FROM CIVIL SERVANT TO PETTY TYRANT

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I SEE WHERE ANOTHER VICTIM OF UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES "DISCOVERED" THAT OUR "DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEADERS" HAD PASSED YET ANOTHER LAW DEPRIVING HER FAMILY OF THE BASIC RIGHTS TO WHICH OTHERS ARE ENTITLED WHILE GIVING OTHERS (OBVIOUSLY WELL CONNECTED TO SAID GOVERNMENT) SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND "LEGAL PROTECTION". IT IS NOT "NEWS" THAT "SELLING SPECIAL LAWS" IS THE "NORM" FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT IS "WHAT THEY DO" TO MAINTAIN THEIR POSITIONS UNTIL "A BETTER OFFER" COMES ALONG. .

SUCH "ACTS OF PROSTITUTION" ARE USUALLY PROVIDED IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY, BUT CAN OFTEN INVOLVE "OTHER VALUABLE CONSIDERATIONS", SUCH AS ACCEPTING "FAVORS" AND/OR "SPECIAL BENEFITS" (CURRENT OR DEFERRED) FROM SAID "WELL CONNECTED" INDIVIDUALS; GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONS; BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS. IN THEIR BASIC FORM, SUCH CONSIDERATIONS WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED BRIBES, BUT THEY ARE NOW EUPHEMISTICALLY LABELED AS "CONTRIBUTIONS" OR "QUID PRO QUO" EXCHANGES FOR PRESENT OR FUTURE "FAVORS". OBVIOUSLY, THE PRESENT "SYSTEM OF DEMOCRACY ENABLES "SAID LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD" TO BE ELECTED, VIRTUALLY IN PERPETUITY, SO LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO PROSTITUTE THEMSELVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRIBUTORS' WISHES. ANY INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUAL MAY BE FORGIVEN IF THIS SYSTEM SEEMS TO DIFFER LITTLE FROM THE TYRANTS AND DICTATORS OF OTHER COUNTRIES (IF THE TERM "COUNTRY" IS USED LOOSELY) WHO "ENSURE" THEIR CONTINUED POSITIONS OF POWER IN "MORE EFFICIENT", BUT LESS DECEITFUL, WAYS.

FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF EACH LAW, "LACKEYS" (GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS "BUREAUCRAT"S) ARE DIRECTED TO ENUMERATE THE COUNTLESS WAYS A LAW IS TO BE "IMPLEMENTED" (A "CODE WORD" FOR EXPANDING THE LAW TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM BENEFITS FOR THE "JOHNS" WHO PAID FOR SUCH SERVICES). THOSE "MOST PROFICIENT" IN EXPANDING THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT AND "MOST WILLING" TO PROSTITUTE THEMSELVES FOR THE "MAKERS OF LAWS" ARE GENERALLY REWARDED WITH HIGHER POSITIONS; EXORBITANT SALARIES AND "FRINGE BENEFITS"; PLUS NEARLY ABSOLUTE "IMMUNITY" FOR THEIR "EXERCISE OF POWER" OVER THE HAPLESS CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT ONLY VICTIMIZED BY THE RUTHLESS EXPANSION OF POWER CURTAILING PREVIOUS "LIBERTIES", BUT, ARE CONSTRAINED TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN VICTIMIZATION. GIVEN THE PRACTICE OF "ENTREPRENEURIAL BUREAUCRACY" AS IT IS IMPLEMENTED TODAY, THE "RULING CLASS" IS FIRMLY IN CONTROL OF THE "PROLETARIAT". LENIN WOULD BE "PROUD"..

