I am not referring to the song by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, published in 1962.  But with the madness of our day, if I were to sit in silence and twiddle my thumbs singing Que Sera Sera or Kumbaya, then I could only describe myself as a fool or extremely foolish.  If I allow the mentality that all politics is cyclical and although the Leftist Activists are driving the political bus, it will come back to the center or the right in another election or two, I could only classify myself as a fool or foolish.  I am not calling you that, but myself.

It seems undeniable that the followers of toxic liberalism, globalism, and leftist activism are trying to break everything and replace it with something out of their ideological utopian fantasy.  The administrative state has become such a behemoth and the Deep State so expansive that we may not, short of a revolution, turn this bus around, but we must try!  To sit in silence, apathy, cowardice, or fear is to guarantee the fundamental transformation they desire.  I cannot and will not do that. 

We have had numerous attempts to reform the administrative state, which have been abject failures.  The administrative state took root during FDR and Wilson and has grown expansively since.  The idea was to have ‘rule by experts, insulated from the popular will.’  Is that not what we are watching today?  By experts, I mean ‘self-described,’ but insulated from the popular will is openly visible to anyone willing to take an honest look.

Winston Churchill’s quote, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it,” is what the liberal leftists have been doing for almost a century.  When it comes to the history of the Great Depression, it was those evil speculators who caused the problem, not government policies.  The New Deal?  It saved America from disaster, according to liberal history data.  The liberals saved us from those evil Jim Crow Southerners.  After all, to be white, in the minds of the proponents of the toxic liberalism of today, is to be a white racist supremacist.

Every politician seems to be looking for a war!  Sadly, too often, we, the people, are the enemy of the advancement of their ideological agendas.  They have the power of legislation and mandates, and we become their targets.  Representative government has ceased, and the Deep State and Administrative State rule tyrannically.

The American people are being forced to fund a form of tyranny through our tax system.  In the 121 years since 1902, the federal government has increased spending from 6.9 percent to over 50 percent of GDP.  Excessive and wasteful spending is opening the door for tyranny, and if we allow it to continue, we are being blind and foolish. 

Looking back to ancient history for politicians, federal spending skyrocketed under FDR leading up to WW II. However, it was still less than half of the total government expenditures (local, state, and federal).  World War II forced the spending to increase to 52 percent to meet the demands of the war.  Immediately after the war, it dropped back to 21 percent.  That changed in a steady climb to 35 percent at the bottom of the depression of 1980-82.  It continued at that pace until the mortgage debacle in 2008.

After 2008, with the bank and the auto industry bailouts, federal spending soared to 41 percent and moderated to about 36 percent until 2020, when COVID hit, and it has soared to over 50 percent of GDP.  The federal government employs about 2.85 million people (2021).   But that is the tip of the iceberg because the federal government’s expenditures extend to the fifty states and territories.  The towns and counties, schools, and other federal entities in the states mean that we are funding about 18.28 million works plus the innumerable number of private contractors who provide infrastructure and services for the federal government. 

From my perch, it appears that Obama, Biden, and the Democratic Establishment are seeking to create a dictatorship.  During COVID, the feds exercised almost absolute control with the many mandates, edicts, etc.  Biden continues to issue unconstitutional order after unconstitutional order, and even when slapped down by the courts, continues one after another.  That sounds like a dictator, not a president. 

Someone succinctly said, “In the 250 years from George III to Biden I, we have gone from taxation without representation to taxation without representation.”  That is disturbing but difficult to argue against.  After the Civil War, the federal government became more expansive and powerful.  I am not arguing that slavery was good, but the war opened the door for what few Americans wanted – MORE GOVERNMENT!

The Great Depression was largely fueled by the Federal Reserve depressing the money supply and destroying banks knowingly.  Even with the growth of government and the rise of the seeds of tyranny, the federal government was relatively small until World War II.  With America’s entrance into the war, the federal government grew exponentially.  Centralized control was expanded unconstitutionally in the name of defense, safety, and protection.  How many despots and tyrants have used that mantra?

The progressive tax system and unlimited ability to borrow money are a recipe for destruction and tyrannical control.  Lyndon B. Johnson was party to one of the most heinous moves to centralize and control that we have witnessed.  His policies, still not fully acknowledged, decimated Black families like nothing else.  Richard Nixon created the disastrous EPA, allowing regulations to damage the economy significantly.  Only a massive central government could pull it off.

Thomas Jefferson warned and expected tyranny to appear in America and believed a full-blown revolution would be required to remedy the situation.  I do not want a revolution, but I do want a return to limited government.  I do not believe that those in power will ever be willing to relinquish that power willingly or legislatively.  How we achieve the desired goal is challenging to decipher and achieve.  But I believe we can elicit our Creator’s help by following the directive of 2 Chronicles 7:14. Will we?  That remains to be seen.

The Deep State is betraying America and the vision of our Founding Fathers.  We are watching a two-tiered justice system that can only result in anarchy.  It almost seems the cry is to save our democracy by supporting dictatorship.  The lunacy of that needs no comment.   When Joe Biden made his infamous declaration in his push for gun control, I was left open-mouthed in shock.  He quoted Jefferson and then made his insane comment.

He claimed that the 2^nd Amendment was not absolute and said that if we wanted to water the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots, we must be reminded of his reality.  “If you want to do that, you want to work against the government; you need an F-16.  You need something else than just an AR-15 anyway.”  That was a veiled or not-so-veiled threat that the government would use F-16s against citizens.

Courts are ruling against freedom of speech and religious liberty for conservatives and Christians but defending it for liberals and activists on the left.  I cite the comment by the CEO of Raytheon, one of our major defense companies, that ‘decoupling” from China was impossible.  He argued that “more than 95 percent of rare earth materials or metals come from or are processed in China.  There is no alternative.”  That is frightening that we see ourselves as totally dependent on the CHICOMS who are not our friends. 

So, I ask, “What Kind of Fool Am I?” I ask that question with the addendum if I sit in silence, comply passively, and cower in the shadows.  It is imperative that every American patriot rise to the occasion and stand in defense of Faith, Family, and Freedom!  We must awaken from our stupor, or we will awaken to the chains of tyranny.

God bless you, and God bless America!