rule of law

The following Comment appeared on a NY Times article
(the Commenter says, nytimes "opening debate" to throw Constitution into "dustbin" -- I didn't see anything about a dustbin, it's just an article, but people get excited...)
still, while it's muddled in spots, you can get what he's trying to think about & I was contemplating this Comment:

-------------------------- [comment from CA] Do those arguing against Classically Liberal Rule of Law and Liberty values realize they are arguing for Rule by the Discretion of Men? That's the track record the founders pondered.

How's that Greenspan, Rubin, Paulson, Summers, Geithner Rule of Men working out for you?

Why are we so cowardly about holding ALL accountable to the Rule of Law, and so gullible to believe we should, and safely can, hand over so much power to unaccountable elites?

That article in the last few days about the SEC CHOOSING not to prosecute Big Banks, ostensibly because it doesn't fit the picture of our Central Planners.

The corrosion of justice and cynicism being bred as the financial swindle continues to go unpunished by either party is an AFFRONT to the classical Rule of Law concept, and most honest Americans are thirsting for accountability.

But now we have the NY Times fully opening the debate on throwing the people's Constitution into the dustbin.....

In exchange for what?

Benevolent Dictatorship? Philosopher King? Authoritarian Capitalism aka China?

People need to wake up and vigilantly self-govern again.
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"Vigilantly self-govern."
I don't know if we "people" ever do that.
Who's got the time / energy?
That's what we elect them for. ...To do the job.
"Vigilantly self-govern." Does that mean vote?
OK.
Does it mean sit in on county commission meetings and city council meetings to see what they're up to? School board meetings?
People are busy and they don't want to sit. That's why they're usually not "sitting in" on those meetings unless there's a specific problem / issue.

And -- "accountability" for the Big Banks...if it is not OK for poor people to steal, then it is not OK for wealthy executives to steal.
That's an easy one, in my world -- like if you see a run starting in your nylons, some nude nail polish is called for. Not difficult; not rocket science. I've got a handle on that one, Scoob.

Crime is crime. Fraud is fraud.
Our local paper featured a headline in the center, half-inch or so from top, last Friday:
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING.
Had to laugh at that -- like, OK, they're going to teach us, the public, how to better implement Domestic Violence.
(Ladies, bring frying pans.)
Next month: BANK ROBBERY TRAINING.
In April: CAR THEFT FOR THE NOVICE.
DRUNK DRIVING, MADE EASY AND MORE EFFICIENT.

(Continuing Education for Adults is a worthy goal in society, we think.)

And seriously what kind of courses did the Goldman Sachs & bank of America, et. al. on Wall St. sign up for? --
SUPER-GRIFT TRAINING.
POWER-CON, GET YOUR CERTIFICATION.
CONSUMER ABUSE METHODS ... (?)
HOW TO PURCHASE POLITICIANS...

...Now the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But I could not get across...
--Bob Dylan
"It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry"

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