Mafia Government?

Monty Pelerin / Economic Noise

Bill Tatro wrote an article entitled  ”Obama — A Well-known Weakling On The World Stage.” It is worth reading. His description of the perplexing aspects of Republican behavior and its ineptness was particularly interesting:

What’s most intriguing is not the skill level of the world leaders in exploiting Obama’s weakness for their own advantage, but the total ineptness of the Republican leadership in doing the same thing. From Boehner to McConnell, from House to Senate, and from conservative to RINO, they all seem to fail when it comes to making the most out of Obama’s day-to-day blunders. It would appear that since these Republican leaders are all cut from the same political cloth regardless of labels, they all have the same goals — namely reelection — and thus cannot do the right thing for the benefit of our country. Needless to say, it gets a little frustrating watching our so-called political opposition leadership continue to miss opportunity after opportunity of exposing the lies, corruption, and incompetenceof our current president. Perhaps it’s because the so-called political opposition suffers with the same problems in exposing the “emperor’s new clothes,” which would only expose their own.

I suspect he hit the nail on the head with his last sentence.

No one in Washington is clean. They are in a business that encourages illegality. Most have skeletons in their closets that they would prefer remain there. Affairs, unethical/illegal business dealings, political kickbacks, indiscretions etc. likely exist for virtually everyone. These are men of power and privilege. To get ahead they cannot have the same ethical calculus as the normal citizen. They don’t become millionaires on what they are paid above the table.

Given the obvious lack of integrity and Chicago thuggery of this Administration, one wonders just how many of these skeletons are still secret. The objections about the NSA collecting information on citizens is scary,but that isn’t the real threat. The real threat is the NSA collecting information on Congressmen, high-ranking judges, military officers, political allies etc. That is who has the most to fear from the Orwellian world we now live in.

J. Edgar Hoover developed the model. He collected information improperly and illegally on anyone who could hurt him. He did it when it was much harder to do than it is today. No one would cross him, understanding the consequences would be the equivalent of political suicide at a minimum.  He had the potential to blackmail anyone in power. As a result, he retained his position for a very long time.

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http://www.economicnoise.com/2014/02/07/mafia-government/