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Anarchy Is Better Than No Government At All

30 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns

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Some years ago I landed in what for me was probably the perfect legal position of employment. I took a job out of law school as a law clerk with a Georgia court. Law clerks review case file, do research and make recommendations to their judges.

My tenure went far beyond the norm. I was afforded the opportunity to wear many hats – each of which fitted me perfectly. I was able to indulge in a great breadth and depth of research with some publication to boot. I was granted the more prestigious title of Staff Attorney. I was also a registered lobbyist, working occasionally in pursuit of projects concerning the judiciary. I even filled in a few times on the bench.

Gravitating naturally towards research and writing and having almost total freedom with my time I began to explore additional opportunities of academic nature. My great interest is in freedom in and out of legal and political systems. I am a theorist. I learned towards some hybrid between legal theory and political philosophy.

The American Bar Association views a J.D. as the equivalent of a PhD for teaching purposes. Most non-law schools hold a different view. I realized I might benefit from another, specialized graduate degree. My choices as I saw them were either a Master of Law or LLM (in law a Master’s degree comes after the doctorate – yes, backwards) or a PhD in poly sci.

My school of choice, based on both reputation and logistics, was the University of Georgia. I had my own strict criteria concerning any entry into these programs.

The only LLM program in the world which interested me was at UGA. It was a directed study of comparative legal theories under the esteemed base master of such philosophy, Dr. Alan Watson. The only PhD I would consider was in political theory or philosophy and, with a concentration in natural law and libertarian/anarchist views.

I demanded, or would have, freedom to explore my own paths. I also included teaching experience as a must have.

My quest never got very far. In short order life dictated I abandon my beloved job and move to a less than desirable locale, practicing less than desirable law. Thus began my professional “downfall.” I ended up, for a brief time, a miserable prosecutor. When I could no longer stand that I entered private practice. Several were my shinning moments but I never regained even a shadow of my former fit and happiness.

Everything happens for a reason. Today, through my writing, I am finally able to pick up where I left off nearly a decade ago. This time, it’s my way on my own by necessity. One, I doubt there is any organized poly sci department in America which would or could house me. That’s fine – times have changed. Today we have YouTube and Udemy. Two, Alan Watson retired and took with him the last vestige of true legal study in the country. Again, I’m on my own. Autodidact or die …

I visited Watson’s office a few times back the. It was my intention to interview him and to be interviewed myself to check compatibility. Per my usual laziness I always showed up unannounced. He was never in. I have never met the man. Perhaps that all was a sign. My little daughter did accompany me on one visit – we had a great time – as such the trip was anything but a waste.

The political science department did receive me for an arranged visit. I toured the facility and we had a good discussion. There was a real chance things might have worked out. Nearly all the faculty members were “liberals” but they seemed to tolerate my extremism rather well. They were open to my ideas of a very loosely structured curriculum and my desire to teach while I worked. They also deemed an attorney in the department a plus. But, as I said, life intervened.

On my afore-mentioned tour I passed many faculty office doors. Many were closed. One was covered in signs and stickers. One of the stickers read: “Anarchy is better than no government at all.” That stuck in my jumbled mind. I think I used it as a title once …

“Anarchy” has various meanings to different people. Of late the term has been used to describe somewhat disruptive protestors of modern socio-economic life. These, to me, appear more like pro-communist or anti-capitalist activists than anything else. Communism is in my mind the polar opposite of anarchy. Then again, I don’t have a monopoly on the word. I suppose this crowd is descended from the mad bomb throwers of yesteryear.

Tolkien, a hero of mine, described his own political philosophy as anarchism. The specifically rejected the bomber disposition; rather, he merely wanted to leave others alone in exchange for equal treatment. This position is as close to my own as any.

Anarchy and “no government” as the door sticker alluded are often used synonymously. However, I don’t think they are one and the same.

Many consider anarchy the equivalent of chaos. To them it is the complete absence of any controls, political or societal, and could only lead to pandemonium. Their views are understandable. For 10,000 years we have been trained to accept some degree of authority outside of ourselves and over us. As society has evolved (or fallen) government and society have also become synonymous. They are not.

