There are
435 voting Congresspersons in the United States House of Representatives plus
100 Senators who represent all the citizens in the 50 states of the republic.
There are also non-voting members from the territories and the District of Columbia.
Once in a while they do get something right. I describe those oh-so-rare
moments as “spasms of sanity.” One would think that in the entire 225 year
history of our constitutional republic that there would be an overwhelming
number of spasms to celebrate, but unfortunately most of their spasmodic
behavior has been directed toward the erosion of our liberties and the
destruction of our nation.
The tiny
moments of government lucidity are rare. For the most part they spend their
time and efforts constructing barriers to our prosperity and restrictions to
our personal freedom. Although at some level they attempt to do the will of the
people, they are captives of special interests, large contributors and
agenda-driven do-gooders. Many of our elected officials seem to have abandoned
every element of common sense that they may have possessed prior to their
assuming office. It is as if they underwent a massive brain-draining vacuuming
upon taking the oath of office….. oaths which they promptly ignore shortly
after lowering their right hands. Some conspiracy theorists would suggest that
government officials’ minds are mysteriously controlled by Bilderbergs,
TriLateralists or the Illiminati. I’m not certain of the sources of the mental
destruction, but I am painfully aware of its results. Personally, I suspect
that there are elements embedded in the marble and granite found throughout
Washington, D.C., that irradiate brain matter and destroy brain cells. My
theory may not be true, but it has as much validity as any of the others for
explaining the perplexing loss of intelligence and sense by our political “leaders.”
Clearly our
exalted leaders are not stupid. They successfully convinced enough people that
they were competent and capable in order to gain elective office. The
mysterious loss of mental capacity seems to generally occur after the electoral
battle has been won. Correspondingly, there also appears to be a massive
erosion of ethics and integrity to complement the striking reduction in mental
acuity. In addition it seems that with each successful re-election, the problem
becomes startlingly more acute. The longer they “serve,” the “dumber” they get.
In fact some of the senior members of Congress and the bureaucracy appear to
have NO BRAINS AT ALL (see: Charlie Rangel, John Conyers, John Dingell, and
Barbara Boxer). Congressman Rangel, for example, despite being a dedicated
advocate of “soaking the rich” taxation policy to generate the funds for his
welfare-based vote-buying schemes….is a notable tax scofflaw who owes the
people of this nation a sizable sum of unpaid taxes. The most tragic stupidity
of all, however, is the incessant mental deficiencies of the people who
continually send such reprobates back into the halls of power… term after term.
Perhaps…
rather than celebrating the occasional spasms of sanity that emit from the
halls of government, we should yearn for frequent spasms of intelligence from
the eyes-in-the-headlights electorate. That may be an ideal that is far too
optimistic. Despite our nation’s obvious slide into the pit of fiscal, social
and moral ruin, voters continue to re-elect the brain-dead zombies who
orchestrated the fall because they promise to correct the problem. So who….really….is
the brain impaired party here? So…given our electoral history, the public’s
lack of constitutional knowledge, and the unwillingness of our people to accept
personal responsibility, it appears we have reaped as we have sown.
In the final
analysis the true spasms of sanity must be experienced by those of us who
observe the decay of the United States. Our voters, their elected leaders and
the bureaucratic masters are all glowing examples of chronic and persistent
liberty-free zombies. They are brainless, soulless and heartless. As we glance
at the culture that has overtaken us, we must ignite our spasms of sanity by
digging our bunkers, growing our food, stocking our ammo and…… grabbing our
ankles. It will get ugly. When I look at so-called harsh measures such as the
Paul Ryan budget plan and its feeble approach to our fiscal crisis, I am
motivated to withdraw and prepare. When I hear voter after voter praising the
Ryan solution and falling for the false promise of proficient government
management, I know that my personal sovereignty has been compromised beyond
recovery. Minimal measures are not solutions. They are illusions. Dream on,
America. Sleep well. Finally….the unspoken question must be asked. If everyone
around me is insane, am I the only person who has spasms of sanity? Or…. is
everyone else in complete control of their mental faculties and I am the loony
outlier? Crazy world, isn’t it?
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