The document discusses the US Constitution and its flaws. It questions whether those who defend the country are actually defending the Constitution itself, given that many may not have read or reflected on its flaws. It argues the Constitution needs to be replaced, and believes a transition can be made without affecting social programs. The author claims no allegiance to any political party and believes politicians only intended to help the country, not harm it.
AHSGE Social Studies ch. 6 Civil War and Reconstruction
Michael Fiedler for president version three
1. Patrick
Henry
‘s
famous
quotation
“Give
me
liberty
of
give
me
death!”
was
credited
as
the
deciding
motivation
delivering
Virginan
troops
and
George
Washington
to
the
Revolutionary
War.
How
many
of
you
today
would
be
willing
to
give
up
you’re
lives
to
defend
our
constitution?
Well
we
know
that
hundreds
of
thousands
of
men
and
women
have
risked
their
lives
defending
this
country
in
the
immediate
past.
But
are
they
defending
this
country
and
its
symbol
the
Statue
of
Liberty
and
all
it
represents
or
the
United
States
Constitution?
I
wonder
how
many
of
those
people
who
have
taken
the
oath
to
defend
our
Constitution
have
actually
read
it.
I
wonder
how
many
of
them
have
reflected
on
the
possibility
that
the
Constitution
may
have
been
fundamentally
flawed.
We
know
that
the
constitution
was
a
compromise
between
two
basic
fundamental
theories
of
government.
Thomas
Jefferson
believed
in
strong
State
rights
and
a
weak
Federal
Government,
no
Federal
bank,
and
very
limited
associations
of
the
Federal
Government
with
businesses.
Alexander
Hamilton
believed
in
the
opposite.
The
constitution
should
have
been
designed
to
follow
the
precepts
of
the
Declaration
of
Independence,
life,
liberty
and
the
pursuit
of
happiness.
The
question
is
has
it?
Let
me
ask
you
to
be
patient
and
suspend
you’re
disbelief
when
I
say
our
country
is
great
despite
the
extremely
harmful
effects
of
our
Constitution.
That
the
Constitution
needs
to
be
erased
and
replaced!
Wow!
After
this
opening
statement
people
are
going
to
think
I’m
nuts.
I
like
that
phrase
“nuts”.
It
was
said
at
a
critical
stage
in
US
history.
At
the
moment
of
the
greatest
crisis
for
American
soldiers
near
the
end
of
World
War
Two.
At
a
place
called
Bastogne,
Luxembourg
in
the
Ardennes
forest,
a
German
army
surrounded
our
forces.
The
German
commander
asked
for
our
surrender.
Our
general
replied
with
one
word
“nuts”.
So
I
say
nuts.
I
will
use
the
oratory
of
our
great
second
to
last
president,
Barrack
Obama.
I’ll
have
to
say
he
does
have
a
pretty
cool
name.
I
wonder
if
he
knows
in
Hebrew
his
first
name
means
lightning?
Anyway,
I
believe
I
can
design
a
transition
of
our
federal
government
without
affecting
any
of
the
beloved
social
programs
presently
in
existence.
So
in
the
words
of
our
dear
president,
you
can
have
the
same
Doctor
now
as
in
after
my
changes
In
order
for
you
to
continue
reading,
I
must
make
you
aware
that
I
don’t
believe
any
of
our
politicians
past
or
present,
republican
or
democrat
intended
any
harm
to
befall
on
our
great
nation.
I
take
no
sides.
I
am
neither
a
Democrat,
a
Rebublican,
a
Libertarian,
a
socialist
or
an
anarchist.
I
share
many
principles
supported
by
all
of
our
parties
present
and
past.
But
I
say
none
of
us
have
the
right
to
enforce
our
principles
by
politics
on
our
fellow
citizens.
That
is
simply
not
consistent
with
why
our
country
was
miraculously
created
by
long
gone
patriots.
When
I
mention
disparaging
remarks
about
any
politician
current
or
historic,
I
am
using
it
to
emphasize
a
point.
I
have
nothing
against
any
of
these
people.
They
are
fellow
Americans.
I
have
to
believe
that
all
of
them
thought
they
were
helping
our
country.
Almost
all
of
the
damage
they
have
created
to
this
country
and
world
were
just
unintended
consequences.
2. While
it
is
true
that
in
the
history
of
our
planet
that
there
have
been
many
civilizations
that
have
enjoyed
some
measure
of
individual
freedom
under
various
forms
of
government.
Their
economies,
their
arts
and
sciences
have
flourished.
Some
have
even
enjoyed
“Golden
Ages”
where
there
have
been
monumental
giant
accomplishments
in
all
areas
of
human
endeavor.
But
they
have
all
fallen
to
a
morass
of
corruption,
been
uprooted
by
violent
upheaval,
suffered
a
“coup
de
d’état”,
or
were
swallowed
in
part
or
whole
by
war
with
a
stronger
foreign
power.
We
have
been
FED
a
load
of
crap
(pun
intended).
That
our
nation
has
become
a
beacon
of
liberty
because
of
the
beauty
of
our
form
of
Democracy
as
defined
by
the
perfect
balance
of
power
of
our
unique
constitution.
If
we
could
bring
those
gentlemen,
the
writers
of
our
blueprint
of
freedom
to
our
present
time
they
would
be
aghast.
Simply
the
mountain
of
devastation
that
was
caused
directly
or
indirectly
by
our
nation
since
it’s
founding
would
have
left
them
crestfallen.
The
power
usurped
by
our
heads
of
state
would
have
made
them
befuddled.
The
volumes
of
laws
passed
by
their
perfectly
balanced
congress
that
have
destroyed
much
of
our
individual
liberty
would
have
stricken
their
hearts.
The
truth
is
that
our
country
has
become
great
despite
our
constitution
and
our
democracy.
It
has
been
a
beacon
of
hope
and
amazing
accomplishments
because
of
our
wonderful
people
born
here
and
those
that
have
sacrificed
everything
to
travel
to
our
beloved
and
awesome
country.
The
truth
about
Democracy
is
that
it
is
only
as
good
as
its
citizens.
If
all
our
citizens
present
in
America
today
would
truly
believe
in
their
hearts
give
me
liberty
or
give
me
death
it
wouldn’t
matter
what
form
of
government
we
had.
None
of
what
has
occurred
over
the
last
two
hundred
years
would
have
happened.
But
that’s
an
impossible
dream.
It
shocks
me
to
think
that
the
tens
of
thousands
of
scholars
who
have
become
educated
in
Political
Science
have
blinded
themselves
to
the
reality
that
Democracy
and
freedom
go
hand
in
hand.
Show
me
a
democracy
that
over
time
individual
freedom
has
not
declined.
In
point
of
fact
some
democracies
become
totalitarian
states
shortly
after
their
formation.
An
extreme
example
of
this
was
Adolph
Hitler
who
was
elected
democratically.
All
of
the
other
Democracies
including
ours
have
become
less
free
as
time
goes
on.
It’s
inevitable.
By
definition
in
Democracy
the
majority
rules
and
the
minority,
the
individuals
lose.
It’s
the
majority
who
choose
representatives
that
continuously
pass
laws
that
are
suppose
to
correct
some
injustice
or
benefit
the
people
that
elected
them.
They
all
lead
to
unintended
consequences
that
require
more
rules.
Over
time
this
endless
loop
of
laws,
rules,
and
taxes
to
pay
for
the
laws
and
rules
leads
to
an
exponential
decline
in
freedom.
Albert
Einstein
once
said
the
most
powerful
force
in
nature
is
compound
interest.
If
you
went
back
in
time
to
1776
and
could
invest
$1000
at
4%
interest,
it
would
be
worth
about
eight
million
dollars
in
2015.
I
say
the
same
force
works
in
government.
If
we
started
with
one
hundred
laws
in
1776
it
has
become
80,000
laws
today.
3. The
United
States
constitution
is
unique.
The
founding
fathers
brilliantly
conceived
of
a
system
of
checks
and
balances
to
prevent
this
political
decay.
But
it
only
has
delayed
the
inevitable.
It
should
now
be
as
plain
as
the
nose
on
all
our
faces
that
the
check
and
balance
system
has
failed.