One can speak of the American or French or Japanese cultures and traits without the slightest regard for their respective governments. Government did not create the beauty of the natural world. Nor does it bring happiness to small family gatherings. Though they might claim otherwise, politicians had nothing to do with the development of symphony, football, pizza or the quiet enjoyment of an evening cigar.

Anarchy does represent a form of governance. It is one that stems from the natural freedom of association between civilized people. Heavy-handed policies, tactics, and laws are most unnatural. Too many repeat the phrase “government is a necessary evil.” At least they acknowledge the evil but the institution is just that – evil but unnecessary.

Think of anarchy as “Golden Rule” government. Each affords the other respect and vows not to violate the other’s rights and freedoms. Anarchy is freedom. Freedom is happiness.

Yes, not all people are civilized. Criminality is a continuing cost of original sin. Somewhere in time someone postulated the state’s main purpose was to protect the good people from the bad. History shows this premise is a total failure. Governments are typically the worst violators of freedom and dignity. They also have the nasty habits of coercing decent people into supporting and paying for their depravity and of criminalizing private attempts to disrupt real criminal activity.

In the absence of such retarded controls the free would be able to – individually or in concert – using their strength and conscious – shame, disrupt, or terminate undesirable elements.

Other things government is supposed to do, but which it can’t do well and did not invent, are better left to private cooperation. Roads, schools and defense are all possible without state intervention. And they all predate government.

Many a good, libertarian man I know have said to me (almost in desperation) “you have to have some government!” No, I do not. I have reached a point where I am content to manage my own affairs and relations. Perhaps they real mean “they have to have government.” They don’t. It’s the conditioning of 10,000 years at work which convinces them otherwise.

Anarchy isn’t better than no government. It is the best government.

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Note: I realized upon finishing this one that it’s as much about me as my pet philosophy. The two seem intertwined. Funny. I don’t care much for structure and tend to live out a life of personal anarchy. I have to admit that for all the foibles it works out pretty well.

The Snow Begins to Fall

30 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns, News and Notes

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America, China, dollars, economy, IMF, New England Patriots

I could not hang in there long enough to see the Patriots lose in overtime last night. It was in Denver after Gronk hurt his knee. The snow was coming down.

This morning I saw the final score – 24 to 30. I’m actually happy as a Pats fan. Perfect regular seasons don’t portend well for the Super Bowl. The Gronk issue is the bad news, maybe it’s only a game or two.

Then I found another blizzard in the news: “Chinese yuan likely to be added to IMF special basket of currencies.” The IMF is placing the Yuan on par with the Dollar.

China rises as the U.S. declines. This is our international monetary Gronk issue. It may not be a game or two. The games are likely over. The world is hastily seeking out a new reserve currency to replace ours. We, like all empires before us, are overextended.

This may not be the end of our “season” but it is a game changer. The home folks have been feeling the effects of the decline in their wallets for a good while now.

Like it or not our overtime will come to an end. We need to turn now to our collective Gostkowskis and prep for next season. It’s starting to snow.

Mark Richt, Thank You and Farewell

29 Sunday Nov 2015

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Four decades now have found me a University of Georgia football fan. I faintly recall the last national championship (1980). I vividly remember those dreary years of my actual attendance under Coach Goff. I was as thrilled as any with the arrival of Mark Richt and his early successes.

He restored the Dawgs to dominance in the toughest conference in college ball. He put UGA back in the national spotlight. That was then. Then seems an eternity ago.

Ten years have passed without an SEC title. Only once was a national title ever a possibility and that was blown with a bungled play in the final seconds against Alabama. The costly mistake was the result of poor (comparatively) coaching and failure to execute – hallmarks of Richt’s tenure. The last few seasons, again by comparison, have felt dismal.

Georgia under Richt has established it simply cannot beat good teams in big games. This, despite the yearly hosting of near NFL level talent.

The time for change has come and, as much as I respect the man, I welcome Richt’s departure. As the ESPN headline announced: “Mark Richt won a lot of games at Georgia, just not the right ones.”

