As Emerson pointed out, politicians are only socially acceptable pickpockets unsuited for any noble profession else they would never become politicians, since the class is despised and politics is the chosen calling of those wholly given over to corruption, greed and avarice, to those worst traits most despicable to the civilized mind. And at no time in America’s history have the reasons for Emerson’s dour conclusions and condemnation of politicians been as evident as they are today.

But the 545 people comprising America’s Federal Triune Dictatorship are the result of “one man, one vote” in which the irresponsible vote themselves the money responsible others earn; something those like Ben Franklin knew would be the doom of our nation should it ever come to pass. Charley Reese is correct so far as he goes in calling this Triumvirate the cause of the woes of America, but the root cause was spelled out in Professor Claude G. Bowers’ definitive book “The Tragic Era” detailing what is euphemistically called “Reconstruction” following the death of Lincoln resulting in the wholesale abrogation of our Constitution in favor of “forty acres and a mule” that put the unscrupulous in power with the imprimatur of the black coats and has maintained that power structure ever since.

Now, with over half the people in America receiving government checks of one form or another and on Caesar’s payroll the other half is losing the ability to keep up, many of whom are only wage slaves at best and the slavery of the antebellum South has been replaced by that of Henry Thoreau’s “northern overseers” in the form of slavery to a Federal Caesar. But Henry’s pretense of a “tax revolt” did not result in the severe punishment facing those that refuse to pay their taxes now, and at no time in history has the power to tax been the power to destroy so evident as it is in America today. On the face of it, the case can be made that the present mad Federal Triumvirate comprised of those 545 people to whom Reese refers is intentionally directed toward the absolute destruction of America.

Checks and balances have gone by the board in large part due to Lincoln’s War, and accountability in government at every level is now conspicuous by its absence, evidenced by every “commission” and “committee” dedicated to exonerating the guilty, never holding anyone at Caesar’s table to account for the flaunting of every measure of the rule of law and the manifold crimes committed against ordinary Americans. And the corruption in government is so transparent today that we are rapidly becoming a lawless nation in which jails and prisons can’t be built fast enough. The problem, however, is that none of those close to Caesar are held to account for flaunting the laws ordinary Americans are commanded to obey, and this obscene flaunting of laws by the rich and powerful is understood by others to be an excuse for flaunting the laws as well.

America is ruled by evil people, politicians and their corporate bosses, dedicated to an evil system of government that can only continue to perpetuate evil. Were illegal aliens for example killing and murdering the children of the 545 presently in power our borders would be secured and the invasion of America by the millions of barbarians from Mexico for the sake of slave labor, drug and human trafficking would be halted immediately.

But if anyone should stop for a moment and attempt to analyze why the “right people” are not being killed by illegal aliens, why those in power much like university professors not only seem to live in a vacuum protected from the ugly realities of the want and ignorance of the Great Unwashed, but continue in power you are stymied for an answer to the question. Certainly the roots of our Federal Triune Dictatorship can be traced, the many evils of this Triumvirate are manifest everywhere we look, but what is to be done about it; that resists any plausible and practical answer. And short of some catastrophic event like nuclear terrorism, worldwide famine and pestilence on a Biblical scale or other will probably continue to resist any plausible and practical answer.

And so, as the Bible has it the “mystery of iniquity” continues as it has throughout human history, a history filled with wars and violence of every description in which evil has the upper hand while millions are slaughtered and sacrificed to the ambitions of a few, “Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.” And our government rather than accept criticism continues in the vein of Henry’s accusation “Why does it always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels?”

As the lunacy of it all parades before us in the garb of presidential contenders, the lunacy is made manifest in none of them addressing specific answers and solutions to the specific and monumental threats we are facing as a nation. On the contrary, the very lunacy of expecting politicians to do so is a manifestation of our nation being doomed by lunatics driven mad by their lust for power that in their madness cannot appeal to Americans, but to the mad divisions and factions still believing the promise of “forty acres and a mule” is the answer to our problems as a nation.