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Brothers in Blood
Guess Which President This Is
by Russell Madden
Back when I was wee tyke usin' a bit of charcoal to scratch my lessons on a broken
piece of slate, I was set the task of learnin' all the U.S. Presidents, in order.
'Course,
twarn't near as many of those buggers then as now. A couple handfuls of fingers and
a toe or two sufficed for the job. Nowadays, I got better things to 'member, sech as
what I et for breakfast or what my name is.
Still, I had a passin' ability onect upon a time to recite out loud the names of all
those
leaders of this great nation of ourn, the United States of America.
Seems, however, though, that some things were missin' from my edukation. Nothin'
critical, mind you. Just like facts and sech.
Oh, we learned stuff and all. In my advancin' years, howsomeever, I wonder where in
thunder my teachers got all that information they larded into our heads. Cain't say
most of that pile I had crammed twixt my ears had a whole lot in common with, ya
know, the truth. Still, those what seem to know better'n me (least that's what they
tell
me) claim there ain't no sech thing as "reality" or "truth." Leastwise, what's real or
true varies from person to person like mules' hind legs. Whatever opinion you're
spoutin', why, no one darest criticize, oppose, or judge that fountain of verbiage
emergin' betwixt your flappin' gums.
Always wondered some, though, why they had the gall and the gumption to tell me I
was wrong to disagree . . .
Anyways, mustn't badmouth my superiors . . .
As I was asayin', those presidents were interestin' folks, least some of 'em were. So,
I thought, hey, maybe you folks'd enjoy a bit of a quizz. Nothin' too taxin'. (Hah!)
The
test is easy. Entertainment, mostly.
What I'm gonna do here, ya see, is spill the beans on what happened sometime
during the terms of all those presidents I usta have memorized. All you have to do is
tell me which president I'm talkin' 'bout.
Ready? Good. I knew ya were . . .
O.K. Which president believed in, encouraged, was, or did the followin':
-- A master at logrolling.
-- A liar for political gain.
-- Made a mockery of the notion of equality before the law.
-- Said one thing for public consumption but did the opposite; a consummate
hypocrite.
-- An orator who excelled at weasel words so he could have it both ways in order to
gain political support.
-- Blasted "extremists" who opposed his policies.
-- Was a lawyer who never let the truth stand in the way of a good case and a good
fee.
-- Lionized by Marxist and "liberal" historians and commentators who did all they
could to spin his faults into virtues.
-- Promoted a strong, centralized federal government above the governments of the
various states.
-- Ignored the Constitution without any qualms.
-- Believed in the Constitution as a "living document."
-- Waged war without seeking a declaration of war from Congress.
-- Issued arbitrary presidential degrees binding on state and local governments.
-- Was not overly concerned about "collateral damage," i.e., the deaths of
noncombatant men, women, and children, and the destruction of their homes and
property; such destruction was simply a fact or war.
-- Blieved noncombatant men, women, and children brought their deaths or injuries
upon themselves because of their beliefs and actions, i.e., their opposition to the
will
of the federal government.
-- Believed that the military draft was justified in the interests of national
security.
-- Pitted blacks against whites.
-- Made many promises to blacks but actually left them worse off.
-- Believed the best way to achieve national prosperity was the creation of
government-business partnerships.
-- Thought that subsidies to business and public expenditures for "internal
improvements" such as roads and railroads were economically sound.
-- Imposed tariffs and quotas to protect U.S. businesses from foreign competition.
-- Promoted federal management of the money supply.
-- Defended income taxation as good for the country.
-- Used inflation of the money supply to obscure the true state of government debt.
-- Used the power of the federal government to redistribute wealth from one section
of the country to another and from one group to another.
-- Had compliant intellectuals obscure the reality of his policies in the eyes of the
public.
-- Supported federally-funded and government-directed public education.
-- Used public education to miseducate children.
-- Made full use of political pull and favors for his supporters.
-- Granted monopolies to certain businesses.
-- Mislabeled his policies as "capitalism."
-- Passed massive amounts of legislation to implement his economic and social
ideas.
-- Politicized economics and made the poorer citizens he pretended to help worse
off.
-- Racked up giant fiscal deficits.
-- Believed that free trade competition led to higher prices for consumers.
-- Subscribed to the notion of "fair" wages.
-- Manipulated and maneuvered enemies so they would attack the United States first
to justify war.
-- Ignored valid Supreme Court orders.
-- Jailed without charges or trials those labeled as criminals or enemies.
-- Hailed democracy and majoritarian rule as the savior of mankind while ignoring the
meaning of a constitutional republic.
-- Engaged in media censorship.
-- Imposed embargoes on enemies.
-- Accepted asset forfeiture, i.e., the confiscation of private property, as a valid
legal
principle.
-- Imposed gun control, including the confiscation of privately-owned weapons.
-- Ignored the Ninth and Tenth Amendments recognizing the rights of individuals and
states.
-- Discovered new presidential powers not mentioned in the Constitution.
-- Used the military for civilian law enforcement.
-- Put innocent citizens in prison camps.
-- Made use of secret police forces.
-- Exercised more raw power than most monarchs.
-- Considered political and military officials above the law.
-- Intimidated local judges and legislators into supporting his policies.
-- Engaged in illicit election practices.
-- Used the U.S. Postal Service monopoly to punish his opponents.
-- Placed the good of his party above the good of the nation.
-- Shut down banks.
-- Condemned and confiscated land.
-- Used an influx of immigrants to gain power for his own party.
-- Believed the ends justified the means.
-- Promoted egalitarianism above individual rights and liberty.
-- Thought that a great president was one who increased the size and reach of the
federal government.
-- Blackmailed the states to get policies he wanted implemented.
Well, that should be enough. Ya git the idea. Should be easy, right? Quite a bit of
information there for ya to gnaw on. Do ya know which president this was? Not sure?
Sounds like this could describe a lot of those fellers?
'Course, you're right. This is a bit o' a trick question. All these actions, beliefs,
and so
forth all came from the 'lustrous career of a single man . . .
. . . but they equally describe a whole tribe of these "Brothers in Blood."
The "warfare/welfare state"? Hellfire, folks. What else ya bin livin' in for the past
hunnerd-forty-odd years? What? Ya didn't know that? Well . . .
Ain't edukation grand?
These facts and many more can be found in The Real Lincoln: A New Look at
Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, Thomas J. DiLorenzo,
Forum/Prima, 2002, 333 + xiii pages, $24.95.
See Russ Madden's articles, short stories, novel excerpts, and items of interest to
Objectivists, libertarians, and sci-fi fans at http://
home.earthlink.net/~rdmadden/webdocs/.
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from The Laissez Faire Electronic Times, Vol 1, No 9, April 15, 2002
Editor: Emile Zola Publisher: Digital Monetary Trust
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