Oh, hey there. Is that you, dear reader?
Well come on in, sit a spell, make yourself at home and welcome.
Sorry, I drank all the coffee already.
So how are you doing, what's on your mind and what have you got to say for yourself?
Oh, I'm doing alright for a poor old man, still kicking you know.
Not such bad weather for these winter months, don't you think? And before you know it, spring will be springing upon us with little green bulbs of new life popping out from the trees, wild flowers appearing and cute new bunny rabbits hopping about.
Even with all the trials and troubles of our turbulent world, isn't it good to be alive and enjoying one more spin of our beautiful blue, green globe in its seasonal changes on its voyage through the cosmos?
And as the world turns, as that TV series goes, here's something I've been looking at as of late. That would be the main articles on the first few pages prominently plastered on our local newspaper. They are almost all about government (local, state and fed) actions, decisions and contentions.
This shows you, I suppose, where the power, influence and control really reside.
And I noticed that our paper's most recent issue has a few articles concerning lawsuits filed by one government agency versus another. It looks like they are not only attempting to lord over their humble citizens but are now battling their fellow elites in their ongoing power quest to become king of the hill.
Doesn't this seem odd to you? It seems like taxpayers' hard-earned money is being flushed down the drain in ongoing conflicts between opposing parasitic public bodies in order to decide who has the most bureaucratic power!
And who, if I might ask, is likely to benefit from all this ruckus? Well, there are the attorneys and their staffs busily spinning this legal treadmill at the cost, for each, at hundreds of dollars per hour.
So, I was thinking, if you wanted to get in on this boondoggle, I mean to get your foot in the door, become an insider and vie for wealth and power, what would you need?
Well, a simple first step of course would be a law degree.
In order to run for public office, you don't need to be an attorney. But it certainly helps. You see, it indicates that you have joined the club. Almost all elected officials are.
I know that this subject appears to be somewhat of a sacred cow and it's best not to question authority. Authority that is with a capital A.
But, speaking of cows, how many of those fellas have ever butchered a steer, plowed a field or framed a house? I mean actually worked in a real productive job?
But they certainly are expert at undermining our liberties, freedoms and self-determinism.
I was in a city hall recently when I observed a wall filled with shelves of law books stretching from floor to ceiling and wall to wall, more material than you could read in one lifetime.
And I thought, that's an awful lot of rules and regulations to tie down the general public. And, of course, all this legalese mumbo jumbo can only be interpreted by a lawyer.
I was reminded, by this experience, of that childhood book about Gulliver in the land of Lilliput where the little people tied town
Gulliver with a great many strings while he slept. So, this wall of tens of thousands of laws resembled to me those tie down strings immobilizing Gulliver.
But in this case, those attached strings, or restrictions of our freedom, hold down the citizens, taxpayers and the general public in subservience to the elite keeping them docile and obedient.
If I were to have my say, I would dispose of that wall of law books as well as the unlimited rulings and regulations of Congress.
I would replace them with clear and simple guidelines such as the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, common sense and that biblical passage concerning do unto others.
Dan can be reached at danhughoconnor@gmail.com