Gangster Government
Ever
Vigilant is a pseudonym. Ever Vigilant is a leader;
an administrator; a veteran; a college graduate and
well known. Because the 3 R's of tin-pot despotism
-- revenge - retaliation - retribution -- are alive
and well in Columbia County, even worming their
poisonous tentacles into the heart of the State
Attorney's Office, in order for Ever Vigilant to be
ever vigilant, his/her name is a pseudonym.
Columbia County, FL (Posted
August 5,
2010 03:55 am)
By Ever Vigilant
“Gangster Government” was coined by Michael Barone,
an analyst for The Washington Examiner,
in an article in May 2009. His issue was the recent
Chrysler bailout. His contention was that the Obama
administration’s decision to force bondholders to accept
33 cents on the dollar on secured debt, while giving
United Auto Worker retirees 50 cents on the dollar on
unsecured debt was tantamount to “Gangster Government.”
Representative Bachman (R, Minn.) cited Barone’s
phrase
on the House floor on June 14, 2009, in a speech
that captured attention from the media on all sides. The
Progressives and Liberals of the left reacted viscerally
with considerable wailing and gnashing of teeth. On the
right the term resonated with grassroots Conservatives
and among those affiliated with the
TEA Party (Taxed Enough Already) movement as an apt
characterization against intrusive government expansion
and out of control spending.
The political lexicon
In one year “Gangster Government” has entered the
political lexicon and is now used by political
commentators, on both the left and the right, when
analyzing the mood and sentiments of an expanding cross
section of American voters. Signs echoing the phrase are
regularly seen on the nightly news shows whenever the
TEA Party is mentioned.
Political and Media elites that believe the American
electorate is uneducated and uninformed find it
incomprehensible that big government is equated with
gangsters. Big Government is the supposed friend of
the “Little Man.” Elitists are stunned to find across
the political spectrum Americans are uniting against a
government that is perceived as out of control and
lawless.
Why do American voters feel that “Gangster
Government” accurately applies to the current
administration? The takeover of General Motors and
Chrysler as the payback to the Unions for their
political support. Government healthcare shoved down the
throats of the people despite a clear majority of voters
making it clear that they were opposed to a government
takeover of health care. An administration that filed
suit against the State of Arizona for protecting their
borders from the invasion by illegal immigrants and drug
dealers from Mexico. An administration that dropped the
prosecution of members of the New Black Panther Party
for voter intimidation in Philadelphia.
Grassroots Americans may not have Ivy League
educations, but they are blessed with knowledge, wisdom,
understanding and discernment that have distilled
through countless generations into a fine blend of
common sense.
To the elitists, the actions of Big Government are
being carried out for the greater good of society, but
to grassroots citizens Big Government looks like a bunch
of out of control thugs putting the strong arm on the
American people.
Americans are furious
Americans are furious at being pushed around, ignored
and told that they are too ignorant to understand the
great goals of our enlightened leadership.
Many senior Americans witnessed the rise of tyrants
in the 1930’s and took up arms to turn back those evil
forces.
Tyrants don’t always come with funny moustaches or
dazzling uniforms that make them easily recognizable.
Tyrants can be smiling and congenial like Mao, but they
are still a deadly threat to freedom and the personal
liberty of mankind.
It is natural, therefore, that “Gangster Government”
signs would show up at TEA Party rallies. Americans are
outraged at Big Government, which increasingly seeks to
interfere in every aspect of their daily lives and which
taxes them into financial slavery.
Americans are furious that the Department of Justice,
which should protect the rights of all Americans, now
appears to selectively enforce the laws based upon
racial and political criteria.
Washington does not have a monopoly on “Gangster
Government”.
State governments openly defy the wishes and desires
of the voters in their lust for power.
Here at the local level the State Attorney has
flaunted his power to destroy a subordinate’s career
because she spoke about the Constitution.
The root of all such behavior is the tyrannical
desire to dominate and control people, rather than to
serve them.
In Columbia County
In Columbia County we see a microcosm of this cancer
that is killing our nation.
Closed meetings, lack of transparency in spending and
contracting, the imposition of mandatory water hookup, character assassination, back door deals and the
Good Old Boys that have thumbed their noses at the
voters of Columbia County for the past 50 years are
causing people, who have never been involved in
politics, to cry out for change.
More government, more taxes and career politicians at
the local level are just as much a threat to our nation
and our liberty as their out of control counterparts in
Washington.
In a few weeks voters will go to the polls and decide
whether we will continue to be a nation "by the people
and for the people" or whether we shall concede liberty
and justice to political thugs at all levels of
government.
The power still belongs to the people if they wake
up, stand up and vote out those that practice “Gangster
Government”.
