The Truth About Terrorism, And The U.S. Government By Scott Lazarowitz
(2010-11-22 at 19:59:46 )

The Truth About Terrorism, and the U.S. Government By Scott Lazarowitz

My writing this was inspired by Paul Craig Roberts great article The War
on Terror, in which he tells the truth about what is really going on,
and I wanted to expand more on this terrorism subject.

There are many reasons why the U.S. government needs to place itself on
the Terrorist Watch List, but since there is not enough space to include
all that here, I will just touch on the most important points.

To begin, millions of Americans report their income and employment status
to the U.S. government out of fear, and for no other reason. It certainly
is not out of the goodness of their hearts (except for the most naïve
amongst us). Most Americans who are required to pay a certain percentage
of their income to the feds are not really paying - it is being taken
from them under the threat of various intrusions, such as garnishing
their wages or putting a lien on their homes (like a lien on ones home
really matters anymore now in the time of ForeclosureGate).

For many Americans, the taking is automatic, directly from their
paychecks. So employers as well as workers must submit to the threat of
brute force if they do not comply with the demand for information on
employment status and payment. Millions of Americans are terrorized by
The Federal Government, not only for what might happen to them if they
do not comply with the demands, but if a mistake is made. There have been
horror stories told by many Americans of what happened to them because a
mistake was made - including mistakes made by the government.

And many owners of businesses, especially of small businesses, are
terrified that they will be persecuted by some government bureaucrat for
not following one of the many thousands of regulations that businesses
must obey, regulations that exist for no good reason - only to protect
larger businesses profits. (Thanks, Herr Lincoln.) And especially because
of the unstable economic environment now, millions of businesses are
afraid to take risks, make any new investments, or hire new workers
because they do not know what the situation will be for them even months
from now, let alone years. And Congress will not even let people know
whether or not the Bush tax cuts will be extended or allowed to expire
after January 1st, 2011. No one knows what to do. (I am sure businesses
and workers all across America would prosper, if we could only abolish
Congress.)

Regarding the War on Terrorism and the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), I am now terrified of flying. This is not because
a terrorist might hijack the plane, but because of the intrusiveness of
what people now have to endure when going through security checkpoints:
the pornographic X-rays, the frisking and groping, the searching of my
clothing and belongings, the harsh interrogations. Out of their blind
faith in The State, the American Sheeple have assumed that there should
be no alternative to the States monopoly in territorial protection, and
have passively accepted the constantly growing intrusions by the State
against the people and their Liberty. As an experienced pilot has
suggested, the airlines should be responsible for their security, not
the Government. And arm the pilots as well. And arm the passengers as
well. In the meantime, I will not fly.

And then there are the anti-civil liberties, anti-Due Process
Presidential Powers that the Bush Administration had usurped, and that
the Obama Administration seems to enjoy having, of apprehending and
detaining individuals without actual suspicion, of extraordinary
rendition, torture, even presidentially-directed assassinations of
individuals deemed by the president and his agents to be "terrorists"
without due process or trial.

And, given that the whole world, including U.S. territory, is considered
to be part of the Global Battlefield in the Global War on Terror, and
given that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has issued
warnings against "right-wing extremists," essentially those who disagree
with Obamas policies, and given that I happen to be one who disagrees
with just about all of Obamas policies from his War Crimes to his
Communist Social Policies, then obviously no place in America is safe,
and it really is terrifying now.

And regarding the federal governments intrusions into Americans private
health matters, I know someone who has said that, because of the new
ObamaCare medical intrusions, he will not have his follow-up medical
procedures as long as ObamaCare is in place. He just does not want his
medical details being scrutinized by government officials. And I also
have some health situations for which I rely very much on OTC vitamins
and supplements. But, because the Obama FDA wants to crack down on OTC
supplement makers, that really is a direct threat to me. I am literally
terrified that these bureaucratic misfits in Washington want to take
away my only real means of keeping me in (somewhat) good health, and all
on behalf of Big Pharma. It is disgusting how so many people in various
Federal Agencies are on the boards of large pharmaceutical industries,
and the Cahoots between Big Pharma and Big Government, with lobbyists
and campaign donations to legislators to vote Big Pharmas way, is
downright scary.

Also, because the U.S. government has done nothing but provoke Muslims
in Middle Eastern countries to act against Americans, I am terrified of
another major terrorist attack in the U.S. It would be solely because of
what the U.S. government has been doing, especially since 1990. The U.S.
Governments actions of terrorism against innocents in Iraq, Afghanistan,
Pakistan and other parts of the Middle East, and its intrusions into just
about every aspect of daily life, have been making me less safe, as well
as all other Americans.

Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Bushs father
George H.W. Bush actually should all be tried for War Crimes And
Terrorism, especially against Muslims in the Middle East. The IRS, the
FDA, the TSA, and other extensions of the federal Leviathan also need to
be held accountable for their actions. If we can not have that, then at
the very least, the U.S. government must place itself on the Terror Watch
List, as it is the One Organization that has been Most Responsible For
Terrorizing The Most People, Ever.

October 20, 2010

Scott Lazarowitz is a commentator and cartoonist at Reasonandjest.com.

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