I have come to think that the government  "of the people, for the people, and by the people" no longer exists, if it ever existed. The illegal, immoral, and abusive use of public resources at every level of government bureaucracy from local all the way to federal is so common today that it is considered the normal and acceptable way of doing the "public" business. The fact that the "public" whether an action group or individual can not obtain the information they are legally entitled to is evidence that the laws are knowingly being violated by those who feel they are  untouchable and have a right to do what they are doing. It is evidence of flagrant, purposeful, arrogant and deliberate abuse of power.  While some  officials may be ignorant of the laws they are the useful idiots for the ones who know the law and do what they want anyway.

Our government officials are now openly displaying their disdain for the common ordinary citizen's wishes. If they can not fool the citizens into supporting their agenda through lies and deceit they will obtain their goals by any means they can conceive whether or not legal, moral, or honest. Trashing your opponent's reputation often based on lies and half truths is now the preferred method of getting what you want. The bruised and battered corpses of good men and women destroyed by rumor and innuendo that  are laying across our land is evidence to this fact.  

Our nation was founded in the face of tyranny by a government that did not represent the people it purported to govern. The King and the Parliament of England were arrogant bullies intent on draining the resources of the colonies in order to line their own pockets.  Their lust for power and disregard for their own laws, the heavy and ever increasing tax burden spawned the revolution. "No taxation without representation" was one of the by words of that day and for which the Boston Tea Party was held.  We have now come full circle -- today we most definitely have taxation without representation!

Those whom we have elected are not representing the people any more! They only loyal to their "party", personal,social agendas. They do not care if they bankrupt the nation just as long as they are in power and their agenda is achieved. Their lust for power knows no limit, they feel they are beyond the law and that they have the right to conduct the public business in any manner they see fit. And we the people have become no better than wards of the state, who require their guidance and assistance and yes even permission in order to live our lives in the pursuit of happiness.

Even though it was very subtle and gradual we have arrived at this despicable state by our own hands!  We elected and continued to elect the officials by who we are for all intents and purposes now enslaved. We allowed the creation of a nanny state - we wanted life to be risk free, to be provided for in our old age, in our sickness, in our education, our wages dictated by law, our businesses controlled by the government, and every social need funded and supported by the government. We got what we wanted and more. Now we look to the government to provide for or solve  every disaster, every disease with a long name, every social cause, every social need, and every pet cause. We are beholding to our government and dependent upon Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Disaster Relief, rent subsidies, aid to dependent children, medical research, government subsidized commercial enterprise, government subsidized education, etc., etc., etc. All of which allows the government more and more control over our personal lives. This is the basis upon which our elected officials now can do what ever they please - they are in control of our lives!

So I am not surprised that we can not obtain information on what our government is doing -- they can with hold the truth and evidence of misbehavior with impunity. They have nothing to fear from us. Even if we could get the "goods" on them - the messengers would be shot - their reputations destroyed, their livelihood threatened, their life put on trial, and the beat goes on.

TIME FOR ANOTHER BOSTON TEA PARTY - ON A NATIONWIDE SCALE!

I strongly urge everyone to read the following two articles on townhall.com  - the first one is the origins for this blog and where I first made the comments I have made here.  The second one is the proof of  some of what I have been saying:

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=let_the_sun_shine_in&ns=PaulJacob&dt=03/18/2007&page=full&comments=true

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TomDeLay/2007/03/19/the_criminalization_of_politics