The excuses for keeping Richt, all based on fear and acceptance of mediocrity, were many. “Who’s gonna replace him?” Someone. The UGA job is the biggest opening in the country. The excuse-mongers call those of us who want to win “fair weather fans” no matter our vested interest in the school and team (and despite a lack of such weather for a long time). We call them the kool-aid drinkers. They’re usually punch drunk, dreaming about “next year” – which never comes.

In addition to bad coaching UGA developed another problem: gleeful acceptance of second, third, 25th place – no desire to be the best. An AJC poll relayed the depth of this issue.

The future can very bright if the fans will unite behind excellence and refuse to accept anything but. Time will tell. Maybe not next year but we will see.

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The Guns of Obama

29 Sunday Nov 2015

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abortion, American, Barack Obama, Cervantes, Charlie Daniels, Colorado, crazy, crime, Don Quixote, evil, freedom, government, gun control, guns, murder, Planned Parenthood, politicians, Republicans, Second Amendment, self-defense, self-preservation, terrorism, The People, The West, tyranny

A song:

Now they’re tryin to take my guns away;
And that would be just fine.
If you take em away from the criminals first,
I’ll gladly give ya mine.

Charlie Daniels, A Few More Rednecks, 1989

An analogy:

A house is burning down. The occupants are concerned for their safety, their lives. Their leader, the owner of the house, is oblivious to the conflagration. Suddenly, as the flames reach new heights of intensity, he stops and decries a picture which hangs crooked upon the wall. He doesn’t fix it. He just lectures the terrified people about the picture – while the house burns. This story can’t end well.

As for Daniels’s lyrics, even if government were included among the criminals, I would still require serious consideration before going along with his premise. However, his melodious intent is clear. First things first. Deal with the problems – the trouble-makers – before bothering the civil and the decent.

The analogized burning house is America. She is besieged by a host of problems – abortion, terrorism, debt, government tyranny – which may well reduce her to smouldering ruins. The fool fixated on the small issue while ignoring the rest is dear leader Obama.

In his twisted thinking, because the economy has not already collapsed, there is no trouble brewing. Just because angry primitives haven’t killed every American yet doesn’t mean we could not do without a few more, or many more, of them amongst us. No thought needs be given to a million babies brutally murdered every year by a government-funded industry of blood.

The problem he sees, his crooked picture on the wall, is us. We, the people, and our arms are his concern. The fact of the purely anecdotal nature of the crookedness is no deterrent. An isolated incident here and there is all the evidence the lackadaisical dictator needs.

In Colorado a deranged, bearded, babbling wild man killed three people at a Planned Parenthood killing clinic. No estimate is provided as to how many unborn (and perhaps birthed) children have met a grizzly fate there. No mention of the failed mental health system and its relationship (or lack thereof) with demented, cabin-dwelling nut jobs. ISIS? Who’s that? The problem Obama sees is guns, guns in our hands. All of us. Even that majority of us who do not drift the countryside shooting as we mutter. Especially us, for the armed and the sane are a constant threat to the trivially obsessed and the criminally governing.

After the shooting Obama declared, “enough is enough.”

Reacting to the shooting, Obama made an impassioned call for tighter controls on military-style weapons.

“This is not normal. We can’t let it become normal,” a frustrated Obama said.

“If we truly care about this … then we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them.”

He and I would be in agreement if by “people who have no business” he meant the mentally ill and the potentially dangerous. He doesn’t. He means me … and you. Agree we do not.

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The killing in Colorado was terrible. All of it, not just the loss of lives and the injuries. That the shooter’s illness went untreated amidst the world of modern medicine and resources was terrible. That a place of such evil exists to give him demented focus is terrible. The President’s political exploitation is terrible.

A million dead babies a year is not hyperbole; it is a tragic fact. More tragic is that most abortions are committed for sake of convenience. All the while, a million American families wish they had a baby to adopt.

Obama and his party enjoy a cozy relationship with the industry. The loyal opposition, the gutless Republicans, do nothing. The people largely live on unconcerned.

In such circumstances it is often the crazy who alone will act. Being crazy their attempts usually miss the mark, they are self-defeating. Miguel de Cervantes’s titular Don Quixote was a madman, albeit heroic. His understanding of his wooden monsters was askew but, nevertheless, he attacked with righteous zeal. His loyal Sancho looked on. Few others took any notice of his quest or any reason (real or fanciful) behind it. So it is in America.

