We are Victims of the Unelected Forth Branch of the United States

Last weekend I attended Phoenixcomicon.  Okay, I confess, I am a science fiction fan.  My favorite science fiction program is Star Trek.  I grew up watching the original series when it first came out.  When Star Trek the Next Generation first came out, I was skeptical but ended up enjoying the series.

The writers of the Next Generation series decided to make the Klingons, the enemies of the original series, allies of the Federation and so needed to come up with a new enemy.  Enter the Borg, a race of parasitic aliens that go through the universe assimilating other races into their collective.  Under the Borg collective does not allow independent thought and when it occurs, the collective quickly silences it.  The revelations of the recent scandals demonstrate how the Obama Administration has many of the qualities of the Borg. 

The attacks in Benghazi represented a threat to the collective in that it threatened the reelection of the collectivist leader, Obama.  In Obama’s campaign, he continually touted the fact that he brought down Osama and that the war on terror was over.  The attacks on the consulate in Benghazi demonstrated that the threat of terrorism still exists.  In an attempt to silence opposition voices, the administration concocted a story on how some video caused the uprising.  The administration used one of its collectivist members, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to spread this story by appearing on five Sunday shows.  The President even apologized in his message to the U.N. for the video.  The administration also arrested the producer of the video, not for producing the video, but for some other charge.  The man remains in jail to this day. 

The AP and now Fox News scandal involving the media also demonstrates the collectivist administration’s desire to silence any opposition.  The administration alleges that certain members of the media published leaked information.  Of course, rather than going the leakers in the administration, the administration goes after the media that published the information.  I understand the importance of going after people that leak information.  However, why not go after the leakers instead of targeting the people receiving the leaked information, who were only doing their jobs?  The answer, in my opinion, is that the collectivist administration needs to scare the media in order to insure they only publish information authorized by the collective.

Then we have the IRS scandal.  Every citizen of the United States that earns income must report annually to the IRS.  In the process of our annual reporting, we share our personal information with the IRS including our name, address, birthdate, and Social Security Number.  We also share our income and various deductions including medical expenses, mortgage interest, work related expenses, and if we are self –employed, information on business deductions. 

According to law the IRS is only to use this information to determine taxpayers tax liability but the recent scandals demonstrate that there are people working at the IRS that have little reservation in using the information they possess to target potential opposition to the administration.  The scary thing is that beginning in 2014, the IRS will also be in charge of enforcing the new healthcare regulations giving them access to additional personal information. 

The IRS is part of the unelected forth branch of our government that through the years has grown to become a monster that threatens the rights and liberties of citizens.  The collectivist administration seems to be using the unelected forth branch as an enforcement arm designed to silence opposition through onerous regulations.  That is why we must begin dismantling this forth unconstitutional branch of our government.  Since Congress formed and authorized funding for these agencies, we need to elect people to the House and Senate that are willing to defund and dismantle these intrusive agencies. 

Over the next several posts, I will be proposing ways we can begin dismantling this leviathan of regulatory agencies that threaten our freedom.  I encourage everyone to contact their Representatives and Senators with these ideas.  If they are unresponsive, I then encourage everyone to support candidates in the 2014 election that will support these ideas, even if that means running yourself. 

Together we can begin dismantling this leviathan but we must act now before it grows so big we cannot defeat it and we find ourselves forced to assimilate into the collective.