Think
about
what
has
happened
in
Washington
since
the
start
of
the
great
depression
in
1929.
An
incoming
President
has
been
elected
sometimes
even
without
a
popular
majority.
He
announces
a
new
sweeping
policy
change
to
our
system
of
life.
Sometimes
we
are
lucky
that
he
can’t
garnish
enough
support
to
get
his
new
policy
made
law.
But
usually
some
form
of
it
is
passed.
These
policies
are
especially
easy
to
get
passed
immediately
after
a
period
of
economic
downturn
when
our
citizens
are
desperate
for
a
quick
fix,
or
as
the
result
of
a
scary
terrorist
attack.
Congress
passes
a
bill
that
has
so
many
pages
that
none
of
them
probably
even
read
it,
much
less
analyze
the
consequences
to
our
people
individually,
our
national
economy,
or
the
world
at
large.
Parenthetically,
we
know
that
in
our
congress
these
new
laws
in
order
to
be
passed
are
a
shadow
of
what
their
constituents
desired
and
almost
definitely
not
what
the
minority
desired.
Then
of
course
most
of
these
bills
have
many
pieces
of
unrelated
special
interest
“trick
or
treats”
commonly
called
“Pork
Barrel”
additives
that
are
required
to
insure
that
the
main
bill
will
be
passed.
These
representatives
hand
deliver
the
bill
to
our
great
and
powerful
wizards
of
presidency
and
who
with
great
fanfare
sign
them
into
law.
So
the
first
check
of
the
balance
of
power
created
by
our
founders,
the
presidential
veto
is
only
employed
when
the
president
doesn’t
get
most
of
what
he
wants.
Not
because
he
believes
its
wrong
to
put
more
burdens
on
our
citizens.
(Presidents
have
begged
for
a
line
item
veto
for
decades
to
prevent
these
artificial
additives.
Good
luck
on
that!)
Of
course
now
we
need
tens
of
thousands
of
new
bureaucrats
that
interpret
and
execute
the
new
policy.
Because
these
bureaucrats
are
individuals
and
not
a
mindless
hive
of
ants
that
march
exactly
to
the
orders
of
the
queen
ant
(The
President)
the
hundred-‐page
bill
becomes
a
thousand
regulations.
Oh
by
the
way
isn’t
interesting
that
in
the
insect
world
it
s
the
female
that
rules!
The
new
beurocrats
cost
money.
Taxes
must
be
increased.
Then
over
time
our
individual
freedom
of
choice
becomes
more
and
more
limited.
And
of
course
each
new
regulation
has
unintended
consequences
that
require
more
bills
and
more
regulations
to
“fix
them”.
And
from
small
acorns
to
the
giant
oak
tree
of
our
great
country
it
increasingly
rots
from
the
inside
out.
Congress
has
a
duty
to
watch
how
their
new
bill
is
working.
But
with
the
size
of
our
present
federal
government,
which
has
three
to
four
million
people,
that
doesn’t
include
the
department
of
defense
or
our
armed
forces
or
our
security
agencies.
(No
one
seems
to
know
exactly
how
many!
But
it
is
at
least
ten
times
the
number
of
people
who
ran
the
country
in
1932.
How
can
a
few
hundred
members
of
congress
monitor
the
progress
of
their
legislation?
They
are
all
too
busy
checking
how
good
they
look
on
the
Internet.
Oh
and
by
the
way
we
are
supposed
to
be
a
free
society.
But
we
have
no
idea
how
many
people
work
for
the
CIA
or
NSA
or
homeland
security.
4. Oh
and
where
is
the
Supreme
Court
the
third
check
to
the
balance
of
power.
Guys
these
are
just
twelve
men
and
women.
When
the
country
was
created
this
might
have
seemed
sufficient.
But
now
how
can
it.
There
are
so
many
disputes
outside
the
arena
of
politics.
How
can
they
devote
much
time
to
monitoring
the
behavior
of
Congress
or
the
President?
But
if
they
are
handed
a
political
football
to
judge,
do
you
really
think
they
judge
laws
by
the
constitution
or
by
their
personal
political
biases?
I
think
they
are
more
interested
in
who
is
the
quarterback
(the
guy
who
writes
the
majority
opinion)
that
scores
the
touchdown.
He
or
she
gets
in
the
history
book!
Supreme
court
decisions
have
many
times
changed
the
law
of
the
land.
The
constitution
never
intended
for
that
to
happen!
They
are
supposed
to
be
judges
not
law
makers.
Ob
you
might
say
we
did
have
presidents
where
policies
restricting
individual
liberty
were
reversed.
How
about
President
Reagan?
Yes
we
do
have
occasional
winds
that
blow
our
government
back
towards
liberty.
Fewer
taxes.
Fewer
regulations.
But
that
trend
is
inevitably
reversed
with
the
next
administration.
In
actually,
it
matters
not
if
republicans
or
democrats
are
in
power.
The
degradation
of
liberty
sometimes
crawls,
sometimes
marches
and
sometimes
runs
towards
eventual
disaster.
Enough
said
of
the
sad
state
of
affairs
of
our
political
process.
Let’s
examine
the
constitution
in
light
of
the
three
principles
that
our
county
declared
independence.
LIFE
This
principle
expressed
here
by
our
Founding
Fathers
is
the
belief
that
individual
life
is
sacrosanct.
That
at
that
times
a
King
living
in
Britain
could
theoretically
sentence
to
death
anyone
at
his
whim.
But
I
think
the
idea
is
more
universal.
Those
of
us
who
believe
in
a
supreme
being
who
has
commanded
us
in
the
bible
that
murder
is
a
sin
whether
done
by
an
individual
or
a
group
have
an
appreciation
for
that
fact.
But
I
think
for
them
it
should
be
more
clear
because
as
a
Supreme
Being
God
could
have
created
our
planet
with
millions
of
human
beings
not
just
one.
Jewish
lore
states
the
reason
God
created
the
world
with
just
Adam
was
to
show
that
causing
the
death
of
one
man
is
as
if
that
person
destroyed
an
entire
world.
On
the
opposite
side;
the
atheists,
the
evolutionists,
and
those
that
agree
with
Stephen
Hawking’s
that
all
of
creation
can
be
explained
by
modern
physics
without
resorting
to
an
all
powerful
God
whatever
their
reason
for
a
moral
stance
that
human
life
is
sacrosanct,
they
too
must
realize
the
beginning
of
humankind
must
have
been
started
with
just
a
handful
of
individuals.
So
that
there
too
if
those
first
intelligent
self
aware
beings
had
been
murdered
it
also
would
have
been
like
destroying
the
whole
world.
They
also
must
understand
that
causing
the
death
of
one
human
being
5. could
result
in
an
Einstein,
a
Graham
Bell,
a
Thomas
Edison,
a
Gandhi,
a
Martin
Luther
King
or
any
of
the
greater
or
lessor
people
never
having
been
born.
Therefore
how
can
we
have
a
government
that
a
president
without
any
oversight
launches
a
drone
strike
and
murders
a
group
of
people
half
way
around
the
world
and
maybe
one
or
several
of
them
are
would
be
terrorists?
But
as
we
all
know
there
is
always
collateral
damage
the
euphemism
for
the
senseless
slaughter
of
innocent
women
and
children.
As
citizens
of
this
country
all
of
us
are
responsible
for
his
actions.
If
this
happened
in
the
1960’s
spontaneous
protests
would
occur
all
over
our
nation.
I
guess
as
a
nation
we
have
become
numb
to
the
evil
perpetrated
under
our
name.
That
of
course
is
just
the
smallest
of
outrages
committed
by
our
Presidents
over
time.
But
that
fault
lies
with
our
founding
fathers.
It
was
written
in
a
Constitution
that
created
the
authority
for
this
possibility
to
happen.
Our
founding
fathers
drenched
all
of
us
with
the
responsibility
for
a
sea
of
blood
and
pain
from
the
very
beginning
of
the
creation
of
our
great
county.
Can
any
of
us
now
have
let
a
constitution
be
written
that
allowed
slavery?
Think
of
all
the
lives
destroyed
by
this
act.
