The Current Political Situation--Oligarchy

I've been a conservative for many years, and in fact believe to a large extent believe that I've always been a conservative. Overall, I think I can summarize my beliefs in a few words (although there may be a few exceptions to the rules):

• I believe in God;
• I believe that all Americans should have the right to live their life without interference, unless such is invited by them--such as asking someone into your home;
• I believe that our first responsibility is to harm no other, unless to prevent a greater harm--such as grabbing someone's arm to pull them from in front of a moving bus;
• I believe in right and wrong--there is black and white, and maybe a little grey depending on the exact nature of things;
• I believe in the original intent of the Constitution and in small government--the Federal government was never created to be "daddy" to anyone and everyone that had a problem. The Federal government was created to be the overseer of the many states, and little more.
• I believe in the sovereignty of the United States, and believe that the rest of the world can kiss my ass if they don't like it.

That pretty much summarizes it.

I am a big believer that this country was founded upon the principles of minimal governmental interference in our lives, and I truly believe that the founders of this country would be shocked at what has become of their little experiment. The fact is, liberalism has forced this country to the left in ways totally unimaginable a little over 200 years ago (or even 100 years ago for that matter). The fact that the government is now the sole source of income for an enormous number of people is beyond even the wildest dreams of anyone 100 years ago. The fact that the Federal government controls nearly everything in our lives, and taxes us upwards of 50% of our income (through income tax, FICA tax, gasoline tax, telephone tax, property tax, inheritance tax, and God-knows-what-other-tax) would have started an entirely new revolution for those that fought nearly 230 years ago, against a king that taxed their tea. Think about that. The Whiskey Rebellion was started because the Feds decided to tax moonshine, and although it failed, it was a testament to those that had had enough of "big government".

Now look at what we've turned into.............. 280 million wussies.

We effectively have a single political party who does whatever they want to do, without regard to those of us that still believe in liberty. When George W Bush was elected for the first time, I was thrilled. We now had a Republican (and ostensibly "conservative") running the White House, and "conservative" control of both houses of Congress. Wow. We were going to kick butt and take names. The government was going to be cut, taxes would be decreased (kicking the economy into gear), we'd roll back 60 years of Democratic dominance of the Congress, budget, and White House, and man, there were things that were going to happen that would set Ted Kennedy's hair on fire. 5 years later what do we have? NOT A DAMNED THING!! George has been a COLOSSAL disappointment, has shown ABSOLUTELY NO leadership as a CONSERVATIVE, and has only pushed us that much farther to the left. I am disappointed beyond measure. He cozies up to Slick Willie Clinton (who, in my mind is despicable), and has done NOTHING to further the conservative movement that put him into the White House. He's a fraud and a phony, and nobody named Bush will ever get my vote again. (I'll write myself in first.) Bush has NEVER VETOED ANYTHING!!! That means, he's obviously agreed with everything that the Congress tosses to him, right? I mean, if he actually had a spine and some common sense he could have seen through some of the SHIT that Congress has passed over the past 5 years, right? Well... I guess not.

Now, let's talk about Congress for a moment. The people of America have voted the (ostensibly) conservative Republicans into power into the Senate, so one would presume so that they could manage some of the liberal BS that has been thrown to them, correct? They've also voted the (ostensibly) conservative Representatives into power in the House for the same reason, right? So, with a MAJORITY of both houses AND a "conservative" President, one would think that they would have rolled over some of the squawking Democrats and done what needed to be done right? I mean, if I were a politician and had COMPLETE FUCKING CONTROL OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE GOVERNMENT I'd bet that I could get some things done, and install some judges in Federal positions that would interpret the laws by our own Constitution (and only our own Constitution). I'd bet that I could do that, and I'd bet that anyone reading this blog could do it too. SO WHY HAS IT NOT BEEN DONE? Could it be that there is no reason to do so, because there really is no difference between the powers that control us? Could it be that the Bush's and the Clinton's and all of those that have political clout are sleeping together and could not give a damn less about those of us that are under their thumb? Hmm..... Well, I say that that is EXACTLY what is going on.

I typically don't give in to conspiracy theories, (although there are a number of things about TWA Flight 800 that disturb me) but I do believe in my heart that there are those on this earth that despise individual freedom. I believe that there are those that believe that the government should control nearly all aspects of our lives, and I believe that there are those that are working toward that very goal--those that believe that Communism only failed because the wrong people were in charge. LOOK AT WHERE THIS COUNTRY IS GOING!! Am I out of my mind? Maybe, but I doubt it. (What else would you have expected me to say?) I have a LOT of examples, but let's not dwell on the minutiae. The FACT is, our government is OUT OF CONTROL!!

Those of you who have ears to hear, listen: The experiment has gone wrong, it's time to take control of the government back into the hands of the people. First, we need to get these assholes (er, politicians) out of office! Those that have not shown an allegiance to personal liberty and the Constitution, GET THEM OUT OF OFFICE!! I recognize that this may be difficult for those of you on the East and West Koasts that believe whatever is told to them by the government and are for Big Brother, but THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR FRIGGIN' WELFARE CHECK!! Look... This country is within about 5-10 years of facing complete and total COLLAPSE because of fiscal malfeasance by our so-called "leaders". The fact is, the MAJORITY of the costs of the Federal government today are due to Social (In)Security and Medicare/Medicaid. WHO THINKS THAT THIS WILL LAST FOREVER?? ARE WE ALL STUPID??

200 years ago an excellent economist and historian penned the following:

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse of the public treasury. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again to bondage." (emphasis my own.)

Sir Alex Fraser Tyler (1742-1813) Scottish jurist and historian

Where would you say that we are on his list of sequences? (I'm guessing somewhere between apathy/dependence to "bondage".) Anyone care to disagree?? Anyone care to tell me where/who the dictatorship is started??

More soon........Ramasart