EU To Push For Superstate, Confirming The Need For Secession

It appears that Britain chose to flee the EU at just the right time, as the EU is now pushing ahead to become a superstate that will dissolve its members' sovereignty and establish a continental empire of massive taxing, spending, regulation, and wealth-redistribution (i.e., a Fourth Reich). People such as I have been warning about this for years, only to be labeled "conspiracy theorists." Well, the conspiracy is not a theory, it's an undeniable reality. What began as an experiment in international relations is now a Frankenstein's monster of supranational abuse. Even worse than its predecessors, this iteration of the continental empire will either be deracinated or, given enough time, Islamic.

All governments become as powerful as they possibly can. It's an iron law of human nature, more certain even than the law of supply and demand. No government can be "limited," at least not for long. America's own Constitution set forth clear rules for a limited federal government exercising a paltry few functions, yet less than eighty years later that government brutally destroyed the sovereignty of the member states, and now we have an unrestrained national government that does whatever it pleases. You don't have to take my word for it -- a celebrated federal appeals judge, Richard Posner, recently remarked that it's a waste of time for judges to study the Constitution because it has no relevance to modern American life, thereby admitting that he's disavowing his oath of office, that there is no rule of law to restrain government, and that our fates are at the mercy of curs like him.

The lesson is to keep governments small and numerous because no internal restraints will last; only external restraints do. Wherever an oversized government exists, it should be chopped down to size through secession. The Brexit struck a blow for liberty by frustrating the EU's designs and by sparking the secessionist impulse, not only in Europe but also here in the United States. The treasonous sentiments of Posner and his ilk are laid bare and  contain the seeds of their own destruction -- if the Constitution is truly outdated, then so is the government that it loosed upon us.

Here's to seeing a Texit, a Califexit, any many more such exits as soon as possible.

Congratulations On The Brexit

The United Kingdom has stricken a blow against the forces of global hegemony, taking its leave of the Fourth Reich European Union rather than continue subsidizing other peoples and letting its own be trampled by parasitic migrants.

If the EU had a "strong" leader in the mold of Abraham Lincoln, he would call for the invasion and conquest of the UK. After slaughtering a large percentage of the UK's population (military as well as civilian), a century later he would be hailed as a wise and beneficent liberator. We're fortunate that this portion of history will not repeat, but we can only hope that the secessionist spirit will continue reasserting itself.

In the meantime, Scotland is hinting that it will secede from the UK only to join the EU. While I think this proves beyond doubt that Scotland is a pathetic welfare queen whose best and brightest citizens emigrated away long ago, this is nonetheless worthwhile because it is an exercise of sovereignty, right or wrong.

The bottom line is that a world of multiple, competing sovereignties is preferable to a world with a single, unrivaled hegemon. The EU was a push towards the latter. If diversity is so wonderful as we are constantly told, then let us apply it to geo-politics and keep nations plentiful and diverse.

Next Book Is Almost Finished

As I always say, I'm slow but sure. My next book, some of which I've already shared here, is just about finished. Ever since becoming my own boss I've enjoyed my idle time so much that I've procrastinated with my writing. I am now firmly convinced that man was not put on this Earth to slave at work all day, and I thank my maker for giving me the opportunity to experience life as it should be led. By the same token, we have a duty to put our talents to good use. One of mine is speaking truth.

In that vein, here is a rough draft of the table of contents. The last chapter will have to wait for the presidential election in November, assuming that the "lone nut" scenario doesn't unfold as I once ventured (and today there was a close shave on that score). I might throw in some additional material as the election approaches, by which time I will have chosen a title. No matter what I call the book, its essence is pretty clear: America is terminally ill. Can it be saved? That's a chapter Americans -- at least the remnant among us -- will have to write together.