It
would
have
been
better
if
we
had
remained
a
loose
association
of
states
then
to
give
a
moral
blessing
for
such
an
outrageous
miscarriage
of
justice.
Don’t
forget
that
women
were
not
even
considered
to
be
citizens
when
they
wrote
the
Constitution.
They
had
no
representation.
They
could
not
vote.
Yet
we
got
what
we
deserved.
The
saying
“What
comes
around
goes
around”
hit
us
with
full
force
during
the
civil
war.
Six
hundred
twenty
thousand
of
our
US
citizens
died.
Another
five
hundred
thousand
were
severely
injured.
That
doesn’t
even
scratch
the
surface
of
the
property
loss,
the
economic
devastation
and
the
long-‐term
consequences.
Let’s
discuss
the
creation
of
a
single
person
as
the
head
of
our
executive
branch
in
the
constitution.
Lovingly
called
POTUS
by
our
secret
service.
Parenthetically.
Just
the
act
of
our
nation
creating
a
body
of
men
called
the
“Secret
Service”
should
strike
fear
in
our
hearts.
What
secret
acts
have
these
men
and
women
done?
Our
free
society
should
have
no
room
for
secrecy.
But
lets
leave
that
aside
for
now.
What
are
some
of
the
highlights
of
the
history
of
our
early
Presidents?
Between
1801
and
1805
the
United
States
became
involved
in
a
war
against
the
so-‐
called
“Barbary
Pirates”
of
North
Africa.
The
war
was
fought
on
the
behest
of
American
merchantmen
that
were
captured,
enslaved
and
held
for
ransom.
The
negotiated
ransom
first
paid
was
one
million
dollars.
That
was
10%
of
the
entire
US
budget.
The
USA
continued
to
pay
it
for
fifteen
years,
until
Thomas
Jefferson
built
the
US
navy.
Self-‐defense
is
a
righteous
and
appropriate
use
of
Federal
power.
But
in
this
case,
our
navy
and
marines
were
used
in
a
way
to
protect
special
interests.
The
merchantmen
knew
that
the
Mediterranean
was
an
unsafe
place
to
travel.
But
the
profits
were
high
and
worth
the
risks
involved
at
least
to
the
owners
of
these
ships.
But
when
their
sailors
were
enslaved
they
cried
to
our
government
to
take
6. action.
Our
president
Thomas
Jefferson
with
just
a
wink
from
congress
authorized
action.
So
American
and
foreign
blood
was
spilled
for
the
sake
of
a
few
American
businessmen.
A
very
dangerous
precedent
was
established.
There
were
many
alternatives
then
the
use
of
Federal
Governmental
power
and
it
violated
an
important
moral
precept.
It
was
the
beginning
of
“special
interests”
influencing
our
government
without
regard
for
its
people.
I’m
sure
the
mother’s
of
the
dead
and
wounded
sailors
and
marines
were
very
happy
that
it
was
now
safe
to
send
shipping
through
the
Mediterranean.
You
could
argue
that
protecting
commerce
is
an
important
part
of
our
Federal
Government.
I
agree.
I
also
agree
that
a
justified
use
of
our
armed
forces
gives
us
vital
training
in
the
art
of
war
unavailable
in
peacetime.
But
it
must
be
used
judiciously,
with
great
care,
on
a
voluntary
and
well
paid
basis
by
the
men
involved
and
the
costs
should
be
born
by
the
direct
beneficiary’s.
Just
shortly
thereafter
was
the
war
of
1812.
I
wonder
how
many
Americans
know
that
the
song,
our
national
anthem,
the
Star-‐Spangled
Banner
is
about
the
war
in
1812?
When
it
mentions
the
rockets
red
glare
and
the
bombs
bursting
in
air.
Those
were
the
latest
weapons
of
the
British
Army!
Yes
ladies
and
gentlemen
we
were
stupid
enough
to
get
involved
in
another
war
with
the
greatest
military
power
on
the
planet!
It
was
just
a
couple
of
decades
since
we
miraculously
won
our
freedom.
Our
president
and
congress
risked
the
entire
existence
of
our
country
on
the
throw
of
the
dice
of
war!
It
doesn’t
matter
now
why
they
did
it.
Some
say
we
didn’t
like
them
taking
our
sailors
who
believed
had
deserted
from
the
British
navy
off
our
vessels
in
open
sea.
Not
that
it
matters,
but
I
think
most
historians
would
say
we
thought
the
British
were
tied
down
with
Napoleon
in
Europe
and
we
could
steal
Canada
away
from
the
British.
The
war
lasted
more
then
two
years.
Our
capital
was
burned
to
the
ground.
What
idiocy
it
was
to
allow
our
Federal
government,
mostly
just
at
the
whim
of
our
president,
the
power
to
start
conflicts.
There
are
always
alternatives
to
resorting
to
war.
“Violence
is
the
last
refuge
of
the
incompetent.”
Isaac
Asimov.
I
have
been
an
amateur
military
historian
for
most
of
the
forty-‐five
years
of
my
adult
life.
I
have
spent
thousands
of
hours
reading
about
wars
and
battles
and
have
played
tactical
and
strategic
simulations
of
most
of
the
battles
from
the
level
of
the
platoon
all
the
way
up
to
simulations
of
the
entirety
of
World
War
One
and
World
War
Two.
There
have
been
relatively
small
battles
in
the
last
seven
hundred
years
whose
outcome
changed
the
course
of
history.
Each
of
these
battles
was
affected
by
random
events
that
could
have
turned
the
outcome
either
way.
They
were
all
mostly
preventable.
They
were
often
mishandled
at
every
level
of
the
conflict.
Especially
by
the
meddling
of
the
Politian’s
overseeing
the
military.
The
last
thing
a
country
wants
to
do
is
subject
its
citizens
to
the
fog
of
war.
7. Let’s
talk
about
the
constitution
making
the
president
the
Commander-‐in-‐chief
of
United
States
Armed
Forces.
Maybe
back
in
the
late
1700’s
it
made
sense
that
a
President
without
any
military
training
becoming
Commander-‐in-‐chief.
Wars
were
still
relatively
unsophisticated.
Men
would
stand
in
a
long
line
pointing
their
muskets
at
the
enemies
line
fire
away
and
then
charge
with
bayonets.
The
strategy
and
tactics
of
such
a
war
were
easy
to
understand
and
easy
to
teach
an
incoming
president.
But
today,
the
complexities
of
our
world
and
the
varieties
of
weaponry,
strategy
and
tactics
are
vast.
I’m
sure
even
our
Joint
Chiefs
of
Staffs
after
a
lifetime
in
the
military
would
be
the
first
to
admit
they
are
overwhelmed
by
the
possibilities
of
warfare
in
our
time.
Yet
from
President
Roosevelt
to
the
present,
(with
the
notable
exception
of
President
Eisenhower)
all
of
our
presidents
have
been
eager
to
use
our
military
as
their
private
toy.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
precious
American
lives
have
been
lost
in
the
last
one
hundred
years
directly
because
we
have
a
President
as
Commander-‐in-‐chief.
None
of
those
wars
had
to
be
fought
by
the
US.
Or
at
least
in
the
form
and
ill
preparation
they
were
fought.
From
the
extension
of
the
length
and
destruction
of
World
War
One
to
the
horrors
of
all
the
wars
that
followed
they
were
all
the
result
of
unintended
consequences
of
our
government.
Ladies
and
gentlemen
you
have
been
sold
a
bill
of
trash.
It
was
the
mishandling
of
the
US
government
that
got
us
involved
in
both
great
wars.
I
can
show
World
War
two
was
an
unintended
consequence
of
the
US
government!
When
you
begin
to
doubt
the
historians
eager
to
laud
the
US,
you
will
understand
that
our
government
also
created
most
of
the
evils
that
followed
World
War
Two.
I
will
discuss
each
one
of
them
individually
later.
Those
of
us
who
were
brought
up
in
the
50’s
and
60’s
experienced
first
hand
the
emotional
impact
of
the
worry
of
a
world
ending
in
a
nuclear
holocaust.
Every
hour
there
would
be
a
test
of
the
emergency
broadcast
system
in
the
event
of
a
nuclear
attack
on
TV.
