One of the strengths of the United States is that our Founding Fathers codified a Bill of Rights. The rights contained therein were not rights granted by the government, but rather they were rights that the government could not take away.
Let us speak hypothetically for a moment. Yeah, hypothetically my foot, but let's pretend we're are being hypothetical for a moment. Imagine that one political party just took control of the federal upper legislative body by using fraudulent tactics in a recent state runoff election -- the same tactics that party used to take the last Presidential election.
The Bill of Rights in the Constitution grants freedom of speech to allow people to express their concerns about such corruption in government. What does the Lt. Governor of one state, a state that was suspected of corruption in the last Presidential election, have to say about the people's right to freedom of speech about such matters?
"So, this idea that saying that Pennsylvania was rigged or that we were trying to steal the election, unquote, that’s a lie. And that — you do not have the right, that is not protected speech." -- Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D)
That is right, a government that does not have the power to deny rights now claims that lying is not protected free speech. Who gets to decide what is a lie and therefore is not considered free speech? Why, the corrupt government that the First Amendment is there to allow people to speak out against. Makes sense to me.
That reminds me of a line from a classic movie.
"Victor Lazlo published the foulest lies in the Prague newspapers." -- Major Strasser (Conrad Veidt) Casablanca -- 1942
For those who do not know the film, Major Strasser is a Nazi officer. Victor Lazlo is a heroic figure in the European underground movement. How any elected official in the United States can even think of uttering such an absurdity as did Pennsylvania's Lt. Governor is frightening.
Now comes news from Breitbart contributor Peter Schweizer that Mitch McConnell and his wife, Elaine Chou, have financial ties to China by having interest in a Chinese ship building company -- but I suppose talking about that is a lie and therefore not protected as free speech. Then again, McConnell is a Republican so all bets are off.
When one looks at the corruption in the United States government, it is clear why the entrenched elites went after President Trump with such vengeance.
For Joe Biden's inauguration as the anti-President, there were 26,000 troops in Washington DC. The Federal Bureau of Intimidation screened the soldiers to make sure that none had political views that the government did not find acceptable. So now we are seeing the beginning of a purge of the American military.
We live in interesting times. I just wish they were not so interesting.