A PROFESSOR FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY HAS WRITTEN AN "EXCRUCIATINGLY DETAILED" ARTICLE ON HOW "THE SYSTEM" OPERATES AND IS PERPETUATED. HOWEVER, "T.O.M. IS MORE INTERESTED IN THE EFFECTS OF SUCH A SYSTEM ON THE "CITIZEN-SUBJECTS" AND HOW THE SYSTEM MIGHT BE DISMANTLED SO THAT CITIZENS COULD ONCE AGAIN VIEW THEIR GOVERNMENT AS A PLACE OF ASSISTANCE, RATHER THAN A PLACE FILLED WITH "PETTY TYRANTS" WHOSE PRIMARY INTEREST IS IN "PROTECTING THEIR POSITIONS OF PITIFUL POWER" UNTIL THEY TOO CAN "REACH THEIR LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE" OR SIMPLY "RETIRE" WITH THEIR "AMPLE REWARDS" FOR BEING "GOOD PROSTITUTES.

FROM "PERSONAL EXPERIENCE", I KNOW THAT ANY ATTEMPTS TO EMULATE THE "CIVIL SERVANTS" OF AN EARLIER GENERATION, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE GREATEST GENERATION", ARE MET WITH HARSH DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS; DISQUALIFICATION FROM FURTHER PROMOTIONS AND/ OR "REMOVAL" FROM THEIR POSITIONS SHOULD THEY RESIST THE "HARSH ACTION", BUT, I DIGRESS.

ONE ASKS, "HOW MIGHT AN ASTUTE PERSON DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GOVERNMENT POPULATED WITH CIVIL SERVANTS FROM THE MORE TYRANNICAL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT?" A DECLINING NUMBER OF CITIZENS "OF A CERTAIN AGE" MAY RECALL WHEN CIVIL SERVANTS REPRESENTED "THE BEST QUALIFIED" INDIVIDUALS THAT THE COUNTRY PRODUCED. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE HELD IN "HIGH ESTEEM" RATHER THAN THE "GENERAL CONTEMPT" THAT IS RESERVED FOR THE "PETTY TYRANTS" OF TODAY. THEY CAME FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY AND QUALIFIED FOR SUCH POSITIONS BY WAY OF "RIGOROUS TESTING" IN THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS WHO "EMPLOYED" THEM. MANY CONSIDERED IT "AN HONOR" TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT, NOT A PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT (EMPLOYER OF LAST RESORT?) FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT QUALIFY FOR HONEST WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

IN THAT ERA, THERE WERE FEW "ARTIFICIAL REQUIREMENTS", SUCH AS A "DEGREE" FROM AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH MIGHT (OR MIGHT NOT) REPRESENT "SOMETHING OF VALUE". TODAY, THAT REQUIREMENT NOW ELIMINATES, "PRIMA FACIE", A HUGE NUMBER OF "QUALIFIED PEOPLE" CAPABLE OF PASSING THE RELEVANT TEST AND, INSTEAD, CONSIGNS THEM TO BE "SECOND CLASS" CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO ATTEND SUCH INSTITUTIONS.

THERE WERE ALSO NO "ARTIFICIAL REQUIREMENTS" THAT A PERSON CAPABLE OF PASSING THE TEST BE OF A "CERTAIN" RACE; GENDER; RELIGION OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, NOR WERE THERE "REQUIREMENTS" THAT A CERTAIN PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION BE GIVEN POSITIONS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR LACK OF ABILITIES, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY FELL INTO A "PRIVILEGED CATEGORY" AS DESIGNATED BY THE "BUREAUCRATS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND JUDICIAL ACTIVISTS" THAT PANDER TO EACH GROUP, IN THE PRACTICE KNOWN AS "SOCIAL ENGINEERING", RATHER THAN THE "UPHOLDING" OF THE CONSTITUTION. IF ONE SCORED HIGHER ON A TEST THAN ANOTHER, ONE WAS EMPLOYED ACCORDING TO THEIR "ABILITY" WHEN POSITIONS WERE AVAILABLE. THERE WAS NO "CREATION" OF USELESS POSITIONS WHERE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY COULD "FULFILL THEIR QUOTAS" AS IS COMMON TODAY AND INDIVIDUALS WERE NOT GIVEN "SPECIAL TESTS" OR "PREFERENTIAL SCORES" FOR PERCEIVED "GENETIC DISABILITIES" OF A RACIAL OR GENDER NATURE. NEITHER WERE "POLITICALLY DESIGNATED SOCIAL GROUPS" GIVEN PREFERENCE OVER OTHER SOCIAL GROUPS, WHO WERE "PERHAPS LESS INCLINED" TO BECOME "GOOD PROSTITUTES" FOR THE SELF-ANOINTED RULING CLASS OF TODAY'S GOVERNMENT, BUT, THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.