I
remember
at
age
seven
a
fallout
shelter
for
sale
at
the
neighboring
gas
station
in
the
suburbs
of
Chicago.
My
whole
family
glued
to
the
seats
of
our
dining
room
watching
the
latest
news
of
the
Cuban
missile
crisis.
If
you
haven’t
seen
them,
you
should
watch
On
the
Beach,
Failsafe
and
Dr.
Strangelove.
At
the
age
of
twenty-‐one
I
began
trading
stocks
by
the
side
of
my
broker
at
Rodman
and
Crenshaw
in
Chicago.
It
was
the
middle
of
the
Yom
Kippur
War.
Across
the
ticker
tape
came
a
message
that
as
a
result
of
the
Soviet
Union
mobilizing
its
airborne
division
to
aid
Egypt,
President
Nixon
raised
the
nuclear
threat
level.
I
guess
he
was
willing
to
play
the
Nuke
card
on
his
own
authority.
It’s
a
miracle
the
world
is
still
here.
But
giving
all
that
power,
the
so-‐called
nuclear
football
with
one
man,
the
president,
who
can
destroy
the
entire
planet
at
a
moments
notice
is
insane.
(By
the
way
why
isn’t
it
called
the
nuclear
baseball
that’s
our
national
sport!)?
What
if
one
of
them
wakes
up
in
the
middle
of
the
night
with
a
sudden
medical
condition
that
makes
him
paranoid
and
sure
that
we
are
under
nuclear
attack.
And
he
orders
a
preemptive
strike.
I
assume
there
are
safe
guards
but
after
the
shocking
event
of
911
can
we
be
so
sure?
So
by
the
test
of
Life
as
an
important
precept
of
the
United
States
Constitution,
the
office
of
presidency
fails
miserably.
8.
This
is
why
I
am
not
only
running
for
president
but
I
am
running
to
be
the
final
president.
I
will
write
the
presidency
out
of
our
new
constitution.
I
will
discuss
the
presidency
in
light
of
the
other
precepts
of
our
great
country
as
we
go
on.
I
assure
you
the
office
of
presidency
fails
liberty
and
the
pursuit
of
happiness
as
well.
In
my
constitution
I
will
also
describe
a
more
rational
method
that
involves
as
much
of
our
citizenries
approval
as
possible
in
the
use
of
our
military
power,
the
power
over
life
and
death.
LIBERTY
The
idea
of
liberty
in
the
Declaration
of
Independence
meant
that
Americans
demanded
the
right
of
individual
freedom
of
choice
and
freedom
of
will.
The
former
meaning
that
all
Americans
wanted
the
right
to
choose
whatever
course
of
action
they
desired.
The
freedom
of
will
meant
that
all
Americans
wanted
the
right
to
choose
to
think
anyway
they
pleased.
So
the
founding
fathers
believed
they
had
created
a
constitution
that
supported
this
precept.
How
well
do
you
think
they
have
done?
Well
let’s
leave
the
glaring
mistake
of
allowing
slavery
aside
for
now.
They
believed
they
had
created
an
ingenious
document.
A
document
where
there
would
be
three
branches
of
government
that
would
balance
out
each
ones
power
over
the
other.
A
congress
that
would
be
represents
each
state
according
to
their
size
(The
House
of
Representatives
based
on
the
population
of
a
state)
and
their
existence
(The
senate
with
two
members
per
state).
An
executive
branch
composed
of
the
President
and
the
cabinet.
And
the
watch
dog
Supreme
Court
with
just
twelve
old
wise
men
and
women
in
power
for
life
answering
to
no
one.
So
our
nation
is
created.
Let’s
look
at
the
function
of
our
Congress
the
legislative
branch.
We
already
had
states
that
had
been
in
existence
for
decades.
The
States
all
had
a
detailed
set
of
codes
of
laws.
The
States
were
further
broken
down
to
Counties
that
had
their
own
set
of
laws.
The
counties
were
further
broken
down
to
municipalities
with
their
own
laws.
The
lawful
governing
of
our
citizenry
was
already
in
place.
It
was
working
well
with
no
great
burden
to
life,
liberty
and
the
pursuit
of
happiness.
So
what
did
the
founders
think
the
Congress
would
do
to
enhance
the
freedom
of
its
individual
citizens?
Well
the
main
function
of
congress
is
to
legislate.
That
means
to
write
even
more
laws.
Does
anyone
believe
that
another
law
on
the
federal
level
would
help
create
more
freedom
for
its
citizens
or
less?
If
the
writers
believed
it
would
cause
more
freedom
why
did
they
amend
it
so
quickly
with
the
bill
of
rights?
What
else
does
congress
do?
They
watch
over
the
budget.
They
decide
the
allocation
of
Federal
money.
Considering
that
the
debt
is
now
18
trillion
dollars
they
have
done
a
crackerjack
job!
What
else?
They
are
supposed
to
have
exclusive
9. power
to
declare
war.
Well
it’s
estimated
that
before
1970
the
president
has
ordered
military
actions
149
times
without
congressional
approval.
And
we
all
know
it’s
been
even
worse
since
then.
This
should
have
been
a
clear
impeachable
offense
by
the
president,
which
is
another
power
of
congress.
It’s
been
threatened
but
never
used.
What
else?
They
are
supposed
to
regulate
commerce
between
states
and
foreign
powers.
Does
anyone
believe
that
any
congressmen
has
the
know
how
to
run
even
the
simplest
of
businesses?
So
how
do
we
expect
them
to
help
run
the
biggest
economy
in
the
world?
What
else?
They
are
supposed
to
watch
over
the
executive
branch
to
make
sure
everything
is
Kosher.
Well
during
my
lifetime
there
has
been
scandal
after
scandal
in
the
executive
branch.
I
can’t
remember
a
single
time
that
congress
made
the
slightest
difference
after
months
of
hearings
except
maybe
when
they
caught
tricky
Dick
Nixon
at
Watergate.
They
approve
nominations
by
the
executive
branch.
I
doubt
that
matters.
The
executive
branch
ultimately
gets
what
it
wants.
They
are
supposed
to
approve
treaties
with
other
nations.
Well
firstly
our
present
President
has
been
side
stepping
this
power.
And
second
of
all,
treaties
by
their
nature
are
an
agreement
that
excludes
the
freedom
of
choice
of
some
of
our
citizenry.
The
United
States
should
not
make
a
treaty
with
anyone
because
they
contradict
the
principle
of
individual
Liberty.
Ah
the
US
Post
office
enough
said.
Patents
and
copyrights,
I
doubt
a
single
congressman
has
ever
been
involved
in
reviewing
these
very
important
ideas.
Oh
taxes.
Wow
there
they
have
created
the
most
complex
tax
code
in
the
history
of
the
world!
Big
Kudos!
Congress
grants
approximately
thirty
billion
dollars
of
foreign
aid
given
yearly.
I
don’t
know
where
they
got
the
authority
from
the
constitution
to
conduct
this
policy.
But
forcing
our
citizens
to
give
this
vast
some
of
money
with
little
oversight
to
regimes
that
are
hardly
similar
to
our
own
is
a
huge
travesty
of
justice
and
individual
liberty.
In
point
of
fact
private
charitable
foreign
funds
greatly
exceed
government
aid.
That’s
because
we
are
the
kindest
and
most
generous
group
of
individuals
on
Earth.
I
refer
you
to
read
the
excellent
article
written
by
the
former
house
representative
and
former
presidential
candidate
Ron
Paul
in
an
article
online
in
Antiwar.com.
So
in
the
constitution
that
I
will
write
there
will
be
no
congress!
It’s
totally
unnecessary
and
extremely
harmful.
Besides
in
present
day
United
States
the
president
has
stolen
most
of
the
power
of
the
congress
anyway.
The
great
benefit
of
no
Congress
is
no
federal
taxes
in
my
constitution!
Don’t
stop
reading
now.
The
United
States
Federal
government
has
many
ways
to
finance
itself
without
confiscatory
power.
I
am
not
a
lunatic.
Well
since
it
isn’t
the
full
moon
while
I
am
writing
this
maybe
you
should
be
worried.
(That
was
a
joke.
Humor
always
has
a
place
in
life.
