Ron Ewart
Why Obey the Law When Lawmakers Don’t?
March 22, 2010

"I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands as clean, as they are empty." – Thomas Jefferson

"Self-government will not work, without self-discipline." – Paul Harvey

When your vision is clouded by an irrational obsession, the first thing to leave your soul is honor.

What has happened to America and our beloved Constitutional Republic? What catalyst or disease transformed politicians into men and women who have become devoid of honor? Not all of them, but way too many. Why have the principles of freedom and liberty become passé, out-of-date, or just plain irrelevant? How is it we have morphed into the false loyalty of "my party, right or wrong, my party." That's Nazi stuff, not American. What on earth possessed us to "spit" on the foundation of our liberties, in favor of what...Security? Comfort? Enslavement? Have we lost our collective minds?

Why do so many Americans think it is perfectly OK to cheat on auto, fire or medical claims to insurance companies, or file in-accurate or falsified income tax returns? And we wonder why insurance premiums are so high! Why do we lie on employment or loan applications?  Why do we engage in the consumption of illegal drugs that get people killed on both sides of our southern border? It is Americans consuming illegal drugs that drive the violent drug wars and the killings in Mexico and America.

The reason for all these things is that we have lost the virtue of honor. A large segment of our American population have lost it by succumbing to the siren call of a "free" lunch from government, when we all know, the "lunch" isn't free. The politicians have lost honor because, in a representative government, politicians are a reflection of the people who vote them into office.

If we do not value honor, integrity and honesty in ourselves, we will not value those very same qualities in our leaders. In today's world, those men and women without honor, integrity and honesty continue to be elected to public office. Therefore, by our own choice, we allow dishonor and dishonesty to perpetuate itself and frankly, we deserve what we get.

Many ask, why should we obey the law, when the law makers themselves, are law breakers? Why should we pay our taxes, or why shouldn't we cheat on our income tax returns, when the law makers waste our money with reckless abandon? But where does all this lead when we are a country based on the rule of law? If the law makers don't obey the law and the citizens don't obey the law, we are headed for an Absolute Democrat Monarchy at best, or going off the steep precipice of chaos and anarchy into Hell, at worst.

There was a line in an old western song that seemed appropriate to our dilemma. In the song the singer asks, "Why do you surround yourself with people who demand so little of you?" In that regard, why do we put up with leaders who turn their heads away from honor, integrity, honesty, principle and the rule of law?

Should we stay on this course, we are headed for a civil unrest, the likes of which this country has never seen. Greater than the American Revolution, greater than even the Civil War and greater than either World Wars or the smaller wars that occurred thereafter. When the rule of law breaks down, when the banks collapse, when food, water and energy become scarce or intermittent, irrational rage takes its place, because a hungry belly has nothing to lose by going to war and will throw all caution to the winds. Anarchy reigns.

This weekend in Washington DC, the seeds of civil unrest are being planted on the grounds of the national capitol. Although the main focus will be on stopping Obama care, other groups will be hijacking the event and will be looking to incite violence. Anti-war, pro-amnesty and union groups will be coming together with freedom groups and the potential for outbreaks of violence is high. Whether Obama care passes or not, these clashes will become more common as our leaders, who have forsaken honor and the Supreme Law of the Land, continue their head long rush into the dead-end tunnel of socialism. Un contolled violence could very easily be one of the results of that head long rush, if we let it.