ANOTHER FACTOR IN DISCERNING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND A TOTALITARIAN ONE IS THE "FREEDOM OF ACCESS" THAT CITIZENS (THOSE GOVERNED?) HAVE TO THE CIVIL SERVANTS IN THEIR PLACE OF WORK OR IN THE PUBLIC VENUE. TOTALITARIAN SOCIETIES (DICTATORS AND THEIR CRONIES) ARE NOTORIOUSLY WELL KNOW FOR THEIR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF "PROTECTION" (FROM ARMED GUARDS AND ARMORED VEHICLES TO "FORTRESS LIKE" EDIFICES WITH EXPLOSION PROOF WALLS AND BARRICADES LEADING TO THE "PALACES") NECESSARY FOR THEIR SURVIVAL AMID "RESTLESS SUBJECTS". ARMED GUARDS AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS "WELCOME" THE GOVERNED TO DICTATORIAL GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES AND "SYSTEMATIC SPYING" INTO THE PRIVATE LIVES OF THESE "SUBJECTS" WAS/IS RAISED TO THE HIGHEST TECHNICAL LEVEL POSSIBLE. THOSE "SUSPECTED" OF DISAGREEING WITH THE "RULERS" WERE/ARE SUBJECT TO HARASSMENT; ABDUCTION; INCARCERATION; AND TORTURE, IF NOT MURDER, BY THOSE IN POWER. DOES ANY OF THIS SEEM "FAMILIAR"?

RECENT ARTICLES AND EXPERIENCE ARE BEGINNING TO REVEAL THE REALITIES OF LIVING UNDER OUR PRESENT GOVERNMENT, FORCING T.O.M. TO WONDER HOW CONDITIONS UNDER "TYRANNY" DIFFER GREATLY FROM THE PRESENT "DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM" IN THIS COUNTRY, WHERE CITIZENS, (IN REALITY "ALL" INDIVIDUALS) ARE DEEMED "DANGEROUS" TO THE RULING CLASS AND ARE "ARBITRARILY" SEARCHED (WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE) SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WISH TO ENTER A FACILITY WHERE THE "PETTY TYRANTS" (FORMERLY, CIVIL SERVANTS) NOW PLY THEIR TRADE.

IN ANY DISCUSSION OF "DOMESTIC TYRANNY", ONE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO MENTION THE "UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE" INVOLVING "INNOCENT" TRAVELERS FORCED TO "UNDERGO" A VIOLATION OF THEIR "CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS", IN EVER INCREASING DEGREES OF INTIMACY, WHERE THE "ONLY CRIME" THAT CREATES "PROBABLE CAUSE" IS THEIR DESIRE TO VISIT RELATIVES; TAKE A VACATION AND/OR CONDUCT BUSINESS IN ANOTHER LOCATION.

IT SHOULD "NOT" BE SURPRISING THAT TYRANTS HAVE A FEAR OF THEIR "SUBJECTS", BUT, WHEN "CIVIL SERVANTS" IN A "DEMOCRACY" REACH THE "SAME CONCLUSION", IT WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE "MORPHED" FROM THEIR FORMER STATUS AS "CIVIL SERVANTS" TO "GOVERNMENT AGENTS" EXHIBITING "TYRANNICAL BEHAVIOR" (PETTY TYRANTS?) GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH UNBRIDLED TOTALITARIANISM.