One
of
my
greatest
teachers
told
me
to
be
truly
wise
you
need
a
good
sense
of
humor.)
10. Let’s
turn
our
attention
to
the
executive
branch.
We
are
a
modern
people
now
so
lets
examine
the
cabinet,
as
it
exists
today
not
at
the
time
of
the
constitution.
How
well
does
the
cabinet
function
and
how
should
it
really
practice
in
protecting
our
lives
and
liberty.
THE
MAJOR
CABINETS
AND
AGENCIES
Office
of
the
Vice
President.
Well
there
will
be
no
President
so
any
need
for
an
office
of
the
Vice
President.
Secretary
of
State.
Serves
as
the
President’s
principal
advisor
on
U.S.
foreign
policy.
Well
again
no
president
so
no
need.
Conducts
negotiations
with
foreign
governments.
Well
we
are
the
United
States
of
America
the
most
powerful
nation
on
the
planet.
And
do
we
have
5000
nuclear
warheads
or
ten
thousand?
In
all
this
confusion
I
forgot.
We
don’t
negotiate
we
dictate.
Besides
we
are
a
nation
of
individuals,
no
one
person
can
make
decisions
that
we
all
must
abide.
Please
my
fellow
citizens
remember
the
military
draft
still
exists.
If
a
treaty
gets
us
involved
in
a
major
war,
you’re
children
may
be
forced
to
fight
and
die.
Grants
and
issues
Passports.
Ok
we
need
that
to
travel
and
reentry
our
land.
Advises
on
what
foreign
emissaries
can
reside
or
visit
the
USA.
Well
we
are
a
free
country.
Anyone
should
be
allowed
to
visit
our
country
and
stay
as
long
as
they
wish,
and
work
in
the
US
as
long
as
they
are
not
criminals
or
violate
our
laws.
(As
noncitizens
there
would
be
a
much
higher
standard
they
would
be
held
to
for
remaining
in
our
Country.)
So
this
is
an
important
function.
Every
law-‐
abiding
person
that
visits
or
works
in
our
country
not
only
increases
the
wealth
of
our
nation,
it
brings
back
our
culture
to
foreign
lands.
Parenthetically,
President
Hoover
blocked
immigration
right
after
the
onset
of
the
great
depression.
That
certainly
did
not
make
the
economy
better.
I
think
to
keep
our
ports
of
entry
running
as
smoothly
as
possible.
We
should
make
all
foreigners
visit
one
of
our
overseas
consuls
and
be
preapproved
to
visit
the
US.
The
granting
of
these
Visas
would
be
totally
done
on
the
authority
and
investigation
of
our
State
Department.
We
can
never
be
one
hundred
percent
sure
that
no
evil
doers
will
slip
through
the
cracks.
But
we
need
to
keep
attracting
the
best
and
the
brightest
and
the
most
freedom
loving
people
in
the
world
to
increase
our
wealth
and
opportunity.
Once
this
policy
is
in
effect,
going
through
immigration
should
be
a
breeze.
We
should
allocate
as
much
resources
as
necessary
to
review
all
applications
overseas.
We
should
greatly
increase
the
size
and
personnel
overseas
11. in
our
counsels.
The
only
disqualification
should
be
a
check
of
crimes
on
previous
visits
to
the
US,
or
crimes
overseas,
or
serious
illness.
But
traditionally
the
Department
of
State
has
its
own
intelligence
division.
They
should
give
the
final
approval
of
any
visas.
It’s
a
dangerous
world
out
there
they
should
reject
those
they
suspect
of
harmful
activities.
But
there
should
be
an
appeal
process
if
someone
states
they
have
been
unjustly
accused
or
convicted
of
a
crime
outside
the
US.
They
would
have
to
pay
for
the
investigation
or
there
could
be
a
charitable
fund
created
in
the
US
to
help
these
people
that
may
live
in
sketchy
countries.
We
should
not
grant
diplomatic
immunity.
Half
of
these
diplomats
are
spies.
And
do
we
really
want
foreign
powers
being
able
to
smuggle
dangerous
items
in
their
diplomatic
pouches?
And
screw
them
taking
parking
places
illegally
in
Manhattan
and
getting
away
with
it.
Oh
and
by
the
way
did
you
know
that
during
World
War
two,
some
of
our
scientists
betrayed
nuclear
secrets
to
the
Soviet
Union?
Stalin
started
building
his
own
weapon
before
ours
was
completed.
However
the
Soviet
Union
had
no
source
of
Uranium
until
they
occupied
the
Czech
republic
in
1945.
And
that
source
they
didn’t
start
mining
it
until
1947.
Guess
where
they
got
their
Uranium
before
that.
They
stole
it
from
the
United
States
in
a
diplomatic
pouch,
two
tons
worth.
That
must
have
been
some
big
Kangaroo.
Anyway
if
you
allow
a
legal
and
significantly
less
costly
and
dangerous
way
of
arriving
at
our
country
without
crossing
deserts
with
coyotes;
Or
being
stuck
in
cargo
containers
for
long
voyages;
or
before
they
just
opened
Cuba
small
boats
across
the
Florida
straits;
we
wouldn’t
have
to
build
a
wall
on
the
Mexican
border.
We
aren’t
the
Soviet
Union
that
walls
people
in
or
out.
We
are
a
country
of
people
who
have
come
here
to
seek
freedom.
Are
we
going
to
allow
a
Nazi
like
action
and
round
up
11
million
mostly
hard
working
people
and
throw
them
out?
Almost
all
the
people
that
have
come
to
the
United
States
have
helped
to
build
it.
There
were
two
and
a
half
million
people
in
this
country
1776.
Now
there
are
three
hundred
and
twenty
million.
If
we
had
not
let
the
country
be
built
by
immigrants
we
would
be
a
third
of
the
size
we
are
now.
Let’s
not
forget
that
this
country
and
world
owes
it’s
greatness
to
just
a
handful
of
immigrants.
I
invite
you
to
explore
the
biography
of
Nikola
Tesla.
He
was
the
greatest
inventor
of
modern
times.
(Yes
that’s
the
guy
whom
Elon
Musk
named
his
company
after.)
It’s
a
fact
that
the
economy
and
opportunity
go
hand
in
hand
with
freedom
and
size
of
population.
If
they
can,
people
tend
to
stay
where
they
were
raised
with
their
friends
and
family.
It’s
only
the
biggest
risk
takers
and
hardest
workers
that
struggle
to
travel
to
the
freedom
of
the
US.
By
allowing
all
people
almost
unfettered
use
of
our
ports
of
entry,
we
will
be
a
more
secure
country.
Anyone
that
law
enforcement
becomes
aware
of
trying
to
enter
the
country
illegally,
by
crossing
the
desert,
using
Canadian
wilderness,
or
entering
illegally
by
sea,
we
can
assume
they
are
criminals
and
are
dangerous
and
act
accordingly.
12. I
will
have
much
more
to
say
about
the
issues
surrounding
customs
and
immigration
laws
and
border
safety
when
I
write
my
suggested
constitution.
What
else?
They
are
supposed
to
negotiate
treaties.
Well
we’ve
seen
how
well
that
has
gone
with
Iran.
Again
treaties
are
against
the
principal
of
liberty.
Our
citizens
should
not
have
to
abide
by
an
agreement
with
a
foreign
power.
Treaties
can
be
very
dangerous
to
the
safety
of
the
world.
It
was
a
network
of
treaties
that
entangled
the
world
in
the
First
World
War.
Helps
our
citizens
abroad.
This
is
a
proper
and
important
function
of
the
State
Department.
So
yes
to
a
limited
form
of
the
Secretary
of
State.
But
I
think
all
the
proper
functions
I
have
described
above
can
be
administered
by
the
second
in
command
at
office
of
Secretary
of
State.
The
most
important
part
of
the
state
department
is
the
Secretary
of
State
himself
or
herself.
That
being
the
resolution
of
important
disputes
with
foreign
powers
that
may
involve
us
in
military
action.
I
will
describe
later
in
my
suggested
new
constitution
how
this
person
should
be
selected.
We
shouldn’t
have
a
secretary
of
states
that
have
had
no
experience
with
diplomacy
like
Hillary
Clinton
whose
only
use
of
her
position
was
to
travel
around
the
world
more
times
then
any
of
her
forbears.
