CAUGHT BY THE SYSTEM

A system governed by law – like ours – is victim to men and women like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and those found in the Congress – they consciously and intentionally place human over law in acts of real treachery to the People. This has been the prime characteristic of the Conservative movement since its inception prior to WW2 – screw the law to do what individuals want to do

We all know that there is a system of structural checks and balances in the Constitutional system. It worked again when the Federal Courts recently applied the law to the illegal Bush prison camps. Certainly national and international public opinion was a player in the President’s announcement to bring the illegal CIA camps into the legal structure and to the Court decisions – the Constitutional standards were applied. While it is improbable that the entire locked up terrorist group will be included in the change – such a public admission by the President is a loss to tyranny’s cause.

In considering the conduct of leaders to defy the law, it is important to have deep contempt for their inner being – they are gutting your world and your safety – they are dishonest at a level of the soul that is putrefied by dishonor to every person.

It is the collective perception of a people – of a Society – that controls the depth of political anarchy toward the Law. If we are tricked by lies and misdirection into approval of a war – such as has been proven to be the case in the Iraqi War – we need to remove our support of that war and withdraw into the honor of Truth and suffer the sorrow of those we have caused to die – our own and others – and struggle to repair those we have injured – our own and others – to redeem our constitutional honor.

The occasional imperialist attitudes that arise in the Presidency are predictable in the nature of human government – and can usually only be imposed by wealthier societies. Our Constitutional system has shut down many imperialist leaders over its lifetime – usually by the People in harness with a Free Press – but it has been a close call more than once.

When those who govern defy the Law of the People – we are at risk of personal slavery. Whether by voting, by good citizenship, by exercise of the legal system, or by educating about the Law, we have a deep self interest in demanding leadership that acts first On Behalf of the People.