Look no farther than the era we live in right now to witness the loss of the U.S. Republic and the overturning of the U.S. Constitution. In similar fashion to the incredulous need for an official to announce there is a recession before media will tell us what we already know, the same is true for the fact that we have lost what the Founding Fathers put into place. No one is saying it officially, but we already can see the evidence.

Today, House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, the guy who wrote the $700 billion bailout bill, is now asserting himself on the second-half of the bailout by proclaiming new measures to be instituted prior to President-elect Barack Obama taking office. Barney blames Bush for failing to heed the current measure which contains pretty much the exact same demands as the ones Barney is announcing will be contained in the second. The rationale Barney uses is beyond comprehension.

George Bush, the victor

The president is a man who has fought Congress and won on most every issue he has wanted. Congress has no power to hold the president or any of his executive branch accountable for anything. The list of flagrant dismissals of Congress by the executive branch is so long it is a waste of time to repeat them here. Suffice to say that Congress has no power over the executive branch that it wishes to exercise.

In short, the American people have no power over the executive branch.

What does that mean?

The reality of an executive revolution

The people have failed on all counts to hold the leadership accountable. From allowing nepotism to take strong root in Congress and the executive and judicial branches, to refusing to impeach and remove executives in either Congress or the White House … to failing to hold anyone accountable for anything, the people have long ago lost control of what they believed was their “free” country.

The “free” part is key when one mentions freedom. That is what those who control it paid for it … nothing. And yet, today, the people find themselves the victims of a quiet incremental revolution, that continued even as conspiracy theorists screamed their heads off to no avail. Now, it is too late. The revolution has taken root. Only one major step needs to be taken and there is nothing anything can do about it. When will that step be taken? I don’t know. but I can see the smaller onces that have been taken already.

What does that mean?

It means our nation goes to war without the permission and support of the people.

It means the lies and manipulations of media and Congress go unpunished.

It means the American people are bilked out of hundreds of billions of dollars (over and over) and no one is held accountable.

It means Congress is powerless to demand and receive cooperation from the executive branch when it issues subpoenas, conducts investigations, requires documents or testimonies, etc.

It means that the people’s representatives in Congress are beholden to corporate interests in the marketplace and political interests in the executive branch.

And also it means that Congress turns over the budget of the American people to the president, who then hands it over to the Federal Reserve banks, which in turn, tell the people we have no authority to know what the banks will do with our money. The Federal Reserve itself, which is a construct of Congress, has turned up its nose at Bloomberg media’s Freedom of Information Act request (commonly known as FOIA) which sought information through the courts to discover what the Fed did with $1 trillion of U.S. securities.

The next time you feel the need to say this is the land of the free, give me a few minutes to break out my mile-long list of so-called “freedoms” people presume to possess despite reality.

Hope and Trust in 3 Losers?

There is a LOT we don’t know about our government, even when it comes to life and death, law and economic accountability. It’s funny how three senators (Obama, Biden and Clinton) have nothing to say when it comes holding the president, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve accountable for shoving media aside, clamping down on information and telling Congress to simply shove it.

We can’t know. We won’t know. And Congress is powerless to do anything about it. Meanwhile, we’re placing HOPE in three members of Congress to CHANGE a situation that none have opened their mouths about? We’re trusting that these three will hold a president accountable who has beaten these same three for years?

Blame Game

Now, Barney blames the president for the inability of Congress to ensure the White House, Treasury and Federal Reserve follow the directives in the bill that are designed to address the mortgage crisis and help save more than 1 million of our homes. Barney blames the same Republican president that his Democratic Party protected from impeachment! That’s the same president who told Congress to hand over the cash and then told them (virtually in the same breath) there would be NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

Now, Barney wants to hand over more of the $700 billion … but with tighter restrictions, he says.

Are you kidding me, Barney? You have no power. You are getting whacked around by a lame duck. You, Barney Frank, are the lame duck. When is your term finished, since it is apparent you have decided to no longer exercise the power of the people?

People Power

Might I remind all of Congress that there is a little matter of impeachment still wallowing in the dungeon of the House Judiciary Committee, where John Conyers stands guard to ensure it never sees the light of day.

What has to happen for people to wake up and smell the need for a people’s revolution?

The president isn’t the problem. We already know he is no friend of the people. It is Congress, where the power of the people lies. That is our problem. It is time to clear out both houses of Congress. Way past time.

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by MikeGreen
Filed under: The Economy, Truth about the economy

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