THE "IRONY" THAT MANY OF THESE "VIOLATORS" ARE NOT EVEN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IS NOT LOST ON EVEN THE CASUAL OBSERVER. SHOULD THESE PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS INITIATE SUCH CONDUCT, WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSENT, AS HAPPENS IN MANY LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THEY WOULD "IMMEDIATELY" FIND THEMSELVES SUBJECT TO ATTACKS BY THOSE WHO MAKE A GOOD LIVING "DEFENDING" INDIVIDUALS FROM SUCH VIOLATIONS OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

THOSE WHO HAVE TRAVELED IN OTHER COUNTRIES KNOW FULL WELL THAT MANY COMPANIES HAVE THEIR OWN "PRIVATE SECURITY FORCES" WHO ARE "WELL ARMED" AND "WELL PAID" TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND EMPLOYEES AND THAT "EVERYONE" IS SUBJECT TO "RANDOM" SEARCHES BY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES AT "ANY TIME". THE "IDEA" OF "CIVIL RIGHTS" OR FREEDOM IS GLARINGLY ABSENT IN MOST COUNTRIES AND IS FAST DISAPPEARING IN THIS ONE. INDIVIDUALS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES MUST PRODUCE THEIR "OFFICIAL" IDENTIFICATION CARD OR THEIR VALID DOCUMENTATION (PASSPORT AND VISA) FOR BEING IN THE COUNTRY OR THEY WILL BE SUMMARILY "DEALT WITH" AS ENEMIES OF THE STATE, E.G. CRIMINALS OR TERRORISTS. ONE POSTULATES THAT "BIO-METRICS" AND/OR MICROCHIP IMPLANTS" ARE NOT FAR BEHIND.

THE FOREGOING NOTWITHSTANDING, ONCE A SUPPOSEDLY "FREE CITIZEN" OF THE U.S.A. PASSES THE OBLIGATORY "CHECK POINTS" IN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, HE/SHE IS MET WITH A "SMALL ARMY" OF "LESSER TYRANTS" (ARMED WITH "RULES") WHO OFTEN "COWER" BEHIND GLASS ENCLOSED, (BULLET PROOF?) WALLS AND "COMMUNICATE" THROUGH SMALL OPENINGS OR AUDIO EQUIPMENT WITH THE "CITIZENS" THEY ARE "SUPPOSEDLY" THERE TO SERVE. IN NO WAY ARE CITIZENS PERMITTED TO "SPEAK" DIRECTLY" WITH THE "GREATER TYRANTS" WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO "HELP". THESE INDIVIDUALS ESSENTIALLY LIVE AND WORK "IN HIDING" AND ARE "UNAVAILABLE" TO THOSE SEEKING THEIR HELP.

OF COURSE, THE "LESSER TYRANTS", WHO ARE "ARMED" WITH THOUSANDS OF FORMS AND COMPUTERS, WORK "LOCK STEP" (LIKE OBEDIENT ROBOTS)UNDER THE MYRIAD OF "RULES" WRITTEN BY THE "GREATER TYRANTS AND SEEM "MORE THAN HAPPY" TO "PRACTICE" THEIR OWN "RIGHT TO TYRANNY" IN A LIMITED FASHION. "RULES" CONSTITUTE THE "COMMANDMENTS" BY WHICH SUCH DRONES LIVE. SHOULD A CITIZEN DARE TO REQUEST AN "AUDIENCE" WITH ONE OF THE "GREATER TYRANTS", THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED "JUSTIFICATION" FOR DENYING ANY HELP WHATSOEVER, FROM THE "LESSER TYRANT" WHOSE "POSITION" DEPENDS ON PROTECTING THE "GREATER TYRANTS" FROM SUCH "PRESUMPTUOUS INDIVIDUALS".

ANOTHER FACTOR THAT DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN TYRANTS AND CIVIL SERVANTS IS THE "ABSENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY". TYRANTS ARE "AUTOMATICALLY" IMMUNE TO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THEIR "TYRANNICAL STATUS". GENERALLY, HOWEVER, THEY ARE QUITE "ADEPT" AT CLAIMING CREDIT FOR ANY GOOD THAT MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY OCCUR AND EVEN BETTER AT "BLAMING OTHERS" FOR ANY "MISFORTUNES" THAT BEFALL THEIR "SUBJECTS".

