Pioneer Living Survival

http://www.truthout.org/no-one-should-be-above-law58068

In 1776, our founding fathers made a bold pronouncement: that all men are created equal, that we were endowed with inalienable rights, and, among these were Life, Liberty, and thepursuit of Happiness. Enshrined in our Constitution were more bold pronouncements: that no man could be deprived of his rights, that noman [is] above the law, and, that our government was designed to protect these rights. These words hinged on one key principle; that the truth of these words would always be upheld. We learned during the years of the Bush administration how these principles were forsaken and that the truth didn't matter as long as a political agenda was advanced.

We learned that our government was spying illegally on its own citizens. We learned how the FBI was abusing the power vested upon it. We learned how intelligence was twisted, or evenignored, in order to send America to war with Iraq. We learned that America tortured people. We learned that people in the Department ofJustice violated the law. We learned that a person who worked in the CIA had her identity revealed for partisan and political gain. Welearned that the CIA had taken to kidnapping innocent people from around the globe and sending them to be tortured in secret prisons.

President Obama, like former President Bush, claimsthat it can imprison people indefinitely, without charge or trial, all for our security. President Obama, like former President Bush, claims that law breakers, no matter who they are, shouldn't be prosecuted.President Obama, like former President Bush, is simply ignoring the lawlessness of those in our own government.

This is not what our founding fathers wanted orenvisioned. When those who serve in our government are deemed to beabove the laws of our nation, our entire nation is in peril frombecoming the very thing our founding fathers rebelled against: a tyrannical government.

Have we come to believe that our government is an entity unto itself?That it can violate laws without prosecution? Or, is it that our government has come to believe that IT is an entity unto itself, and,as such, that IT is beyond the law?