And the Children Shall Lead

Monday, March 9, 2009

And the Children Shall Lead

And the Children Shall Lead is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, broadcast October 11, 1968. In it, an evil alien called Gorgon beguiles the children of a scientific expedition on a distant planet, to help Gorgon to kill their parents and later to take over the Enterprise. The creature, played by Melvin Belli, gives the children the power to invoke "the enemy within" to create fear and paranoia among the ship's crew, as he did on the planet. Gorgon uses patronizing propaganda to lull the children into implementing his evil agenda.

Flash forward to 2009: Al Gore tells a school assembly of 12 year-olds not to listen to their parents; that sometimes they know more than their parents. The similarities to the old Star Trek episode are downright creepy. Gorgon vs. Gore -- they even look similar. Trying to subvert the children into betraying their parents. The enemy within. One can only hope that as in the old Star Trek episode, someone can finally expose the Gorgon for what he really is: an ugly, evil, self-serving, lying coward. You can learn a lot about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness watching Star Trek: The Original Series.

Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is a non-falsifiable hypothesis. In other words, there is no experiment that you can run which will prove or disprove AGW. This is very much like trying to prove or disprove the existence of God. It can't be done, which is why the framers of the US Constitution included the non-establishment clause and the free exercise clause in the First Amendment. They knew that government should have no role in faith-based issues. There is no issue that is more faith-based than AGW. Any government subject to a First Amendment should butt out. The First Amendment has a Free Speech clause which allows anyone who feels strongly about the subject to attempt to persuade We the People to play along. That is as it should be, and the outcome will depend on how we decide to exercise our liberty and free will.

One definition of tyranny is when special interests succeed in using the force of government to impose their will on the rest of us. Think about that, Gorgon -- I mean Al Gore.

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The Only Question You Need

"Which article of the Constitution gives government the authority to do that?"

If more and more people start asking this question, I think most of our worst political problems, in all branches and all levels of government would go away by themselves, almost overnight. When a reporter asked Nancy Pelosi that question about the healthcare bill, her deer-in-the-headlights response was, "Are you serious?" Well, we are serious, and politicians should be afraid to step out of their offices without a credible answer to that question. It is the only "litmus test" that we need.

It really takes so little effort, that it is at least worth a try. The beauty of it is, this really should appeal to honest people from anywhere on the political spectrum.

Uphold and Defend

Big government and bad policy, usurpation of authority not granted in the US Constitution is human nature. Republicans and Democrats are both guilty. We the People must realize that this is not a partisan issue, and demand that all of our politicians follow the Constitution.

The US Constitution is still the official specification for the United States of America.
It guarantees equal justice for all, and protects your life, liberty and prosperity.
Any regime that distorts or disregards its original intent is untrustworthy and dangerous.

Presidential Quotes

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. ~ Thomas Jefferson

With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators. ~ James Madison

I think we can say that the Constitution reflected an enormous blind spot in this culture that carries on to this day and that the Framers had that same blind spot. I don't think the two views are contradictory to say that it was a remarkable political document, that paved the way for where we are now, and to say it also reflected the fundamental flaw of this country that continues to this day. ~ Barack Obama

Every word [of the Constitution] decides a question between power and liberty. ~ James Madison

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington

Do You Still Have All of the Liberty That You Were Born With?

Think back to when you were growing up. What things could you do then that you can no longer do now? What things did you have the liberty to decide for yourself that is now a mandate? How many federal, state and local laws were passed since you were born? How many new bureaucracies and agencies have been created since you were born? How many new regulations have they imposed? How many tax increases have you seen in your lifetime? How many new government programs have replaced your ability to do it yourself? (more...)

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