ONE LIVES IN VAIN (OR ON ANOTHER PLANET) IF THEY EXPECT "ANYONE" IN THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT "RESPONSIBILITY" FOR ANYTHING. THAT IS WHY "COMMITTEES" ARE FORMED AND "APPROVALS" SOUGHT FROM "7 LAYERS" OF USELESS BUREAUCRACY. IN THAT WAY,"NO ONE" CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. "AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY" IS THE GOVERNMENT'S ANSWER TO THE TYRANT'S IMMUNITY FROM "RESPONSIBILITY".

OF COURSE, "SECRECY" IS THE "FAVORITE TOOL" OF "PETTY TYRANTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR COVERING UP THEIR ILLEGAL ACTS, AS WELL AS INCOMPETENCE, WITHIN GOVERNMENT. IT IS "AMAZING" HOW "NATIONAL SECURITY"SEEMS TO DEPEND ON THE POPULACE "NOT KNOWING" ANYTHING DONE BY THE "BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS", ESPECIALLY, WHEN IT CONCERNS THE WRITING OF "LAWS FOR SALE" AND/OR "EXPENDITURES" BY THE "RULING CLASS" WHO ARE "OBVIOUSLY" ARE NOT JUSTIFIED OR PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES AS A PART OF THE LEGITIMATE FUNCTIONING OF ANY AGENCY, AT ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT ONE CARES TO NAME. IF "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY" EVER HAD A BETTER DEFINITION, ONE SEARCHES IN VAIN FOR IT.

THE GOAL OF ALL TYRANTS AND "RULING CLASSES" IS ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE GENERAL POPULATION. TOM, IN ALL HUMILITY, FAILS TO DISCERN "SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES" IN THE "REALITY" UNDER WHICH CITIZENS OF THIS DEMOCRACY SURVIVE AND THE "REALITY" UNDER WHICH SUBJECTS OF THE TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTS LIVE. THERE ARE "SOME ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES", BUT, THOSE ARE "RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING" FOR THE "COMMON FOLKS" AS THEY ARE ACQUIRED BY THE "RULING CLASS". FROM THE TIME ONE ARISES UNTIL THEY RETIRE FOR THE NIGHT, CITIZENS ARE "CONTROLLED" BY THE "DICTATES" OF THE RULING CLASS, FROM THE WAY ONE MAY DRESS TO WHAT THEY MAY EAT OR HOW THEY MAY EARN A LIVING. THE IDEA THAT ONE MAY ENGAGE IN "FREE SPEECH" (A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THE LAST TIME I CHECKED) HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE "REALITY" THAT "ONLY POLITICALLY CORRECT" SPEECH IS ALLOWED, ON PAIN OF PROSECUTION (PERSECUTION?) AND/OR LOSING ONES JOB.

THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WAGES "UNPROVOKED ATTACKS" ON "TYRANNY"(IN "OTHER" SOVEREIGN STATES NATURALLY) AROUND THE GLOBE (WHICH USED TO PROHIBITED UNLESS A "STATE OF WAR" WAS DECLARED BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES BY THE RULING CLASS (ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES?) WOULD SEEM TO BE AN ABROGATION OF ALL KNOWN INTERNATIONAL LAW, UNLESS ONE CONSIDERS UNPROVEN RUMORS AND OUTRIGHT LIES TO BE "PROVOCATION", (JUSTIFICATION?) BUT, THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.

