(This is a reprint from 2014.)

There is now a glut of documentation for the lawless evil in the highest levels of the United States government.  And sadly, it is trickling down to the lower levels in many places.

I am increasingly disturbed as I listen to the people I trust bringing out new facts of corruption continuously.  What troubles me even more now, as I observe the zeal and passion for uncovering scandals, is that it becomes an end in itself.  Investigators, reporters, and commentators at the top of their field have job security like never before, and they do a great service. But it is not enough.

I’ve said before that the two greatest hazards for our country are 1) The news of the day and 2) The democratic process.

I believe that most of the time and attention given to the currently prominent disasters actually serve to distract all of us from the real agenda proceeding unabated, until it is too late.

It seems like everyone with an audience still pushes for the next election to solve our problems in Washington, like it has in the past, like it is supposed to.  But as I wrote recently, that is not enough, just like the democratic process was not enough to form this country.

People don’t want a revolution, and pundits and politicians hold their tongue and try harder through ‘business as usual’ channels.

Truth is, we don’t know how to revolt.

+The House won’t impeach because the Senate won’t follow.

+The internet (surveillance) makes revolution seem impossible, unknown, and awkward.

+The people who depend on the government won’t revolt.

+The government already has us over the barrel.

But I appeal to the very small percentage of the population who understand the gravity of our condition to the point of revolution, and are ready to sacrifice.

So it was 240 years ago.  We can’t keep dreaming that history won’t repeat itself.  I believe in American exceptionalism, but we are not that exceptional to avoid what we must do to preserve our freedom.