Judgement, or lack thereof

The proposition 8 controversy in California is a perfect example of the future of America as we loose control of our government. Gay marriage was illegal in California (as it is in most states and countries around the world) but a Judge took it upon himself to declare his will and legislate from the bench that it was legal. Whether his action was illegal or unconstitutional is not the point of this mention, but the action the people of California took to correct his action is. Proposition 8 passed by a majority of the California population and those who opposed it are asking the California Supreme Court to overturn this legislation. Once again, it is not within the authority of a Judge to create or destroy a LAW, they are simply bound to APPLY the laws passed by the legislature.

Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America wrote, “the President may slip without the state suffering” and “Congress may slip without the Union perishing.” also, “if ever the Supreme Court came to be composed of rash and corrupt men, the confederation would be threatened by anarchy and civil war.” A new President and a new Congress can be elected, but judges have life tenure and if there is no rule of law, how then shall we govern? By the rash emotions of judges? By the corrupt discrimination of judges against different classes of people?

It seems that when those in government exercise "judgement", its not in the interest of the people.

Fools with plans

This letter to the Wall Street Journal raises and interesting fact about economies vs. corporations. Donald's final comment is worth memorializing...

Crusading for a national "energy plan" and upset that WSJ columnist Holman Jenkins isn't on board, T. Boone Pickens asks rhetorically: "My father used to tell me that a fool with a plan is better than a genius with no plan. So I ask, what's Mr. Jenkins's plan?" (Letters, Sept. 2).

Contrary to Mr. Pickens's assumption, an economy is not simply a gigantic business firm. An economy is both incomprehensibly more complex than is even the largest multinational corporation, and it has no specific, overriding purpose comparable to a firm's goal of maximizing profits - a purpose by which the performance of each employee and each investment decision is relatively easy to evaluate. So while plans and some measure of central direction make sense for firms, comparable plans and direction for an economy are poison. They prevent the on-going decentralized, competitive experimentation from which spring not only progress that is unplanned, but progress whose details could not have been foreseen before they actually materialize.

The Soviet Union famously had plans for its economy; the United States did not. Which country was the fool?

Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux

I also found it interesting that the WSJ is not on board with T-Boone's plan. Since converting wind and light to usable energy (electricity) is the least efficient source of power we currently have, I would have to agree that his plan has some major flaws. There is little probability that either of these source of energy will be able to produce more than 1% of the world demand.

Wise men hesitate where fools rush in.

What time is armageddon ?

One of my republican friends was recently lamenting the coming of the socialist agenda from our inbound president elect (he wishes to remain anonymous as he is embarrassed to be a republican at the moment). I had to ask him where he had been for the past 60 years or so?... Apparently he (and I'm afraid more people than I would like to believe) are oblivious to the fact that we have gradually eroded the principles of our constitution and replaced them with socialist ones (under the disguised code word of liberalism of course).

Norman Thomas, a candidate for President of the U.S. Socialist Party in every election from 1928 to 1948 once said that, “The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation.”

I fear he has been proven correct.

The US constitution has been under constant attack since WWII, and it's protections from governmental corruptions, protection of free speech, the right to bear arms, and the freedom of the individual have become nearly moot. Power specifically designated to the local levels to protect us from the corruption that thrives in an all powerful government have gradually been aggregated to the central politburo.

• The schools are now in complete control of Washington thanks to no child left behind and the teacher's unions.
• The fed is borrowing over a billion dollars a day just to keep the lights on and service the national debt.
• There are over 20 states who have spent their way into a level of bankruptcy that will keep them paying off the accrued debt beyond the next generation.
• The Federal register of regulations is over 76,000 pages long.
• The IRS tax code is so large they were unable to produce a page count total this year.
  
• We are seating a comedian in the senate.
• We may seat a woman in the senate without a resume, any government experience, or even a desire to vote (but she is from a well known family).

And the coups de gras... We are about to swear in a president who;

• could not obtain a security clearance based on his associations
• has a questionable birth certificate that has been locked away by the governor of HI to ensure the courts can not examine it, (a challenge, which if proven correct, could prove he is not even eligible to be the US president)
  
• had family members in the country illegally, living in government sponsored housing while he served in the senate
• has written a book seriously criticizing the United States, capitalism, and our society

But what is more disturbing is what will fill the power vacuum when America dives headlong into the abyss? The lists above are indicative and representative of bad fiscal and moral behavior on our leaders part, but are in no way to be perceived as comprehensive. The stated intentions of the incoming administration will weaken us militarily, financially, and morally and bring about the destruction of our economy if allowed to become law. That weakness will have a global impact beyond our shores that will most likely resemble the "woes" foretold in the revelation.

Alas, Empires do not last forever...