AS FAR AS THE AUTHOR CAN DETERMINE, ALL GOVERNMENTS EXIST TO BENEFIT "THE GOVERNMENT" (THE RULING CLASS AND THEIR "FRIENDS") TO THE DETRIMENT OF THOSE WHOSE INTEREST SHOULD BE PROTECTED IN ANY "JUST" SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE. THEREFORE, ANY "LOGICAL" CONCLUSION BASED ON THIS PREMISE LEADS ONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE "LEAST GOVERNMENT" IS THE "BEST GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE". WHEN CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES AND THEIR AFFAIRS RESPONSIBLY AND TO LIVE WITH "THE CONSEQUENCES" OF THEIR DECISIONS, BE THEY WISE OR UNWISE, ONLY THEN CAN A FREE PERSON BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM A SLAVE. PERHAPS "SLAVERY" IS BEST DEFINED AS LIVING UNDER THE CONTROL OF OTHERS. IF SO, THEN SLAVERY IS "ALIVE AND WELL" UNDER THE RUBRIC OF "GOVERNMENT", REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE.

ONE NOTES, WITH SOME APPREHENSION, THE RECENT ISOLATED "ACTS OF PROTEST"THAT HAVE OCCURRED WHEN INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS HAVE BEEN "PUSHED TOO FAR". WHILE THE "RULING CLASS" ARBITRARILY LABEL THESE PERSONS AS CRIMINALS AND TERRORISTS, ONE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE PRINCIPLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "TERRORIST" AND A "PATRIOT" IS A MATTER OF "WHO SUCCEEDS" AND PROCEEDS TO WRITE "HISTORY" FROM "THEIR VIEWPOINT". ONCE UPON A TIME, ENGLAND FACED A DETERMINED BAND OF "TERRORISTS" WHO ARE NOW HAILED AS THE "FOUNDING FATHERS" OF THIS COUNTRY AND CONSIDERED HEROIC PATRIOTS (EXCEPT, PERHAPS, IN ENGLAND).

AS "BIG GOVERNMENT" CONTINUES TO "FURTHER ENSLAVE" FORMERLY "FREE CITIZENS" UNDER THE "GUISE" OF "PROTECTING THEM", (FROM WHOM OR WHAT IS NOT QUITE CLEAR, AT LEAST TO T.O.M. WHO HAS "LITTLE FEAR" THAT EXTERNAL FORCES, BE THEY LOCATED IN KOREA; VIETNAM; SERBIA; THE VARIOUS ARAB STATES; SOUTH AMERICA, ET. AL. POSE A "GREATER THREAT" TO "FREEDOM" THAN THE THREAT BY THOSE PRESENTLY ENACTING MORE LAWS, FOLLOWED BY AN INCALCULABLE NUMBER OF "RULES" THAT CONTINUALLY LIMIT THE CITIZENS' "FREEDOMS" AND "TRANSFER" THE "FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR" TO THE RULING CLASS) ONE WONDERS IF THE RECENT RANDOM ACTS OF SO CALLED "TERRORISTS AND CRIMINALS" MIGHT NOT, ONE DAY, BE SEEN AS THE "OPENING SALVO" AGAINST THE LATEST FORM OF "TYRANNY" FROM WITHIN, BUT, I DIGRESS.

WHILE ONE MIGHT BE HIGHLY "AMUSED" AT THE RESULTS OF THE "PETTY TYRANTS" WHO, REPORTEDLY, HAVE CREATED A "NETWORK OF SPIES" SO LARGE THAT EVEN THE "SPIES" DON'T KNOW WHO IS SPYING FOR WHOM OR WHAT INFORMATION, CONTRARY TO THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE CONSTITUTION, IS BEING ROUTINELY RECORDED AND STORED FOR "FUTURE USE" AGAINST THE VERY CITIZENS WHO SHOULD BE "PROTECTED" FROM SUCH INTRUSIONS INTO THEIR PRIVATE LIVES, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT "CITIZENS" SHOULD BE EXTREMELY WARY OF THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES "THE RULING CLASS" (NOT CIVIL SERVANTS).
IT IS "OBVIOUS" THAT THESE "PETTY TYRANTS" ARE WELL AWARE OF THE NEED TO "PROTECT" THEMSELVES FROM THE "CONSEQUENCES" OF THEIR EFFORTS TO "ENSLAVE" FORMERLY "FREE CITIZENS", WHO, WHEN THEY BECOME FULLY AWARE OF THEIR PLIGHT ARE, "SOMEWHAT INCLINED" TO "PROTEST" IN WAYS THAT ARE DEEMED "SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE", AT LEAST TO THE "PETTY TYRANTS".

