Thread: Rand Paul sparks Constitution v. Government Debate

Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican Nominee and son of Texas Representative Ron Paul, has sparked controversy by questioning the Constitutional integrity of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Democrats, who have depended upon Civil Rights legislation for generations to serve as precedent for non-Constitutional federal involvement in American society, are unsurprisingly outraged over Paul's remarks. The Republican establishment is frightened by these remarks, as they worry that any criticism of Civil Rights legislation will likely play into the ridiculous caricature of Republicans as racists and bigots. Few people, on either side of the aisle, are gearing up for a debate on the role of Government, which has once again taken a priority in the minds of average Americans.



I think most Americans know that we have long since lost our Constitutional Republic to a Populist Social Democracy, controlled by a loose association comprised of the Media, the Federal Bureaucracy, the Congress, the Supreme Court, and a long list of Globalist and Corporatist institutions that seek to further the centralization and standardization of global governance. Arbitrary Government, which is any law or rule not granted by a state or federal Constitution, has led to an excess of government and the centralization of power in America.



This arbitrary democracy of ours has allowed politicians, bureaucrats, and special interests (comprised mostly of banks and corporations that support a Globalist/Corporatist political philosophy) to accustom Americans to necessary interventions from the Federal Government in order to protect us from frightening things like racism and economic inequality. They've succeed completely. The American people have become so obsessed with economic and social inequality, that they've completely ignored the mounting political inequality that has manifested itself under their noses.



The average citizen no longer has access to their government in any real or meaningful way. Nobody seems to know what limits still exist on Federal Power and we all seem to have accepted the idea that if a large enough number of Americans want a particular thing, then the government has the right to do it. These are frightening realities and only a handful of Americans seem to recognize the problem.



Rand Paul is one of these Americans. Now, I have no doubt that Republicans and Democrats will go after him with a vengeance, for questioning the accepted justification for arbitrary government in America. I have no doubt that he will be called a racist, a bigot, and, worst of all, a "rich white man", in order to denigrate his political beliefs and to dissuade a poorly educated public from even considering the merits of Paul's position. You see, that is what the "racist" label is used to do. If I say that "X" is racist, what I am saying is that no body should consider "X". Don't even think about it, but view with disdain and hatred anyone who does.



The government is in trouble and they need the ignorance and fear of the American People more than ever before. They need our unconditional and unthoughtful support. They are on the brink of destroying this country on the basis of an obsession with their own arbitrary and subjective power and this government of ours is scared to death that we'll put an end to them before their ideals put an end to us.



That said, there are reasonable positions on both sides of the debate over the Role of Government in protecting our Civil Rights; and this is a debate work having. Intelligent and thoughtful people will disagree and both sides of the argument ought to be respected, but for the love of liberty, let us at least have the debate! We've got to stop drinking the cultural Koolaid from a government and media that serves their own interests at our expense. We've got to stop being afraid to think for ourselves, to debate the central issues that determine the role of our government in our lives. What debate could be more important?