You have tyranny when the ruling politicians do whatever they want, without repercussions. Our tyranny has reached the point where the average citizen commits three felonies a day — and a felony is the level of crime at which you loose forever your right to own firearms and vote.
It is well past time to disband all unconstitutional branches of the federal government, put those people back into the private sector, and shrink the government down to the minimum size necessary.
If the agreement with BP was an isolated event, perhaps we might hope that it would not be a precedent. But there is nothing isolated about it.
The man appointed by President Obama to dispense BP’s money as the administration sees fit, to whomever it sees fit, is only the latest in a long line of presidentially appointed “czars” controlling different parts of the economy, without even having to be confirmed by the Senate, as Cabinet members are.
Those who cannot see beyond the immediate events to the issues of arbitrary power — vs. the rule of law and the preservation of freedom — are the “useful idiots” of our time. But useful to whom?
via Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny? – IBD – Investors.com.
Few things are more illustrative of the need for an informed electorate than a timely episode of Jaywalking.
