay. For decades I have tried to guide people around to sanity using reason, and this reply is part of that continuing effort . . . but when things get bad enough, only violence will make a difference. I do not advocate the use of violence to promote any agenda. Violence is only ethical when used in defense against violence. But if the general public does not manage to wake up and get the attention of all public officials, violence will be all that is left for people to use.
If you pray, pray that Americans find a way to cure the cancer eroding the Constitution without leading to the violence that history forecasts . . . as when King George refused to let go his place of privilege, and when President Lincoln decided to go and find his abused wife and drag her home again "for the good of the family."
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