All the West is under invasion by jihadis. Their crimes Obama glosses over. He tells us it is only American to give them aid and comfort, to bring them home. Suicide has never been a lauded American trait.

Ever a politician and a contradiction Obama tells us, on the one hand, we must suffer more and more unvetted “refugees.” Just because. Self-presevation against their terrorist elements does not stem the flow. However, when a lunatic invades Obama’s sanctuary, jumps the Whitehouse fence, Obama permits his legion of guards and attack dogs to protect him. Live as he says, not as he lives.

For the liberal left the root of any problem is our guns. Crime, our guns. Terrorism, our guns. Our guns, our guns. The useless “conservatives” only maintain nominal opposition as it provides them an excuse to hold power. Otherwise, as with most things, they really don’t care.

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The good news for the free is the fact of the guns themselves. Of old rifles and shotguns were the province of white men in the country. Now everyone is armed. Blacks, whites, women, men, city folks, bumpkins – everyone sees the value of prepared defense. For all the clamour of the hand-wringing left, even the law has settled behind the people. And, there are just too many of us now. They, unless they would risk a real war, have lost this one. For now, at least, we have beaten this windbag’s windmill.

Law Schools: Deans, Dunces, and Degeneracy

28 Saturday Nov 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns, News and Notes

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This week I protested the wholesale stupidity and cowardice of high school administrators in Massachusetts. Sadly, I now have bigger fish to fry. Fry them I shall. Last night I read about the utter demise of the Moritz College of Law at THE (they put emphasis on that word) Ohio State University.

You may recall my reflections on my own Legal “Education” – a process which bears little resemblance to the legal profession and none to the actual law. Law schools obsess over “positive law,” meaning statutes and court decisions (particularly the courts). There the Natural Law is a heresy.

In general law schools are not worth attending. They offer three years of state worship, communism and idiocy in exchange for entry into a failed and depressing career. THE Ohio State law school provides an excellent example.

Until about 40 or 50 years ago American universities were places where ideas were exchanged and cultivated. Law schools were supposedly high bastions of legal theory. I say supposedly because they also served as gatekeepers for the attorneys’ professional monopoly. Many of our best lawyers – Jefferson, Adams, Spooner, etc. – did not attend law schools – they “read” or self studied the law while apprenticed to a practicing attorney. I digress…

Elementary and high schools provided the base education. They made sure graduates could read, write, add and think for themselves. They also instilled a sense of history and scientific wonder and civic appreciation. Colleges were where serious scholars furthered their learning. Graduate schools were reserved for the elite.

Everything has changed now. Grade schools today serve as temporary detention centers where the inmates are indoctrinated as they await entry into either real prisons, menial employment (becoming rarer), or college admissions. The colleges serve as hosts for semi-professional football teams, sex and drug parties, and havens for the mentally defective, otherwise unemployable people known as “academics.”

Colleges, to include law schools, babysit a generation of uneducated, uninterested, uninteresting weaklings. The students demand “safe spaces.” They obsess over trivial or purely imaginary sufferings of which they have no understanding. They are unfamiliar with free thought or the value of a question. The staff and professors, still mourning the loss of the Soviet Union, cater to this legion of wusses in a desperate bid to keep their own irrelevant jobs. They cater and coddle so long as the little snowflakes are politically correct. The free-thinker, the libertarian, the conservative, the proudly Caucasian and the Christian are considered enemies within.

Madison Gesiotto found out about the deplorable intellectual dishonesty and spinelessness of the Moritz College of Law the hard way. The stunning beauty queen (Miss Ohio USA) came to Moritz for the stunning purpose of furthering her education. A pro-life Catholic and an accomplished writer, she penned a story about the devastating effects of the abortion industry on the black community.

This was a triple sin. First, Christians are supposed to be silent should they even be allowed inside the temples of government worship. Second, abortion is a sacrament to the cult and never to be questioned. Third, and a recent development, the black community is not to be mentioned outside of glowing support for the black lives matter bullshit and other small sects of discontent.

