Testing the American people

Progressives in government are testing the American people's ability to govern themselves. Obama was right in his tyranny speech when he said the American experiment of self-governance is being questioned, but it's being questioned by him, not by the voices warning of tyranny.

Media appeared to turn on the administration after the IRS discrimination and AP phone spying stories came out, but now they're once again slowly circling the wagons, protecting Obama. We'll now hear more stories and more analyses of Republican over-reaction and how Obama was not really involved in the IRS and AP scandals. When Benghazi is mentioned, media hacks will roll their eyes, say that the administration has turned over emails, then talk about how Republicans are blocking immigration reform.

I won't be surprised if media turns the corruption around to blame Republicans for trying to destroy Obama, making it completely about a political battle between the GOP and the first black President. In reality, what we're witnessing is Progressivism and Statism in action. Progressives continue to consolidate power, and they're banking on the public zoning out and becoming submissive. These aren't scandals, but rather the normal course of action for progressives in a statist system. Progressives are determined to use interventionist government in ways that offend those remaining who care about the Constitution, and we'll see how many are left who care about the Constitution or even know what it says. Progressives are convinced they have a majority who care more about government action than Constitutional limits.

After a century of Progressive advancements, the public has been trained and softened to the point government can do pretty much whatever it wants to do. Obama's lies will be forgotten, most likely, or just accepted. The State machine will send out their operatives who'll obscure the issues so that enough Americans just let the corruption wash over them because it's too complex to sort out and follow the trails, or because they know that politics is a nasty business. Progressive supporters will say the GOP is so evil that dirty tricks and lies are necessary. Progressives are counting on a majority -- that's all they need, a majority.

We hear this morning on cable news that only 40% or so people care about Benghazi, or something to that effect. This means in media that it's not a problem. As long as they can show polls where the majority is okay with the Progressive direction, then all is well, regardless of how bad the fundamentals of the economy become. The economy is not important to Progressives, because they will use the Fed to keep the country and welfare state going, even if millions are suffering in unemployment. This is what Americans voted for, so I don't see them rejecting it just because "a few rogue" actors at the IRS decided to act stupidly. And the AP story is about spying on media who leaked a story that caused national security problems -- what difference does it make?

Well, maybe you shouldn't reject the voices warning of government tyranny

As if we needed more reasons to warn Americans of tyrannical forces at work.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/15/another-headache-for-the-obamacare-train-wreck-small-business-owners-sue-irs-over-employer-mandate/

Oh, but tryanny is such a harsh word! Yes, yes it is. Small businesses and those losing jobs know just how harsh it is.

So this is how it played out?

IRS leadership was aware that conservative and libertarian groups were being singled out and discriminated against by the IRS for a few years, and the conservative/libertarian groups made numberous complaints about the unfair treatment.

Then, after three years, IRS leadership blindsides the President by publically apologizing for the unfair treatment of conservative groups, admitting they targeted groups with Patriot and Constitution and such in their names. In apologizing, the IRS leadership even lied about the extent of the discrimination.

The President, unaware of any of this, hears about this on tv. If you believe this, contact me and bring your checkbook.

Our country suffers while DC plays political games

When it suits the administration, Obama is displayed as the hands-on slayer of Osama bin Laden and the President Warrior with a kill list who has decimated al Qaeda, but when scandals arrive, he's a President surprised who gets notification from some host on MSNBC.

Enough of the political games. Our economy is suffering, and the very people who supported Progressivism are suffereing most from its effects. Young people and minorities are unemployed at disturbingly high numbers, while the Fed pumps money into an inflated stock market which helps the very people Obama claimed he would put in their places.

Still, no one is clamoring for government overhaul. Pundits on the Left say they want Obama to take control and fix things, but what they don't realize is that with Progressivisim it doesn't get better, only worse. Obama has a plan, and the plan includes misleading the nation. What Progressives have in store for America is not what the nation wants, so there's no way Obama can stand before the nation and tell us where he's leading us. Obama's supporters obviously don't understand what Progressivism is all about. Obama's followers hated Bush so much they thought Obama would have to be better, but this is isn't so.

It's our government

Most Americans under 70 have likely been taught that government is above us, our protector, our salvation in rough times, our source of security and safety in a dangerous world. For decades now, or for perhaps a century now, government has been portrayed by State educators and media and government itself as The Benevolent Authority which gently ensures that we move in the right direction, and that fairness is achieved, even if the Republican Party has been portrayed as the Rich Old White Men Party that works against the benevolent party, the Democratic Party.

This political division that has shifted power from Right to Left and Left to Right has created a diversion. Although most people think that politicians can't be trusted, the concept of helpful government has been instilled in most Americans. With Clinton and Obama, in recent times, many Americans saw them as representatives of the benevolent government, the protectors. With Bush, independents joined Centrists and Conservatives and placed their trust in his stewardship after 9/11, although at the end the majority was against him. The relationship between the American people and government has been complex, up and down, but mostly positive when it comes to depending on government to eventually do what's right. Much of what government has done against the American people has been hidden in history books that no one reads.

In the Information Age, though, it appears that all misdeeds will be known in the present. It's apparent at this point that our government is working against the best interests of the American people, and our government is intimidating and punishing those it identifies as enemies of the State. Wilson did it. FDR did it. Nixon did it. Presidents have punished political enemies before, but rarely has it been so well publicized while the Presidents were in office. 24/7 cable news broadcasts across the world what our government is up to. The IRS is singling out conservative and anti-statist individuals and groups. Our government is spying on reporters' phone conservations. Whistleblowers are being threatened by government power. High government officials are going on tv and lying to the American people.

As I said, government deception is nothing new, but power has expanded and this government has more weapons of power and technological advantages than any prior government. We have to stand together against these violations of individual rights, not as Right and Left, but as free people determined to maintain our freedom. This is our government, and we can totally replace it if we stand together and demand one that's honest and one that understands the difference between service and domination.