[Peace-discuss] Chris and Me

[Morton K. Brussel]

Beautifully expressed!  It should be published.

Incidentally, I recall, dimly, that one of the founding fathers did  
indeed understand the dangers lurking in corporations, even at that  
time, and warned about it.

P.S. Did you send him a contribution?

Mort


On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:27 AM, John W. wrote:

>
> I'm not quite sure how it happened, but Christopher Dodd and I are  
> on a first-name basis, and he writes to me.  A lot.  So I took the  
> liberty of composing this little reply to one of his more intimate  
> missives.
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> It's been a busy day, but I wanted take a moment and let you know  
>> that I have decided to place a "hold" on legislation in the Senate  
>> that includes amnesty for telecommunications companies that  
>> enabled the President's assault on the Constitution by providing  
>> personal information on their customers without judicial  
>> authorization.
>>
>> I said that I would do everything I could to stop this bill from  
>> passing, and I have.
>>
>> It's about delivering results -- and as I've said before, the  
>> FIRST thing I will do after being sworn into office is restore the  
>> Constitution.
>>
>> But we shouldn't have to wait until then to prevent the further  
>> erosion of our country's most treasured document.
>>
>> That's why I am stopping this bill today.
>>
>> I've gotta run, but please visit my campaign website for more  
>> details.
>>
>> http://www.chrisdodd.com/fisa
>>
>> Chris
>
>
> Chris, I'm not sure how you and I got to be on a first-name basis,  
> but I like it.  I like it a lot.  I'm very flattered, actually.   
> I'm hoping that you'll invite me over to your house sometime, and  
> maybe help me qualify for things like Medicare, Section 8 housing,  
> etc.
>
> Meanwhile, I'm going to go out on a limb here.  I'm going to  
> presume on our budding friendship to remind you, just between you  
> and me, that there really is no such thing as the "rule of law".   
> It's a myth.  It's kind of like that alternative version of the  
> Golden Rule: "Them that has the gold makes the rules."  The rule of  
> law, properly stated, is this:  "Them that has the power declare  
> what the 'rule of law' is at any given moment in time."
>
> I studied law for four years, and tears used to roll down my cheeks  
> as I learned in detail just how politicized and ideological the  
> Supreme Court actually is, how profoundly unjust our "justice"  
> system is, how greatly the scales of justice and mercy are weighted  
> against the poor and disenfranchised.  When America's greatest  
> Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Marshall, can invoke the "law of  
> discovery" and the "law of conquest" as ex post facto rationales  
> for stealing land from Native Americans, as he did in a famous  
> early case, one realizes with a vengeance just how hollow the "rule  
> of law" really is.
>
> And Chris...the Constitution doesn't merely need to be restored.   
> It needs to be revisited, revamped, revitalized, to account for the  
> profound changes in American life over the past 218 years.  Our  
> Founding Fathers, the "Framers" as they're called, apparently  
> didn't anticipate the Industrial Revolution and the rise of  
> multinational corporations.  Until the corporations and those  
> they're able to purchase in the federal government are brought  
> under some measure of control and accountability, the Constitution  
> will be constitutionally unable (if you'll pardon the pun) to  
> establish Justice, promote the general Welfare, and do those other  
> things that it declares as its purpose in the Preamble.
>
> "Accountability" is a key word here, Chris.  We've misplaced it in  
> America.  We've somehow lost sight of the notion that a  
> government's sole legitimate purpose is to enhance the quality of  
> life for ALL of its citizens AND their posterity, not just the top  
> 1% in the short term.  Until our elected representatives recognize  
> and reclaim that notion of genuine accountability, America will  
> continue to rot from the inside out just as every other Empire  
> throughout history has done.
>
> The U.S. doesn't have far to go before it collapses like an empty  
> suit of clothes with no body inside, Chris.  I know this  with  
> absolute certainty, and deep in your heart you know it too.  It's  
> all up to you.  I hope you respect my intelligence and integrity  
> enough to do what you have to do to make America the great country  
> it COULD be.
>
> Your friend,
>
> John Wason
>
>
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