A
person
who
enriched
her
family
to
the
tune
of
over
a
billion
dollars
by
misuse
of
her
position.
A
person
who
authorized
the
sneaky
ploy
that
allowed
the
Soviet
Union
to
steel
one
sixth
of
the
world
supply
of
Uranium.
Oh
and
by
the
way
I
never
had
sex
with
that
woman
(Hillary)!
Department
of
Treasury
The
United
States
of
America
has
the
largest
collection
of
assets
in
the
world
and
also
the
largest
debt.
So
of
the
executive
branches
this
should
be
one
of
the
most
important.
It
is
also
the
most
hated.
What
do
they
do?
Manage
Federal
finances.
That
seems
to
be
a
very
vague
duty.
I
guess
it
means
they
write
all
the
checks
to
the
other
departments.
Anyone
with
a
checkbook
could
do
that.
What
else?
Collect
taxes,
duties
and
any
other
money
due
to
the
US.
Should
be
a
no
brainer.
But
they
manage
to
foul
it
up
completely.
They
make
everyone
hate
them.
I
guess
one
of
the
sneaky
things
they
do
is
let
you
pay
them
on
the
installment
plan.
I
think
most
people
know
that
we
have
to
work
the
first
three
or
four
months
for
the
IRS
until
we
get
to
pocket
the
rest
of
our
dollars.
If
they
13. acted
like
the
tax
collectors
in
the
Middle
Ages
where
they
came
to
you’re
home
the
first
three
months
of
the
year
and
took
all
your
earnings
the
country
would
have
an
immediate
revolution.
Because
when
you
look
at
income
taxes
in
this
light
you
realize
that
income
tax
is
outright
slavery.
They
print
currency
and
make
coins.
This
is
called
counterfeiting.
Some
would
say
that
if
the
government
does
it,
it
cannot
be
called
counterfeiting.
But
forcing
our
citizens
to
use
pieces
of
paper
and
numbers
in
our
bank
account
that
cant
be
redeemed
from
the
government
with
something
objective
what
else
can
you
call
it?
We
were
once
on
the
Gold
standard.
Every
dollar
created
by
the
Federal
Government
was
backed
by
gold.
But
for
United
States
citizens
in
1933
the
right
to
change
our
paper
money
to
something
physical
and
valuable
like
gold
was
taken
away.
But
it
was
worse
then
that,
all
American
citizens
had
to
turn
in
their
gold
for
paper
money.
Most
of
you
probably
don’t
know
or
remember
but
it
was
illegal
to
for
us
to
own
gold
until
1975.
Only
foreign
countries
could
redeem
US
dollars
into
gold
until
1971.
Can
you
believe
that
under
our
beautiful
constitution
a
President
not
only
stole
our
gold,
but
he
took
away
our
right
to
own
it!
The
government
had
many
rationalizations
for
this
brutal
attack
on
our
rights.
But
the
government
insists
they
have
been
granted
this
power
from
god.
Congress
passed
this
act
in
1861.
“Our
nation
under
God”
They
supervise
national
banks
and
institutions.
Well
gee
they
did
a
hum
digger
job
of
this
the
mid
2000’s.
They
almost
succeeded
in
destroying
the
entire
world’s
financial
institutions.
And
now
of
course
they
are
doing
equally
just
as
great
a
job.
The
Federal
Reserve
is
supplying
almost
unlimited
funds
to
the
banking
system,
but
the
Department
of
Treasury
is
making
sure
very
few
people
can
borrow
any
money.
So
basically
the
Department
of
Treasury
are
Chinese.
They
believe
in
Yin
and
Yang.
They
tried
Yin
letting
everybody
borrow
money
even
if
they
weren’t
credit
worthy.
That
ended
with
the
housing
crisis.
And
now
Yang
only
the
insiders
the
big
boys
can
buy
out
other
companies
with
all
this
extra
cash.
Everyone
else
you
have
shown
you
cant
be
trusted
with
debt.
This
is
one
of
the
real
reasons
the
economic
recovery
has
been
so
slow
the
last
five
years.
All
the
small
businesses,
the
small
startups
that
could
normally
get
loans
are
not
able
to
get
anything
until
they
prove
themselves.
Our
citizens
believing
in
themselves
and
getting
loans
from
banks
built
America.
We
need
to
close
shop
on
the
Treasury
as
far
as
administering
our
financial
institutions.
Oh
they
are
the
ones
that
will
take
you’re
property
when
you
don’t
pay
you’re
taxes.
They
will
also
put
in
jail
if
you
print
your
own
money.
As
Rand
Paul
said
don’t
steal
from
the
government
they
don’t
like
competition.
They
also
run
the
following
services.
The
secret
service.
They
protect
the
president
and
have
large
booty
parties.
14.
Alcohol,
firearms
and
Tobacco.
Alcohol
department
enforced
the
Volstead
act
made
the
Kennedy
family
very
rich.
Oh
we
in
Chicago
got
three
great
pieces
of
entertainment
out
of
it.
The
TV
show
the
Untouchables.
The
movie
the
Untouchables,
and
a
piece
of
the
series
Boardwalk
Empire.
(I
am
going
to
be
liberal
in
the
use
of
idea’s
and
themes
created
by
Hollywood
films
and
fictional
writers.
I
am
using
these
ideas
to
emphasize
points.
I
know
they
are
fiction.
but
Hollywood
movies
represent
American
culture.
Aspects
of
Hollywood
films
have
undeniably
even
shaped
our
culture
and
our
patterns
of
thought.
There
are
many
instances
of
fiction
in
films
and
books
predicting
real
life
events.)
Firearms.
They
are
good.
They
ran
Project
Gunrunner
also
known
as
“Fast
and
“Furious”.
That
worked
out
real
well.
Guns
sold
by
our
government
were
used
in
numerous
crimes
on
both
sides
of
the
border.
Well
I
guess
this
violates
our
sanctity
of
life
test.
Tobacco
Well
I
guess
they
do
a
very
good
job.
American
cigarettes
are
prized
all
over
the
world
especially
Marlboros.
Department
of
Defense
Oh
my
god
this
department
is
stuffed
with
so
many
functions
I
am
not
going
to
bore
you
with
an
analysis.
The
following
is
copied
from
the
defense.gov
website.
Major elements of OSD
Start_Module_618
▪ Secretary of Defense
▪ Deputy Secretary of Defense
▪ Executive Secretary of the Department of Defense
▪ Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics (AT&L)
▪ Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer
(USD(C)/CFO)
▪ Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
▪ Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (P&R)
15. ▪ Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
▪ Deputy Chief Management Officer
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (ASD(A))
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs
(APSA)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs (GSA)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (HA)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global
Security
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
(ISA)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs (LA)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel
Readiness (L&MR)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chief Information Officer (DoD
CIO)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear & Chemical & Biological
Defense Programs (NCB)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and
Programs (OEP&P)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (PA)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering
ASD(R&E)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (RA)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC)
▪ Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities
▪ General Counsel of the Department of Defense
▪ Inspector General of the Department of Defense
▪ Director of OSD Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)
▪ Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)
▪ Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight (IO)
▪ Director of Administration and Management (DA&M)
▪ Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and
Concepts
▪ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy
▪ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Manufacturing and
Industrial Base Policy
16. ▪ Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and
Environment (I&E)
▪ Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Material
Readiness
▪ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and
Family Policy
▪ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy
▪ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Wounded Warrior Care
and Transition Policy
I
can’t
find
the
data
of
how
many
of
the
people
in
these
multitude
of
sub
departments
are
actually
serving
member
in
the
military.
But
for
certain
the
Secretary
of
Defense
is
a
civilian.
There
is
no
requirement
that
this
person
has
served
in
the
military
or
that
he
has
gone
through
our
various
war
colleges.
Anyway
this
is
the
guy
that
is
supposed
to
advise
the
president
on
the
preparedness
and
the
use
of
military
power.
So
now
we
have
at
least
two
levels
of
Bozos
the
clown
deciding
the
fate
of
our
nation.
I
have
no
idea
how
many
other
personnel
without
any
military
training
theoretical
or
actual
work
in
this
department.