A reasonable, thoughtful person would glean from Madison’s article her concern for black children, all children, murdered by the Satanic likes of Planned Parenthood. The American abortion trade was born of racist Nazi origin. One would think liberals and the modern race hustlers would declare war on rather than fully defend such an institution. Those black lives must not matter.

For her sincere concern and honest scholarship Madison received scorn and even a threat. “The government cannot take action against you for your offensive and racist article. But your colleagues can,” wrote some idiot on Madison’s Facebook page. Madison does not know the fool who posted this statement (smart enough not to be criminal but dumb enough for national condemnation) though she knows or suspects he is a student at Moritz.

I wrote to Madison too, informing her that her online stalker is a wuss and not to be feared. I can almost guarantee he sleeps with a nightlight – the kind who flits about in skinny jeans – the kind just brave enough to threaten a girl on the internet – the kind that finds girls “icky.”

We can tell a good bit about our e-vilgilante by his choice of words. He starts: “The government cannot take action against you …” He really wishes it could. He’s a socialist or Nazi at heart. Anything he deems inappropriate should be a crime. The government should take action.

“…for your offensive and racist article.” Up is down and black is white to these itty bitty babys. An article condemning the murder of several hundred thousand black children each year is racist. Does the bedwetter want them killed? Why? Perhaps his cry is a transferring admission of a conscious he is personally afraid of. And “offensive.” Lefties love nothing more than to be offended by something. Rather than threaten Madison they should thank her for giving them something to cry about.

“But your colleagues can.” Can what? Take what action? Whatcha pansies gonna do? They’ve done it. They sent a Facebook message. They have now exhausted their powers. One would hope they are now safely back in the safe room being safe. You can’t help but feel sorry for them. It’s like coming across a terminally injured rabbit (except the bunny thinks a bit more and isn’t afraid of girl bunnies).

Using this dork as a benchmark Madison has no colleagues at Moritz. She must stand out like a tree among weeds. That last line – the threat – was a subtle warning that politically incorrect thought and expression will be punished by the legal community. The sentiment was echoed by the school itself as I will note shortly.

So what? Madison can’t be kicked out for free speech (though that would rid her of all this stupidity). Perhaps the Ohio Bar will frown on her application. Odds are the review personnel are not smart enough or industrious enough to connect these dots. Even if they did, they can be sued just like a law school. Maybe Madison won’t have the luxury of slaving away 16 hours a day, 7 days a week for years at a big “prestigious” law firm. The kind of firm where, if you survive, they come to you one day and tell you you’re not moving up so it’s time to move out.  Horrors!

No, Madison’s future is secure. She was bright enough to make it on her own anyway. Now, as a victim of statist discrimination, she is a national sweetheart. People (most of us) still love real women and real Americans. She’s probably already had job offers. Maybe book offers. She will be on national television this weekend to explain her experience.

Now, let us look at the school itself. Feeling threatened Madison did what she was supposed to. She contacted the school and arranged a meeting with the dean. At the meeting she found herself confronted by three deans. They blew off her concerns for her safety and freedom and immediately attacked her and her article.

“This is a flawed article, it’s not a good legal piece, it’s not a good journalistic piece, either,” snorted her trio of over(tax)paid assailants. Like the Facebook bully these “academics” revealed a bit of their psyche and lack of mental horsepower. Their statement revealed a lack of understanding of journalism, legal or otherwise.

Dean Alan C. Michaels said he “takes any alleged threat against its students very seriously.” The thought bubble over his head continued, “except in this case. We’re going to abuse the victim here.”

Alan, who graduated from Harvard and Columbia, can be reached at (614) 292-0574. He’s a former prosecutor and criminal law specialist. Criminal. You know. Like threatening remarks criminal. Criminal negligence in refusing to investigate threats. Pitiful. If the roles were reversed, Madison would be in a holding cell somewhere. Pathetic.

Dean Kathy Seward Northern ((614) 292- 7750) alerted Madison she had reached out to the Moritz’s Black Law Students Association and found them not a threat to Madison. This was pointless as Northern knew the stalker was white and likely not a member of the BLSA. Her real intent was probably to fan emotions in the BLSA against Madison’s raaaaaaacism (defending black babies and all that). Her specialty is “environmental racism” whatever the hell that is.

