Is Big Brother Spying On Whomever They Want?

As I have said before on here, America is not great because of our government, it is great because of our lack of government. The founders of this country realized this made it nearly impossible for government to get anything significant accomplished. With all of the rules and regulations and government bureaucracy we now live under, imagine what it would be like were the founding fathers not to have been so diligent? I have no doubt America would have failed by now. It is only our Constitutional protections from the state that have allowed us to survive as a free society. That we are now to the point where society is relying on government to save the economy should be more than frightening. Not only because of its consistent incompetence or worse but because there is nothing else left to keep society from careening off of the cliff. Remember, Roosevelt's New Deal was just as much required to save the institution of democracy as it was an act of dignity for those suffering from the corruption of Wall Street. Without the New Deal, we may have seen the guillotine fall on a few. No one really knows. More than any other factor today, government is responsible for this crisis. And, often it is for conscious reasons that were less than savory. I'm not talking about the Federal Reserve either. We'll talk more of this in the economic sense this coming year.

When I hear Obama talk of restoring government, I am reminded that trusting the state to any morality is ridiculous. Something Jefferson, Madison, Franklin and Washington clearly articulated in their writings. In fact, these great men told us that the greatest threat to our liberties would be from within the United States and not outside of our borders. They knew the treachery of the state unchecked by complete control and transparency of the sovereign.

Bureaucracies will always first defend themselves regardless of whether the methods are noble or lecherous. And, that the NSA has been spying on the media, if true, is more than lecherous. It would constitute crimes against America.

Restoring government can only be impacted by change driven from the sovereign. From grass roots efforts. That is, permanent and complete oversight by the people and permanent checks on government's power. Not checks and transparency left to the whim of politicians. Only when permanent change is instituted and complete transparency is written into law will government be guaranteed to always work for the sovereign of this country. In other words, to mangle Gorbachev's words, when it comes to the state, any state, don't trust, verify.