Ladies
and
Gentleman
the
most
important
people
in
our
lives
are
our
physicians.
Would
you
want
decisions
that
affect
your
life
determined
by
non-‐physician
Hospital
administrators
or
the
physicians
themselves?
If
you
really
want
an
inside
look
at
the
functioning
of
the
Department
of
Defense
during
a
crucial
time
in
our
history,
I
urge
you
to
watch
the
documentary
“Fog
of
War”.
You
tell
me
if
this
makes
you
feel
sanguine
of
the
way
our
Department
of
Defense
conducts
itself.
I
have
to
mention
one
quote
from
that
movie
because
it
is
just
so
poignant.
General
Tecumseh
Sherman
was
one
of
the
most
revered
generals
in
the
history
of
the
United
States.
He
was
under
the
direct
command
of
Abraham
Lincoln
the
second
most
revered
president
after
Washington.
Sherman
came
with
his
forces
to
the
city
of
Atlanta
Georgia.
The
mayor
begged
the
general
to
spare
his
city.
Sherman
responded
“War
is
cruel”.
And
then
Sherman
torched
the
city
and
burned
it
down.
(I
have
been
told
that
this
quote
in
the
fog
of
war
is
inaccurate.
That
General
Sherman
said
this
to
his
aides
not
to
the
mayor.
I
don’t
see
much
difference.
He
said
it
and
he
burned
Atlanta.)
An
American
general
destroying
a
great
American
city!
Lets
contrast
this
with
the
Nazi
General
Dietrich
von
Choititz.
This
is
a
man
who
had
carried
every
order
of
his
beloved
Adolf
Hitler
including
the
extermination
of
Jews.
But
when
Hitler
ordered
this
general
to
burn
down
Paris
he
refused.
Food
for
thought.
17.
The
current
organization
of
the
military
could
certainly
use
vast
revisions.
There
also
definitely
needs
to
be
a
civilian
structure
that
supervises
our
military.
But
the
civilians
that
supervise
the
military
who
make
the
most
important
decisions
affecting
our
nation
the
conduct
of
military
force,
must
be
professionals
with
life
long
training
in
all
of
our
military
colleges.
They
must
be
independent
of
the
military
with
no
cronyism.
They
must
dedicate
their
lives
to
this
mighty
responsibility.
They
must
represent
as
closely
as
possible
the
individual
wishes
of
our
citizens.
They
will
get
no
glory
for
their
decisions.
They
will
never
have
or
develop
monetary
or
friendly
relationships
with
our
defense
industry.
I
will
describe
my
ideas
more
fully
later
when
I
write
my
replacement
constitution.
Department
of
Justice
The
principal
duties
Attorney
General
who
administers
this
department
are:
Represent
the
USA
in
legal
matters
I
see
no
harm
in
that.
Supervise
the
massive
bureaucracy
of
this
department
I
won’t
bore
you
with
a
case-‐by-‐case
analysis,
When
I’m
elected
I
would
ask
every
part
of
this
organization
to
justify
its
existence.
Represent
the
government
before
the
Supreme
Court.
I
find
no
fault
with
that.
The
drug
enforcement
agency
is
a
division
of
this
department.
It
was
established
to
stop
the
use
of
illegal
drugs.
To
date
it
has
spent
more
then
a
trillion
dollars
on
an
endeavor
that
has
had
just
as
much
success
as
the
Volstead
Act
that
required
a
constitutional
amendment.
(Can
you
believe
that
alcohol
was
illegal
for
seventeen
years!)?
It
has
criminalized
many
of
our
citizens,
violating
their
individual
liberty.
Jeopardy
problem.
The
enacting
of
the
War
on
Drugs.
Who
was
tricky
Dick
Nixon?
Last
year
the
Federal
Government
spent
25
billion
dollars
on
drug
control.
The
state
and
local
levels
governments
in
total
spend
35
billion
dollars.
Unbelievable.
Did
you
know
that
almost
1%
of
the
citizens
of
our
great
nation
are
in
prison.
It
would
be
a
lot
more
if
we
had
the
space.
Of
those
prisoners
about
20%
are
serving
time
for
drug
offenses.
Oh
by
the
way,
Afghanistan
is
the
source
of
almost
all-‐illegal
opium
in
the
world.
If
we
had
just
opened
a
new
super,
super
big
Wal-‐Mart
and
traded
nice
American
goods
for
the
opium
don’t
you
think
we
would
have
made
out
like
bandits?
For
a
few
items
of
cheap
Wal-‐Mart
crap
we
could
have
cornered
the
whole
illegal
opium
market!
Then
we
bring
it
back
to
the
US
and
charge
a
comparatively
huge
amount
selling
it
to
our
drug
companies!
The
Taliban
would
have
gone
bankrupt.
We
18. wouldn’t
have
had
the
longest
war
in
US
history
that
probably
cost
us
1.3
trillion
dollars!
We
wouldn’t
have
lost
two
thousand
great
Americans
and
seventeen
thousand
wounded.
We
wouldn’t
have
fought
in
a
country
that
hasn’t
been
conquered
by
anyone
since
Genghis
Kahn.
If
you
don’t
know
this
if
Genghis
Kahn
had
died
six
months
later
then
he
did,
the
Mongols
would
have
controlled
the
entire
landmass
between
the
Pacific
Ocean
and
the
Atlantic
Ocean!
Only
Alexander
the
great
came
close
to
the
amount
of
territory
he
conquered!
Not
bad
for
little
guys
on
horses
with
bows
and
arrows!
Next
time
we
go
to
the
Middle
East
we
should
ask
our
native
tribes
to
fight!
The
US
cavalry
said
American
native
cavalry
were
the
best
cavalry
in
the
world!
We
all
have
read
accounts
or
seen
movies
of
the
billionaires
created
by
our
drug
laws.
I
think
anyone
reading
this
knows
the
same
thing
happened
during
prohibition.
Those
who
cannot
remember
the
past
are
condemned
to
repeat
it
(George
Santayana)
I
have
to
comment
on
the
injustice
of
our
justice
system
nationwide.
There
has
to
be
a
better
way
to
manage
crime
and
punishment.
We
spend
twice
as
much
per
year
keeping
someone
in
prison
as
we
do
educating
our
children.
I
will
describe
a
much
more
rational
way
to
manage
criminal
justice
that
does
not
involve
prisons
as
we
know
it.
That
can
actually
make
crime
pay
for
the
rest
of
us,
while
making
the
possibility
of
rehabilitation
much
more
likely.
Department
of
Interior
This
is
another
one
of
those
convoluted
departments
that
managed
relationships
with
the
native
tribes
of
America
and
Hawaii
and
all
federal
land.
This
department
has
been
totally
mismanaged
from
day
one.
What
our
country
did
to
the
indigent
population
of
America
was
criminal.
Hitler
used
our
behavior
towards
our
native
population
for
his
moral
justification
of
resettling
the
Ukraine
with
German
citizens.
So
you
know
if
Hitler
liked
the
activities
of
this
department
we
should
cheer
it
on
to
oblivion.
Department
of
Agriculture
Oh
great
a
bunch
of
non-‐farmers
telling
farmers
how
to
do
their
job.
Then
there
is
that
program
they
subsidize
to
turn
corn
into
alcohol.
Hey
guys,
there
is
a
crude
oil
glut
in
the
world
right
now.
Stop
giving
our
money
to
farmers
to
help
fuel
our
cars.
We
don’t
need
it.
It
hurts
the
environment
too.
Handing
out
money
to
not
grow
crops,
its
ridiculous.
Keeping
a
silly
import
duty
on
sugar
so
that
all
citizens
have
to
19. pay
a
higher
price
for
sugar
then
the
world
price.
The
United
States
has
no
strategic
interest
in
keeping
uneconomical
sugar
industry
alive.
I’m
sure
if
most
of
the
honest
remaining
US
farmers
knew
I
was
disbanding
this
department
they
would
certainly
vote
for
me.
Any
of
you
commodity
traders
like
me
know
that
this
department
makes
or
breaks
you
with
trading
grains.
Totally
manipulative
and
totally
pathetic.
Department
of
Commerce
These
guys
could
never
run
their
own
company.
