In the classic history of Nazi Germany, They Thought They Were Free, Milton Mayer writes:
"What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security. And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it.
"This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.
Similarly, America has - little by little - gone from a nation of laws to a nation of powerful men making laws in secret. Indeed, even Congress doesn't know half of what others are doing.
Secretive, unaccountable agencies are making life and death decisions which effect our most basic rights. They provide "secret evidence" to courts which cannot be checked ... and often withhold any such "evidence" even from the judges. For example:
"I find myself stuck in a paradoxical situation in which I cannot solve a problem because of contradictory constraints and rules — a veritable Catch-22," the judge wrote. "I can find no way around the thicket of laws and precedents that effectively allow the Executive Branch of our Government to proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws, while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret."
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5 comments:
“No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it.” 16
Am Jur 2nd, Sec 177 late 2d, Sec 256
As I sit here holding my.45
Good point!!
If the government has no respect for the constitution I have no respect for the goverment. Governments have been overturned in many countries (including ours)by a dedicated group of people that were usually just a small percentage of the population. Apparently there are about 49% of us that still care and a good percentage of those willing to do something about it. A lot of people are not going to stand by and let the government take away their means of self defense. They are already taking away from the 49% the means of making a living and their money with extreme taxation. Enough is enough! Don't tread on me!
The seeds of discontent have taken root.....won't be long now.
And how was it that Hitler was able to take over? It was because of desperate citizens that where starving due to the inflation (the 2nd worst inflation EVER recorded). It became so bad that people burned thier paper money because it produced more heat than the firewood that it could buy. If you think that everything will be ok because we are so advanced and so civilized, wait until your neighbor has not eaten in three days. Think it can't happen here. I have three words for you. "Trillion dollar coin"
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