Obama's stance confirms: the Constitution has failed
Without the vigilence of people holding their elected official accountable, and each branch of government checking and balancing the others, the Constitution and the American democratic experiment have both failed.
Posted: 01.14.2009
As Patrick Henry asked, “For where, Sir, is the responsibility? Where is the responsibility, that leading principle in the British government?”
He was speaking of the British Constitution, under which malfeasance in office had cost the heads of some of “the most saucy geniuses that ever were.”
And now, the whole lot of America’s politicians see themseleves as “the most saucy of geniuses,” and smarter than the citizens over whom they preside.
Under the US Constitution, however, Patrick Henry argued, “the preservation of our liberty depends upon the single chance of men being virtuous enough to make laws to punish themselves.”
Well, we have struck out on both counts: there are no virtuous men (or women) in office, nor are there the laws to punish themselves. The people of America are counting upon the benevolence of politicians, putting their hope in a benevolent dictator, rather than fighting harder than ever to defend the Constitution and their meager civil rights.
The American experiment has taken on a life of its own and broken free of the constraints of the Constitution, with saucy geniuses making decisions for the people and ever more strongly legislating against the people, without the responsibility that Patrick Henry warned us about centuries ago.
Amazing how timely and current his dated words yet remain. Hardly amazing that the new benevolent dicator is letting the last one have a pass on all his malfeasances and assorted Constitutional transgressions.
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To add fuel to that fire, corporate America has grabbed the reins of Congress and is now 100% in control.
ReplyDeleteProof - follow the lobbyist money to see who "won" and the people that lost
* Wall Street bailouts, despite overwhelming opposition
* "Too big to fail" insurers and banks
* AT&T doing business as usual despite illegal wiretaps
* AT&T growing bigger than ever, re-establishing its monopoly power
* Healthcare vs. insurance fiasco... lobbyists win
* Occupations of Iraq/Afghanistan... Pentagon wins
* Unauditable Fed Reserve, business as usual
* Internet Neutrality about to be sold out to AT&T, Comcast
* Environmental caps, EPA enforcement... Pffft!
* FBI, NSA, CIA, DHS/TSA... doing whatever they want, however they want, whenever they want, with impunity, as if they were the NKVD/KGB from the ex-Soviet Union (sans Constitution)
ReplyDelete* (sic) Patriot Act still has not been repealed
* Bush-Cheney got away, scott free, not even a hand slap