The hidden agenda worked. The BLSA said they were OFFENDED by the racist article. Again, she made their day, showering them with glorious offense. Not mine. All this offense taking is beginning to offend me.

Northern told Madison (probably while looking down her nose) “that in her mind this article could be taken various ways and left questions to be answered.” Yeah, idiot, that’s what good journalism does. It provokes questions. Thoughts. Discussion.

The deans did recommend a “facilitated discussion” between Madison and her intellectual and emotional inferiors. She wisely refused. Such a session would have consisted of lowbrow freaks taunting the young woman (while maybe also flinging poo at her) while the deans looked on in smug approval.

A third dean was mentioned but remains unidentified. It’s as likely as not it was a homeless person pulled in off the street by Michaels and Northern. Hobos look and act much like law school deans. He obviously added nothing memorable to the conversation.

The Moritz website touts its faculty: “Brilliant scholars and devoted teachers, our professors are passionate about making lasting contributions in their fields of expertise and in the lives of their students.” I ponder their lasting contributions to Madison. Maybe they did teach her something – personal fortitude in the face of socialism.

Like a champion, Madison remains undeterred. She wrote another excellent article in her own defense. 

I am Catholic, I am conservative, I am an American, I am a woman, I am a millennial, I am a law student and I am proud.

I am not afraid to voice my opinions and refuse to be stifled by the unwillingness of others to accept views, beliefs or behaviors different from their own.

Madison, Washington Times.

You. Go. Girl.

Concerned Women for America and other groups have come to her defense. Not that she needs it. She has single-handedly defeated the fascists of Moritz. She did it by merely standing up to them. They have no power over her and will fear her going forward. They also have nothing to teach her though this incident has given her an education of sorts.

Madison is beautiful, brave, talented and a winner. She can’t be alone in academia. If there remain even a few like her, then the institution is not completely lost.

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The Happy Little Stocking Stuffer

26 Thursday Nov 2015

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I took my daughter for a walk by the river this afternoon. On the way home we passed scores and scores of shoppers camped around the big box retailers. They’re out early looking for black Friday bargains.

What will you be getting that special someone for Christmas? Planning to fight the zombie hoards tomorrow for another television? Another phone? Some other gadgets that will be obsolete by June?

Nah. You’re smarter than that. Give the gift of The Happy Little Cigar Book! It’s a timeless classic and the perfect size for the stockings.

Click HERE to order from Amazon right now! All from the comfort of your couch. The game’s on. No zombies. Order one for everyone you know. $7.99 is a bargain no big box compete with. Did I mention no zombies?

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Happy Thanksgiving!

26 Thursday Nov 2015

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A Brief Political Discussion

25 Wednesday Nov 2015

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I just recorded Episode six of The Perrin Lovett Show. It was cut rather short as I needed to free up some memory. Watch it here.

Yesterday I posted my first poem, a political number called The Pied Pollster. Hilarious, I think.

In the video I mentioned a political book of sorts. It will be a best of compilation of my politician bashing posts here – with plenty of fun extras. It will be on Amazon and here, under Books.

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We Fight Over There, They Fight Over Here

25 Wednesday Nov 2015

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America, freedom, government, GSG, history, ISIS, lies, politics, Russia, terrorism, The People, War

We have been warned and warned and warned again – by the Greeks, the Romans, the British, the Germans, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Israelites, the Egyptians, the Ottomans, the Africans, and our own Founders – of the lethal danger of foreign entanglements. The study of any nation’s history reveals that things always go badly when that nation involves itself politically and militarily in conflicts in which it has no business. It’s a lesson no people seem capable of grasping; Americans are no exception. A scientist might consider it a defect in human evolution – I hereby name it the geo-political suicide gene or GSG. Maybe we can start a society and find a cure.

As the GSG condition progresses one thing always leads to another for the afflicted state. The hobgoblins must be found or invented one after another. Following the defeat of the Nazis, the Italians and the Imperial Japanese in World War II, the United States immediately turned its animosity and attention towards the Russians. Upon the bankruptcy of Russia late last Century it was decided to concentrate, stupidly, on the Middle East.

