Pasadena Politics

That is to say: people are imperfect and make mistakes,  even when they are elected to office.

There are reasons people voted the way they did.  Many, it appears, voted for Obama because he was the man for “Change” – whatever that means as it was only vaguely defined by Obama himself as change from what we currently have.  Many voted for him because they didn’t like McCain. Many voted for him because they were racist. Many voted for him because they simply did not pay close attention to what he was really ‘not’ saying.  I think the majority of people voting for McCain, myself included, did so pinching our noses.

While McCain is no better than a RINO, but he certainly will not drive our country further into a Communist/Socialist state where the Government controls more and more aspects of your life. Too many people have forgotten that the Constitution and Bill of Rights exist not to protect Government but protect the governed from Government.   Take the Second Amendment: it is, in part, meant ensure that Government is afraid of the people, not the other way around (ie: don’t mess with us, or you will be tossed out like the Brits).

Things more likely will not happen rapidly since people would certainly knee jerk the offenders out of office.  No, it more likely will happen like the proverbial frog in the skillet: warm it up slowly and watch it cook alive.  Obama will not suddenly take our rights away in January, but he will certainly lay the foundation for those rights to be taken away and so weaken our ability to earn and defend ourselves in this nation that we feel compelled to rely on Government.   He will most certainly stack the Supreme Court and Federal Courts with judges who feel the Constitution is “Evolutionary” as opposed to merely flexible so that the Second Amendment won’t be killed, it will simply be redefined – just like marriage was being redefined by judicial fiat.  There is not much solace in the Democrats lacking a super majority in Congress since they more likely will rule that Filibusters are ‘necessary’.

Now, I believe in a type of socialism; not that which is forced upon the people by Government but that which is more commonly and traditionally known as Generosity, Compassion, and, as Dickens loved it: Charity.   Communism/Socialism hates Charity because it removes power away from Government and empowers the individual; it removes reliance on Government to solve problems and places it into the hands of the people.

The American people have Foolishly and Stupidly, elected to office a man who will instill the Tyranny of Communism deeper into our government and more than likely succeed where FDR failed by instilling it into the Constitution with a “Second Bill of Rights”.  There is the natural euphoria and feel good of electing a “Man of Change”, but you just don’t know the kind of change you have really just put into office – unless you are communist yourself.  Fascism and Communism are not really different from each other in the end as they only differ on the mechanism of the feel-good they offer.  In either event, they are a poor substitute and more deeply corrupt than people who are self-governed and look after each other.