RETURNING TO THE PROBLEM AT HAND, IT WILL NOT BE RESOLVED BY, THE "REMOVAL" OF ONE "PETTY TYRANT", WHICH IS AKIN TO THE "REMOVAL" OF ONE HEAD FROM THE MYTHICAL "HYDRA MONSTER", E.G. TWO GROW TO "REPLACE IT". THE "ONLY" REAL HOPE FOR A "REASONABLE RETURN" TO "FREEDOM" FROM THE "PETTY TYRANTS" LIES IN THE "BALLOT BOX" AND THE "PURSE STRINGS". OBVIOUSLY, THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION IS "NOT ADEQUATE" TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS IT ONCE SOUGHT TO "EMPOWER WITH FREEDOM". THEREFORE, UNTIL THE CONSTITUTION IS REVISED, (ANOTHER TOPIC) THE "ONLY SOLUTION IS TO "TERMINATE" EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL AT THE END OF HIS/HER "FIRST TERM" AND TO ELECT "PUBLIC SERVANTS" (NOT CAREER POLITICIANS) WHO "PLEDGE" TO SPEND ONLY WHAT MONEY THEY "COLLECT".

UNLESS THE "RULING CLASS AND THEIR "MINIONS" ALREADY OUTNUMBER THE POPULATION THAT WISHES TO LIVE IN FREEDOM, A "REVOLUTION" OR "CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE OF "TERM LIMITS" (WHICH HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE OF BEING ENACTED) IS "NOT NECESSARY". HOWEVER, SO LONG AS "POLITICIANS" CAN "ACT WITH IMPUNITY" AND PARCEL OUT FUNDS THAT DON'T EXIST TO "THOSE" WHO "CONTRIBUTE" TO THEIR "PERPETUITY IN OFFICE", WHICH THEY CHARGE OFF TO "DEFENSELESS INDIVIDUALS" (THE UNDERAGE AND UNBORN), WHATEVER FREEDOM EXISTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE "USURPED" BY "THE RULING CLASS".

IT IS "SELF-EVIDENT" THAT ALL OF THESE "LAWS AND REGULATIONS" LIMITING FREEDOM COST A LOT OF MONEY TO "ENFORCE". ONE SUPPOSES THE COST IS GREATER THAN THE EXPENSE OF THE "PRIVATELY ARMED SECURITY FORCES" THAT TERRORIZE THE UNFORTUNATE INHABITANTS OF MANY SO CALLED "SOVEREIGN NATIONS". WITHOUT "UNLIMITED MONEY", (NOW PROVIDED MAINLY BY THE CHINESE?) IT IS "SUGGESTED" THAT "THE RULING CLASS" WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENACT NEW LAWS LIMITING FREEDOM, MUCH LESS "FUND" ENFORCEMENT OF THE PREVIOUS ONES. SIMILARLY, AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT, THE SENDERS" (NOT LEADERS) WILL BE UNABLE TO ENGAGE IN "AGGRESSION" AGAINST FOREIGN COUNTRIES "IF" THEY HAVE TO "PAY FOR SUCH DECISIONS" BY RAISING TAXES INSTEAD OF "PUTTING THE COST ON THEIR CHINESE CREDIT CARD".
NOTE: ON THE "DAY" THAT ANOTHER COUNTRY OFFICIALLY "ATTACKS" THE FRONTIERS OF THIS COUNTRY, THESE LIMITS WILL BE "TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED"! OBVIOUSLY, T.O.M. DOES NOT "ANTICIPATE" SUCH ACTION ANY TIME SOON.