I watched and listened as Colin Powell stated America’s alarming case against Saddam Hussein at the UN in 2003. Fact after deadly fact was rattled off of the dangers posed by the seemingly most dangerous man on earth. As I listened I wondered why, if all this was known, we weren’t already bombing the hell out of Iraq. We soon were. Iraq and just about every other Muslim country.

The problem (as usual with this sort of thing) was that each and every fact was a lie. Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction. He had no nuclear program. He had no League with al-cia-da or with Osama – he was their enemy in fact. He had no plans nor ability to attack the U.S.

Lies or not, we stepped in it. We’re still knee-deep in the mud and muck of an eternal conflict between peoples wholly unconcerned with us. Well, they are now , being sick of our meddling. ISIS is the name given the latest hobgoblin (or ISIL, or IS, or CIA program X).

And, now, in the middle of the fray the Russians are back. Things are ugly enough already but now stand the chance of turning nightmarish.

Our history with Russia is topsy-turvy. Our ally in WW2 they became our cold war enemy. Now they could be viewed as an ally against ISIS but that obviously isn’t convenient for someone. We would seem to have a common enemy in Syria but we don’t or, at least, our approaches differ.

Yesterday our NATO treaty ally Turkey shot down a Russian plane over Syria. The Russians threaten retaliation. Under Article Five of the outdated, idiotic NATO treaty we could be legally (if that’s the term) bound to defend Turkey from Russia. An attack on one is an attack on all. Our common enemy must find this convenient and amusing.

While we waste our waning power abroad the enemy is at work here. On American soil. Today. They are as serious and determined as we are deluded.

Back during the early stages of the foolish and failed Iraqi campaign there was a popular saying of justification: “We have to fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here.” It was an expression of the ever-changing defense of the defenseless. One heard it from the blathering fools of talk radio and the national redneckery on a regular basis. It, too, was a lie. It did not work.

The strategy failed because the same governments that started the trouble in the first place have insisted on importing into the West the enemies they made overseas. This is the suicidal part of GSG.

ISIS is in America now. They’re in France and Britain. They’re shooting and bombing our people while we play chicken with the nuclear armed bear. At the same time the natives have their liberties curtailed by the government. The same government that chastises the people for pointing out the problem. The same government that created the problem. The same government that makes the people pay for the GSG.

Sometimes the government admits the truth. They just admitted finding a dozen terrorists among the droves of allegedly vetted “refugees.”

Yet and still they claim they have control. Many still believe them. Many still support the GSG.

Really, with “leadership” like this, who needs ISIS or any other hobgoblins? It’s something to ponder while there’s a little time left.

The Pied Pollster

24 Tuesday Nov 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns

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children, freedom, Pied Pollster, plague, politicians, The People

Once upon a time … that’s how children’s stories begin. This is a children’s story for adults. Adults and children – anybody with a pulse really. Enjoy.

Once upon a time …

An anachronistic time;

Yet five hundred years ago;

“Anachronistic” means mixed up;

My words do surely show; …

There was a happy little town;

The people there were healthy and cheerful;

Their rosy faces round.

No troubles had the folks;

Beyond a trifling few;

The grass was always green;

The sky was always blue.

Unto this joyous hamlet;

A plague did come one day;

The people’s hearts were troubled;

There was a frightful fray.

Their bodies began a squirmin’;

Due to the awful vermin;

Worse than rabid rats, much worse;

There came the Battle sound;

Filthy politicians! had found the happy town!

Some were Republicrats;

Demopublicans there were too;

Some said the town was red;

Others claimed it was blue;

Libertarians, commies and greens;

Helped stoke the awful din;

And more and more of the foul vermin,

Kept a pouring, pouring in.

They talked to dogs, they preached to cats;

They kissed the cradled babies;

They bored the paint right off the slats.

They stood upon the square and babbled,

Day and night;

Self-righteous their indignation;

Each convinced only he was right.

Mary Lou tripped over one,

A camped upon her stair;

No body was too safe;

Each suffered his share.

A portly politician,

In search of warmth in rain;

Crawled in a sewer pipe,

And, there he clogged the drain.

