He [the Statist] Is Unmoved

Consequently, Citizen Legislators, Rotating Back To Their Communities After A Short Period Of Public Service—considered An Indispensable And Routine Characteristic And Design Of Representative Government At The Time Of The Founding, And For A Century Thereafter—have Been Replaced With A Professional Ruling Class Led By Governing Masterminds. For The Most Part, They Are Isolated From The Communities From Which They Hail And Are Consumed With The Daily Jockeying For Position And Power Within Their Ranks. Moreover, They Both Pander To And Lord Over Their Constituents.

Today, No Less Than Five Supreme Court Justices Are On Record, Either Through Their Opinions Or Speeches (or Both), That They Will Consult Foreign Law And Foreign-court Rulings For Guidance In Certain Circumstances. Of Course, Policymakers Are Free To Consult Whatever They Want, But Not Justices. They're Limited To The Constitution And The Law.

John Kerry And The Other Democratic Leaders Are On The Wrong Side Of History, As They Were During The Reagan Presidency. If They Had Won The Day, And Reagan Had Failed, The Soviet Union Would Still Exist, As Would All The Harm And Suffering It Unleashed, And American Security Would Be Far Weaker As A Result. And If They Win This Election Thanks To A Promise To Undo The Reagan-bush Doctrine, Those Cheering Loudest Will Be The Most Evil-loving Among Us.

The Oil Industry Is Hardly Free To Operate As Efficiently As It Could Or To Be As Responsive To Consumer Demands As It Would Like. It Has Become, In Essence, A Quasi-state-run Enterprise, Because It Cannot Drill, Transport, Refine, And Store Fuel Without Receiving Government Permission, Complying With Government Regulations, And Paying Taxes At Every Level Or Production.

Class Warfare Or Soaking The So-called Rich May Make For Good Populist Demagoguery And Serve The Political Ends Of The Governing Masterminds, But It Does Nothing To Solve The Grave Realities Of The Federal Government's Insatiable Appetite For Spending And Its Inability To Reform Itself.