Abused By Illusions

Recently someone made the comment that I was antiestablishment and enamored with conspiracy theories. The following is an open letter replying to said comment.

I am in no way antiestablishment with but one simple caveat. The caveat being that when one says establishment they mean lawful constitutional government constituted of legally elected representatives of the several states. I also hold that these representatives should maintain their oaths of office while serving and should be free from graft and corruption. I hold these beliefs sacred in that I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic and served honorably for a period of 10 years in under this oath.

That being said if it makes me antiestablishment to speak out against those that fail to fulfill their oaths of office or are corrupt while serving then perhaps by that definition I am antiestablishment. Unless the verbiage of the United States Constitution has been changed it begins with the words, “We the People.” Notice that it does not begin, “We the Government.” Each person that serves in government office, be it high or low, serves by the will of the people. Each person in goverments very position exist solely due the very fact that the United States Constitution exist. For this reason persons serving in elected office are known as constitutional officers. They swear an oath to uphold and defend the constitution and to carry out the duties of their respective offices faithfully. Note that at the time the United States Constitution was being signed that there was a great struggle between two sides and it was unclear that we would get a constitution and thus have a country. But, as often has been the case in the more enilightened eras of the Republic, a compromise was forged between the two sides and the constitution was signed. What was that compromise? That compromise was the Bill of Rights. Now we have a current compliment of legislators that have seen fit to limit or in some cases obliterate elements of the bill of rights. How is this upholding and defending this document that by its existence forms their only claim to legitimate governance?

The genius of the founding fathers of this country lay in their foresight to see that the new countries citizens would always be the front line in insuring that the government carried out the will of, “We the people.” This august group of men did have one failing when laying their longterm plans. They never envisioned a citizenry that would become so lazy and generally apathetic as to gather the information that they needed to stay abreast of the actions of their government through thirty-second sound bytes delivered by a monopolized media. They never envisioned foreign money pouring in through political action committees becoming the dominant voice in the political struggle that they had reserved for, “We the People.” In short they never imagined the halls of government from the state houses all the way to the White House becoming houses of high priced political prostitutes for sale to the highest foreign or corporate John.

What does one mean when they say someone is enamored by conspiracy theory? First what is a conspiracy theory? The dictionary definition reads something along the lines of: A theory seeking to explain a disputed case or matter as a plot by a secret group or alliace rather than an individual or isolated act. What is a coincidence? The dictionary definition reads something like: A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged. So someone that is not a conspiracy theorist believes in coincidence theory correct? Was Franklin D. Roosevelt a conspiracy theorist when he said, “In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” Is 18 U.S.C. 371 a conspiracy theorist when it lays out the legal definition of what exist for someone to be charged with the Federal crime of conspiracy? How many things ever get done at your home or office merely by coincidence? How are those people defined that continue to believe the lies of the mainstream media after their lies and omissions are exposed over and over again?

Am I a person enamored of conspiracy theory because I seek out all available sources and refuse to rely solely on a mainstream media that has been proven a liar? Does it make me a conspiracy crank to want to read the press from within and from without our borders and try to piece together a larger picture than that provided by a mainstream media sound byte or rant? Is it being antiestablishment or unpatriotic to be critical of our government? What did Thomas Paine and Republican President Teddy Roosevelt have to say on this very topic? Thomas Paine said, "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." Republican President Teddy Roosevelt said, To announce that there must be NO criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President Right or Wrong, is not only UNPATRIOTIC and SERVILE, but is Morally TREASONABLE to the American Public." So I suppose if I am antiestablishment I stand in honorable company at least. Below you will find some quotes that I felt relevant and timely based on my above thoughts. Is this a list filled with quotes of antiestablishment conspiracy theorist? We report! You decide!


There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
 Herbert Spencer

"I don't trust government. And neither should our citizens."
—US Senator Larry Craig, United States Senate, Committee on the Judiciary, "DOJ Oversight: Terrorism and Other Topics", testimony by US Attorney General John Ashcroft re President George Bush Jr.'s Executive Orders to "legalize torture" of US citizens and refusal to release that memo (felony Contempt of Congress), C-SPAN2, June 8, 2004

"People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction."
—James Baldwin

Freedom is the right to tell people what they don't want to hear - George Orwell

“The citizen who sees his society’s democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor.”
--Mark Twain

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James Madison

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
James Madison

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
James Madison

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
James Madison

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
James Madison

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
James Madison


"I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime."
--Albert Einstein, 1947

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