The stench was overwhelming,

The picnics all were ruined;

The commercials and yard signs then started,

All displayed too soon.

Free healthcare!

Free trade!

Jobs for all or none!

The pols jibber-jabbered.

The folks began to run.

The people closed the airport,

In their attempt to flee;

But, there they found politicians,

Shaking tambourines.

The radio and television boasted,

Of goodies yet to come;

Most folks were flat annoyed,

The ads appealed only to some.

Pols were in the bars;

And in the diners too;

They claimed to be good Christians,

Some to be good Jews.

Nowhere could one tread,

Without a pol around;

Nothing could be heard,

Above the deafening sound.

Taxes yes!

Taxes no!

Military spending too!

Projects here!

Programs there!

Nonsense everywhere!

The pols had all the answers,

To questions no one asked;

With bloviating zeal,

Each took the other to task.

At last the people cried,

“No more!”

At the hall they had assembled;

They stamped the floor,

They beat the walls,

Until the building trembled.

The mayor they begged,

What could be done?

Before the fools blocked out the sun.

Pitchforks and torches they acquired,

They took out to the streets;

The politicians ran away,

On cheaply shodden feet.

Yet, next day they had returned,

And they were all the more.

The sickened locals,

All a stir,

Beat on the mayor’s door.

An exterminator out was called;

He did his very best;

But politicians still remained,

Surviving every test.

In desperation it was decided,

To just burn down the town;

Homelessness a small price it seemed,

For no politics around.

But, then a stranger did appear,

Strange and in strange gear.

A solution he proposed;

His purpose was then made clear.

A pollster, claimed he to be,

Armed with a ballot box;

The pols would follow him,

Like hounds after the fox.

A place of honor was he given,

As he laid out his plan;

The very unhappy people had all that they could stand.

My price I have,

No more than you may afford;

When I am done you will be rid,

Of politicians abhorred.

We’ll pay! We’ll pay!

The people they all roared;

Yet, the mayor,

Losing money,

The one thing he deplored.

Do this deed, the mayor cried;

He there did play along.

But, no intention did he have,

To pay the pollster’s song.

The people were so clamorous,

To see their troubles end;

They all did beg the pollster,

How soon could he begin?

The pollster held up the ballot box,

Of many-colored hue;

Upon a whistle, shrill to hear,

A note he then blew.

The godless politicians,

Unto the call they came;

And, in a line they all did march,

Their steps for once the same.

The pollster lead them true,

Through all the streets of town;

The clapping, cheering people,

Had all a gathered round.

Out through the gates,

The Pied Pollster led the throng;

Enraptured by his tune, the pols all stumped along.

When the parade had cleared the door,

The people slammed it shut;

Let no more liars here,

May ever show their butts.

No one knows,

Not to this day,

Where were the pols all led;

For all the good folks cared,

They each could all be dead.

Some said they marched into the sun,

And their the fried a livin’;

Some said they plagued a wicked town,

The crooked there just striven.

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But, they were gone;

The people cheered,

A bonfire they did burn;

So happy to be freed,

They missed the Pollster’s return.

His penny he asked,

Now that the feat was done;

Yet, mayor and people,

Declared he should have none.

Perhaps corrupted they had become,

Politician tainted so,

This injustice, the Pollster said,

Simply has to go.

Once more his ballot box he lifted,

A clear note, again, he blew;

I will save your children,

That they be not like you.

The kids had no attention,

To the politicians paid;

In their play and fun,

They had all missed the great parade.

They laughed at pols upon the square,

And trapped inside the drain;

Immune from lies,

Honest they did remain.

But the Pollster’s call they heard,

And one by one they came;

Now, at parents stingy they jeered,

It all remained the same.

Away to Freedom-land,

The Pollster took the babes;

And, there, so happy, they reside,

As our fortunes do fade.

Three alone were left behind,

They did not heed the call;

Their descendants to this day,

May carry on the haul;

One became a Democrat,

He promised stolen wealth;

One a Republican,

Who spoke of war as health.

The last he was an anarchist,

And, he relays this tale;

And, if you do not like it,

Then you may go to …

Wow! What a story. What a poem.

My sincere apologies to Robert Browning.

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