[Menierofe]

Does anybody here believe that an 'oath of office' means anything to the people who hold those offices? Bush and Obama swore an oath to 'uphold the constitution of the United States'. Or was that the charter of the UNITED STATES? The people, especially those who vote, believe that the document that includes the Bill of Rights is what is being upheld by the office holders. The office holders seem to believe that they are not bound by the Bill of Rights. What then are they bound by? Are they bound by whatever they believe will keep them in their jobs? In Germany, everyone in the military swore an oath to obey Adolf Hitler. In the United States, is the real oath of office to obey some nameless dictator, or group of them? No one swears they will obey Obama, but if they don't, no more job for them. No one holds Obama accountable for deviating from the law in the constitution. No one holds Obama accountable for violating peoples' inalienable rights. Did anyone stand up for Awlaki when Obama sent a drone to kill him without any due process whatsoever?

We have an authority structure which incorporates a 'chain of obedience'. Obedience to what? To the Law--i. e. the constitution, or to some unaccountable bureaucrat? There is a great YT video about the Chain of Obedience here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NcLNoxiPBk



This is what authority creates. Authority is only accountable to law if the people who have that authority accept that accountability. But authority is only dangerous if there are people who obey it.

I think some of the 450 million point 40 shredder bullets are intended for bureaucrats who obey a different authority than the one ordering them to do what they are told.


Hatha