TO DEAL WITH THE "RULING CLASS/CAREER POLITICIANS", IT IS "SUGGESTED" THAT CONCERNED CITIZENS NEED ONLY TO STAND TOGETHER AND VOTE AGAINST THE PRESENT OFFICE HOLDERS (AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT) WHO PERPETUATE AND PROFIT FROM THE "PRESENT SYSTEM" OF FAVORS FOR FAVORITES. WHAT IS NEEDED IS NOT A "TEA PARTY", BUT A "TIO" PARTY. IN SPANISH, THE WORD MEANS "UNCLE" AND IS OFTEN USED WHEN ADVERSARIES HAVE "HAD ENOUGH". HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF SURRENDERING, IT IS TIME TO "THROW INS OUT", REGARDLESS OF THEIR AFFILIATION OR SELF SERVING DVD'S PLEADING FOR "ANOTHER TERM".

FORTUNATELY, THIS DOES NOT "REQUIRE" A POLITICAL PARTY OR TIME OR MONEY. ALL THAT IS NECESSARY IS SIMPLY A "CITIZENS REVOLT" AGAINST THE PRESENTLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS (AT ALL LEVELS) INCLUDING A "PROMISE" THAT THE FUTURE GOVERNMENTS WILL BE RUN WITH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE BECOMES "TEMPORARY PUBLIC SERVICE", AS INTENDED, AND THE "RULING CLASS" CAN NO LONGER EMBED THEMSELVES PERMANENTLY IN GOVERNMENT (LIKE CANCER IN AN ORGANISM) OR FUNNEL MONEY AND RESOURCES TO THEIR "CONTRIBUTORS" IN EXCHANGE FOR "CONTRIBUTIONS", T.O.M. "ANTICIPATES" THAT FREEDOM WILL "RAPIDLY RETURN" TO THE "ENSLAVED CITIZENS" AND THOSE WHO ARE "WILLING" TO WORK WILL PROSPER, WHILE THOSE WHO DON'T WORK, WILL, LIKE THE PROVERBIAL "GRASSHOPPER, STARVE.

A "WORD OF CAUTION"; CITIZENS MUST ALSO "GUARD AGAINST" THE "POLITICAL MACHINES" THAT FORMERLY ORGANIZED TO "ELECT PUPPETS". FORTUNATELY, THAT SHOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO GUARD AGAINST THAN IN DAYS GONE BY, THANKS TO "MODERN MEANS OF COMMUNICATION" AND "WATCHFUL CITIZENS" ON THE INTERNET.

OTHER THAN "CONTROLLING" THE EXPLODING POPULATION THAT IS DESTROYING THE "BLUE PLANET", TOM CAN THINK OF NO OTHER ACTIVITY MORE LIKELY TO "IMPROVE" THE "HUMAN CONDITION", AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY. GIVEN "WORLD WIDE COMMUNICATION", IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT "OTHERS" WILL FOLLOW THIS "PARADIGM" AND NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS IN MANY COUNTRIES WILL PROSPER BECAUSE OF SUCH ACTION.

REMEMBER, "VOTE T.I.O." AND DEMAND "FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY", E.G. GOVERNMENT MUST PAY FOR WHATEVER IS "DEEMED NECESSARY" FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE COUNTRY OUT OF "CURRENT INCOME". IF IT CAN'T BE PAID FOR, IT "AIN'T NECESSARY". BYE BYE "CONTRIBUTORS"!

ENJOY, TOM

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NOTE: SHOULD ANY OF THE "RULING CLASS" READ THIS TREATISE, I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO RECEIVE A "KNOCK" ON THE DOOR OF MY "PRIVATE RESIDENCE". ADVOCATING A GOVERNMENT THAT IS RUN HONESTLY AND EFFICIENTLY IS ABOUT AS "SUBVERSIVE" AS ONE CAN BE IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES, ESPECIALLY TO THE "PETTY TYRANTS".