[HARDCORE]

Not being able to sleep this morning, I just got through watching an early broadcast of a program that outlined the (seemingly) never-ending struggle for power between two of the three branches of government. The issue, if I saw it correctly, revolved around the use of torture, as well as who is, and who is not, covered under the Geneva Codes governing this issue!

Being raised to believe in the sanctity of what I heard in the media, as well as “Truth Rules Supreme and Mom’s Apple Pie, I found it very disturbing to see that an eternal battle exists within the various branches of government, not for equality (in my opinion), but rather for the Catbird’s Seat!

“So who is the ultimate power these days” - The Executive Branch, the Congress, or maybe even the Judicial? It sure as Hell, again in my opinion, isn’t the People themselves (if we ever were)? It seems that a “Team Player”, is defined as: “One who nods his head continuously, with a brainless smile upon his unthinking face, and agrees with everything that is being spoon-fed to him! “What in the Hell ever happened to Logic, Common Sense, Integrity, Honor, and The Will of The Majority?”

The first laws of our Nation were basic in their concept - Right v Wrong, Good v Evil, the Common Good v. Vested Power, and a Government Of, By and For The People. As a matter of fact, even the Ten Commandments (Rules To Live By), echoed sentiments similar to these! But from what I saw this morning, however, it would appear (at least to me) that: “Laws are now made to be bent or altered at will, by those with the self-gifted power to do so?”

“Are we again engaged in a Great Civil War, this time between the wills of the various branches of government - testing whether this nation, or any nation that was so dedicated, and so conceived, will long endure with the ongoing separation of powers?” Or will, as some seem to be trying, be turned into a virtual dictatorship, with but one source of absolute power and control - with all other branches of government, just along for the ride?

Some years ago, when I offered up (what I perceived to be) absolute proof that wanton perjury had occurred in a Federal Court, the scramble was on by several governmental entities claiming that they wanted to rectify this matter in an honest and democratic fashion? When, however, absolute proof was offered up by me, certain elements of government suddenly went mute! It was at this point, after far too many years of believing in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, that my trust took a decided down-turn!

In closing, let me say that: “Should we ever surrender “Check and Balance Power” to but a single branch of government (OUR GOVERNMENT), or but a single political party, we may quickly find ourselves stripped of one right after another, until the only rights that remain are those that are allowed us? “And these too may no longer be written in stone!”

VERITAS