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 - The United States Constitution: Once Functional But Now Historical

Chapter 2 - The Scourge Of Political Correctness

Chapter 3 - The Proper Role Of Government In A Free Society

Chapter 4 - The Great Stereopticon, Amplified

Chapter 5 - The Breakdown Of The Family

Chapter 6 - From Christianity Back To Paganism

Chapter 7 - Re-Thinking The Civil War

Chapter 8 - Lawsuit Nation

Chapter 9 - The Death Of Education

Chapter 10 - The Immigrant Mythology

Chapter 11 - Economics And The Loss Of The Right To Pursue Happiness

Chapter 12 - The Trumpening: An Initial Rebellion Against The Status Quo

CONCLUSION

The Orlando Massacre

I'm sad to hear what happened in Orlando, a city I visit every year and have fond memories of from having lived most of my life in Florida. Details are still being investigated, but what we know so far is that 1) there was at least one shooter (likely more, based on eyewitness accounts and the death toll), 2) his parents immigrated here from a Muslim nation, and 3) he was a Muslim fanatic.

The question here is fairly straightforward: has America become so terminal that political correctness is now stronger than the will to survive? As always, the difficulty is not figuring out what to do, but doing it.

UPDATE: 

Predictably, a large number of people are calling for unconstitutional federal restrictions on the rights of Americans (to bear arms) and rejecting calls for perfectly constitutional restrictions on the privileges of foreigners (immigration). Many, if not most, Americans are unworthy of the name.

The Jurors Are Revolting

A group of citizens is abdicating its civic duty to sit on a jury for trials before Judge Aaron Persky, who handed down the apparently light sentence referenced in my previous post. Let's assume for a moment that the citizens' outrage is justified rather than grossly misplaced. What good comes from refusing to sit on a jury? If your goal is to thwart Persky, it would be far better to sit on a jury in his court and do your level best to work justice as you see it. Also, if you perceive yourself as high-minded and principled, you are contradicting yourself by now harming people caught up in the criminal justice system who could benefit from your supposed virtues. By leaving them in the lurch and gumming up the works, you prove only that you are selfish, self-centered, and more harmful than Persky. 

The opportunity to sit on a jury is precious. By wasting it to make a personal (and ineffectual) protest, these potential jurors are revolting indeed.

Misplaced Outrage Over Judge Who Coddled Alleged Rapist

Popular outrage has exploded over a light sentence that a judge imposed on a young man who was convicted of sexual assault against an unconscious woman, causing even a U.S. Senator to denounce the judge.

What strikes me as bizarre here has nothing to do with the decision itself; after all, the judge exercised his lawful discretion to impose a sentence that he found justified on all the facts (and let it be noted that the assailant gave testimony that there had been prior consent). No, what floors me is that we hear NO popular outrage when a federal court or the U.S. Supreme Court roams far beyond its lawful power and disenfranchises everyone by amending the Constitution, a right that belongs to  us. Whenever this usurpation happens with regard to abortion, sodomy, "gay marriage," separation of church and state, or any number of other areas that are none the court's damn business, everyone meekly falls in line and parrots the treasonous sentiment that the court's decision is "the law of the land," which it is not.

Once again, we are through the looking glass. Down is up. Left is right. What is normal is outrageous. And what is outrageous is normal.

Muhammad Ali Is Gone

And the adulation surrounding him dwarfs what we witnessed almost five years ago with the departure of his nemesis, Joe Frazier, who was an honorable and humble man. Ali was loud, obnoxious, vain, entertaining, and cruel, especially to Joe, whom he labeled an Uncle Tom. He also was a spoiled brat; it was Joe who endured poverty when growing up, while Ali enjoyed a middle-class upbringing that paradoxically led him to denounce the society that had given him so much.

The fact that Ali has obtained such purchase on the modern mind illustrates several things about our condition. For one, it shows that wealth is a far greater threat to one's character than poverty. It shows the unfortunate shift from a culture of character to the cult of personality. Though it might seem a stretch, it also shows the shift from Christianity to neo-paganism -- a man's external badges of success now count for more than his internal virtues, and immortality is achieved here on Earth through notoriety.

For a shallow age addicted to flash over substance, Ali is a fitting hero.