Government
has
no
business
getting
involved
in
commerce.
This
is
clearly
a
department
opposed
to
individual
liberty.
They
do
collect
interesting
data.
But
this
is
certainly
a
function
better
suited
to
the
private
sector.
Delete!
Delete!
Delete!
Department
of
Labor
This
department
works
on
the
basis
that
there
is
a
war
out
there
between
employees
and
employers.
What
do
you
think?
I
think
not.
Get
rid
of
it.
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
Hmmm.
Human
services
does
that
mean
there
are
some
nonhuman
services
out
there?
I’m
a
physician.
I
have
a
huge
bias
against
Medicare,
Medicaid,
Obamacare,
the
US
Food
and
Drug
administration
and
governmental
health
research.
Basically
the
whole
shebang.
But
what
I
said
in
the
beginning
would
be
part
of
my
program.
I
would
delegate
all
these
programs
and
agencies
to
the
state
level.
If
a
state
wanted
to
keep
all
of
this
going
for
their
citizens
it
would
be
their
choice.
But
on
a
federal
level
no
more
no
more!
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
This
is
the
department
that
has
the
most
responsibility
for
the
housing
crisis
of
2008.
They
encouraged
people
to
go
over
their
heads
in
debt
to
own
a
home.
This
is
one
of
the
most
socialist
piece
of
crap
organizations
in
the
government.
I
would
get
rid
of
it
in
its
entirety.
Department
of
Transportation
What
a
joke.
These
guys
think
they
can
help
with
our
roads,
our
railroad
system,
and
airline
travel.
Most
of
our
roads
have
been
maintained
very
well
on
the
state
and
local
level.
The
problems
come
in
that
the
money
collected
by
all
of
us
when
we
20. buy
fuel
is
not
directed
at
keeping
our
highway
system
functioning.
It
goes
into
the
big
Federal
money
pot.
The
air
traffic
control
system
is
so
out
of
date
it’s
laughable.
We
would
be
much
better
off
if
the
airlines
themselves
created
a
private
association
that
would
take
on
this
responsibility.
The
airlines
are
the
experts
in
air
travel.
They
have
a
vested
interest
in
making
this
travel
as
efficient
and
safe
as
possible.
As
a
side
note
it
was
the
FAA
that
made
911
possible.
They
made
it
a
rule
that
the
pilots
had
to
let
hijackers
enter
the
cockpit.
The
use
of
an
aircraft
as
an
instrument
of
massive
destruction
had
already
been
published
in
a
novel
written
by
Tom
Clancy
in
1994
titled
Debt
of
Honor.
In
this
book
a
disgruntled
Japanese
pilot
flies
a
Jumbo
Jet
into
the
state
of
Union
address
killing
everyone
in
the
Capital,
basically
decapitated
our
entire
government.
Lady’s
and
gentlemen
what
a
failure
of
the
tens
of
thousands
of
governmental
bodies
that
are
supposed
to
prevent
just
this
type
of
attack.
Do
none
of
them
read
popular
fiction?
Simply
telling
our
pilots
never
open
their
door
to
terrorists
would
have
saved
thousands
of
lives
and
billions
of
dollars.
The
patriot
act
was
drafted
as
a
result
of
this
horror.
It
has
been
a
terrible
infringement
on
individual
liberty.
Yet
I
do
believe
there
is
a
role
of
the
government
in
the
interstate
highway
system.
This
system
was
ordered
to
be
built
by
President
Eisenhower
who
saw
how
difficult
it
was
transferring
our
military
forces
across
the
nation
in
a
time
of
crisis.
If
the
Japanese
in
world
war
two
knew
how
slow
our
response
to
an
attack
of
our
nation
would
be,
they
could
have
invaded
our
west
coast
and
would
have
been
very
difficult
to
dislodge.
I
think
Federal
control
of
the
interstates
remains
an
important
function
in
protecting
individual
liberty.
I
will
describe
why
in
my
constitution.
Department
of
Energy
This
august
body
were
the
people
that
ran
the
Manhattan
project.
The
story
of
the
building
of
the
Atomic
Bomb
and
later
the
more
powerful
hydrogen
bomb
should
be
required
reading
of
all
citizens
of
the
United
States.
We
are
the
only
country
in
the
world
that
has
used
these
weapons
to
kill
people.
I
personally
saw
the
monument
of
the
shadow
of
people
imprinted
on
a
building
in
Hiroshima.
It
made
me
very
emotional.
It
still
makes
me
sigh
when
I
think
about
it.
The
costs
and
benefits,
the
history,
the
betrayals,
the
espionage,
the
ethics
remain
important
topics
to
our
citizenry.
It’s
impossible
to
put
the
genie
back
in
the
bottle,
but
let
us
not
forget
that
the
architect
of
this
weapon
announced
after
the
first
nuclear
test
explosion
that
he
had
become
“Death
the
destroyers
of
worlds”.
Albert
Einstein
sent
the
letter
to
President
Roosovelt
advising
him
to
construct
the
atom
bomb.
Late
in
his
life,
Einstein
said
that
letter
was
his
only
regret.
I
studied
the
Manhattan
project
when
I
was
eighteen
years
old.
I
read
every
book
in
the
Library.
I
was
fascinated.
The
librarian
helped
me
look
through
periodicals
with
details
of
this
project.
As
a
result
of
my
extensive
research,
I
wrote
my
first
paper
in
21. college
titled
how
I
could
build
an
Atomic
Bomb.
I
also
learned
considering
the
enormous
size
of
this
project,
all
of
the
science
that
had
to
be
invented,
the
sheer
number
of
highly
gifted
physicists,
chemists,
engineers
and
out
of
the
box
thinkers,
the
building
of
the
infrastructure,
it
could
not
have
been
built
in
peacetime.
It
could
not
have
been
built
by
Germany.
I
personally
spoke
to
one
of
the
architects
of
the
Hydrogen
Bomb.
I
was
his
anesthesiologist.
I
asked
him
in
retrospect
would
he
have
helped
build
a
bomb,
one
thousand
times
as
powerful
as
the
original
weapon
dropped
on
Hiroshima.
He
emphatically
said
no
way
on
earth!
There
continued
role
supervising
the
development
of
nuclear
technology
is
controversial.
I
think
we
need
a
nation
wide
discussion
of
the
future
of
nuclear
technology
both
for
peaceful
and
military
uses.
Considering
that
these
weapons
can
result
in
the
destruction
of
the
planet
its
importance
cannot
be
emphasized.
Department
of
Education
This
is
a
euphemism
for
the
department
of
propaganda.
All
kidding
aside,
it
has
no
place
in
Federal
Government.
It
violates
our
freedoms
and
our
pursuit
of
happiness.
This
department
just
represents
the
way
our
whole
executive
branch
is
bringing
us
closer
and
closer
to
total
central
government
planning.
I
know
we
are
still
far
away
from
being
able
to
compare
our
executive
branch
to
the
old
Soviet
Union
which
collapsed
because
of
central
planning,
but
that
is
the
direction
we
are
headed.
Department
of
Veteran
Affairs
Well
we
all
should
have
heard
recently
of
the
failures
of
this
department.
I
personally
worked
for
many
months
in
the
West
Side
VA
hospital
in
Chicago
both
as
a
medical
student
and
as
a
resident.
It’s
basically
a
place
where
our
veterans
are
treated
as
guinea
pigs
for
the
training
of
our
physicians.
It
needs
to
be
replaced.
Part
of
the
benefits
we
should
give
our
armed
forces
for
their
service
should
be
life
long
private
care
by
the
best
of
our
medical
system.
Shortly
before
the
2004
election,
the
New
England
Journal
of
medicine
had
a
description
of
the
new
state
of
care
for
battlefield
injuries
in
the
Middle
East.
It
was
amazing
to
see
how
the
new
policies
saved
more
lives
then
in
all
previous
conflicts.
But
the
graphic
pictures
were
heart
breaking.
If
Kerry
had
used
these
pictures
in
the
presidential
campaign
he
would
have
had
a
great
shot
of
winning.
Anyway
the
long-‐term
care
for
these
gravely
injured
soldiers
should
be
on
the
same
level
as
the
treatment
that
saved
their
lives.