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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Free Markets, Jack Abramoff...and Lord Acton

I don't want to hear ANY tsk-tsks from anyone on the Abramoff "situation". None! Zero! Nada! Void! The empty set! It is NOT a scandal. It is business as usual. It's business as has been done for well over 80 years. In D.C. and St. Paul. And every other state capitol. Jack Abramoff is only being accused of and slapped for a form of bribery that's illegal. All the other forms of bribery (aka campaign contributions) are legal, kind of, depending on McCain/Feingold. Was he trying to buy influence? Absolutely! Just like AARP, NEA, ATLA (Assoc. of Trial Lawyers of America), and myriad others. All contributing to campaigns, all lobbying for influence. And why? As I wrote here it's because there is influence to be bought. Pure,plain,simple. And why do all these lobbying groups continue to give money to candidates? BECAUSE THEY GET THEIR MONEY'S WORTH!!!! THE FREE MARKET IN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS! Only insanity (or the government) would dictate giving money to something that yields no results. These groups believe that they do get value for their money. And so the NEA contributes millions of dollars to left wing candidates. Same with the trial lawyers. Same with AARP. And many, many others.Jack Abramoff gave money to Congressmen and Presidential campaigns because he saw value for the dollars. The free market in influence peddling. So, be warned, that your Congressman can and will be bought...legally or illegally.
And this is what happens in a democracy.Our guys vs. their guys. And this is exactly why we were not founded as a democracy. We WERE founded as a constitutional representative republic that was democratically elected. We were not founded as a country where the majority ruled;we were founded a country where the Constitution was supposed to rule. Amendment X (the 10th Amendment, my nom de plume) again was meant to be sure there was no influence to buy.
Oh, and another kick to a sensitive area, as long as we're talking about bribery? The legal system works only with the absolute truth being told.According to Judge Andrew Napolitano, in his breakout book "Constitutional Chaos " cites federal statute "Whoever...gives,offers,or promises anything of value to any person for ...testimony under oath...shall be fined...or imprisoned for [up to] two years, or both" (his emphasis). He goes on to say that prosecutors from the Attorney General all the way down to the local prosecutor violate this law all the time. They have paid snitches. They offer reduced sentences meaning more years of someone's life outside prison) in exchange for testimony against others. The Feds have offered Abramoff something of value (more years of his life outside a federal prison) in exchange for his testifying against others. So, to enforce the law, the feds break the law.
Wonderful. The feds break the law to enforce the law against someone who broke the law by buying influence that should not exist according to the Constitution (Amendment X)- meaning that he was trying to buy an illegal substance.
Clear? Good. Cause my head sure hurts.
BTW, here are the 9th and 10th Amendment:
 
Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed

to deny or disparage others retained by the people. (meaning we do have the right to privacy)
Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor

prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.(meaning that if it's not written in the Constitution
{for Congress Article 1, section 8}, the Congress just absolutely can not do it. Period!)


So, now you have a brief constitutional lesson.

Know it. Force your President and Congress to practice it (uh,  class: will that mean there will be
a Medicare Prescription Drug Program? Yes or no? Class? Class? And Social Security?
Farm subsidies? EEOC?
If you have any questions, re-read Amendment X and go read article 1 section 8).

And then say goodbye to influence buying, and say hello to liberty.



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