Let's get a grip

Despite what you may read. 
This is the USA and we are along--long way from "1984"
It is GOOD to keep an eye on things but we have all read and studied that book and Its history. As I know you recall, so let's keep things in balance.

Remember thou art but a man.

Opinion. Abuse of power?
The use of the IRS and the federal agencies to advance political agendas is not new it has been going on since at least 1939 when FDR used the IRS and FBI to spy on the "America First" people.
Pols have a habit of thinking that they are godlike beings ... pvt limos..helicopter on call, every one kissing your feet... hard to maintain a balance. 
That is why the old Romans had a slave riding in the chariot a conquering general saying "Remember thou art but a man."
There are always people eager to do the "black bag" jobs.
It is cool to be on the "IN". The president's fixer.
What has to be done is that the people who did the "Black Bag" work have to be found and jailed or fired and this has to be taken as high as it will go in order to scare future pols. The Constitution only works as long as the American people insist that it does. It is time and past time we stopped calling these people "the best and the brightest" and again started to think of them as what the Constitution meant them to be public servants.

Cleaning the Driveway.

Bob heard dreadful screams and roars.
Refilling his coffee cup he walked over to Grrr's cave and saw him hosing off red stains from the driveway. "Door to door sales people again ole reptile?" He asked.
"Yep" said Grrr "They never learn." "Nope" said Bob.."Nope" agreed Grrr.

Eating the Golfers part 6.

Eating the Golfers part 6.

"Well now son, it is simple when a chap puts the old noggin to it. One just employs this handy dandy little marker and changes the name on the ball. Which according to the rules of that silly sport, cost the ole boy or gal a "stoke" for playing the wrong ball, don't  ya know. It gives them Yankees madder than a wet hen, no offence Bob." "None taken Al." replied Bob.
" Do it enough and they soon play somewhere else."
"Al, the whole nest thanks you..why the queen herself will want to honor you." said a joyful Andy Ant. "
Shucks nothing to it, just glad to help y'all out." said a modest Al Gator.

Eating the Golfers part 5

Y'all gotta know how the chaps think. Y'all gotta ask what is the one thing the golfers simply cannot abide? Hate it worse than ole Stonewall hated Yankees?" 
asked Al Gator. "Rain?" asked Bob "Hot days?" put in Grrr. "How about lightening?" Put in Andy. 
"Nope clear to see that y'all ole boys are not golfing chaps, not at all rather.
No, the thing golfing chappies hate worst than bugs in a jug of Shine, is losing by one stoke..cannot abide it." 
"I would think losing by a big score would be worse." Said Bob.
"Son,  y'all, just gotta understand that these chappies hate to lose. Hate it the way the pastor hates drinkin and sinning. Losing is bad and to lose by one stroke?...Why it sets their hair afire.  Never heard such language and the men folk are worse." Al said with a big gator grin.
To be continued.

Eating the Golfers part 4

Eating the Golfers..part 4

After  Andy Ant explained the problem to Al Gator, Al said "Sit yourself down, there's a good chap, I have the very thing for y'all. Going to his truck, Al came back into the garage with a small tool. Mah good lady, picked this up for me at Marshall's for about 5 bucks..simply wizard little device.".
"Y'all got to understand that simply eating the blighters or even rending them to bits won't answer. No. They will simply tell each other, the ones that get away that is, "what a tough course..challenging".. and want to "play it " even more..quite mad that way. crazy as June bugs or a Yankee with a jug of shine. Nope, Y'all  gotta know how the chaps think.  Y'all gotta ask what is the one thing the golfers simply cannot abide?
 Hate it worse than ole Stonewall hated Yankees?"  To be continued..

Our Constitution

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/opinion/president-obamas-dragnet.html?_r=0Either we have a Constitution or we do not. If we do have a Constitution then to be lawful, the government created by that Constitution must, abide by it. Even soprogressive a News Paper as the Times is becoming once again aware of that. If there are terrorists and there are, then let Congress declare war and as we did on this day in 1944, let us go forth with all of our might and fury and defeat them. What we cannot do is give up our freedom in the name of fear for a coward's security for if we do that we are no longer Americans.

President Obama’s Dragnet

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The scooping up of all our phone records is an abuse of power that demands a real explanation.