Thursday, January 11, 2007

Government, in order to serve the People, must operate in admiralty/maritime mode-By Harsha Sankar

Dear Citizen, September 2004


Written are just a few examples of how the political geniuses in Washington, D.C. have decided to spend taxpayer’s money in fiscal 2003.

$725,000.00 for the “Please Touch” Museum in Philadelphia.
$700,000.00 for the Silver Ring Thing Program in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.
$250,000.00 for National Preschool Anger Management Project in Iowa (Apparently to handle angry toddlers).
$50,000.00 for the Nevada Women’s Fund in Reno.
$500,000.00 for the International Coffee Organization.
$4,000,000.00 for the International Development Center in Alabama.

The list of wasteful abuses are endless. Edward McSweegan of the National Institutes of Health is getting paid $100,000.00 annually to do work he is not even aware that exists.This is not an exaggeration.

Unfortunately this litany of graft is commonplace as well at the state and local levels. When fat-cat bureaucrats are receiving two to five times more “compensation” than the average police officer, teacher, and NCO in combat, is it any wonder morale is at an all-time low? With this new “Homeland Security” program in effect, it has become a cash cow for lobbyists, attorneys, contractors, and colleges. All this will have the taxpayers’ foot the bill, and yet the borders are unprotected and immigration levels are at an all-time high.

Very few, other than the beneficiaries, will dispute the fact the bureaucracies need to be streamlined in size, scope, and makeup. However what most people need to realize that it is the legal profession’s exhibition of reckless, irresponsible, money-hungry and vigilante, unrestrained power-drunk behavior is what spawned such obscene expenditures and utter nonsense. This is a classic case of monkey see, monkey do. When it comes to such misappropriation of legal authority, the trickle-down theory is always in effect.

The solution to this misery is quite simple, other than removing lawyers from public office. All people who work for public institutions and all agents thereof must be placed under the principle of admiralty/maritime law. That is the only way to restore military-type discipline in government agencies and the only way the rights of private sector citizens will be deferred to appropriately. Bureaucracies, mainly in the executive branch, must be operated as a hierarchy. This means a clear chain of command must be established from the President to a border patrol custodian, and from the Governor to the high school cook. People want results, not excuses and dictates.

The American military is, despite political interfering, the strongest and most effective in the world. It is because of obedience to the superior’s application of the clear-cut rules. In an admiralty/maritime setting, as long as the superior does not flagrantly violate those rules, then his/her decision must be followedunless that individual’s superior deems otherwise.People who work in the public realm or receive public aid must realize they have no unalienable rights. The only right they have is protection from a crime that inflicts harm to their property or person. If they do not like the administration of the law and/or the administration of their superior, they can opt-out.

The ultimate superior are the voters. If the voters are not satisfied with the job of the elected official, the elected official and not the nameless bureaucrat will be the first to go. Obviously all decisions sanctioned by any public servant must be public record for the citizens to thoroughly monitor in a free and democratic society. The responsibility to redress any issue that concerns the general welfare belongs to the individual citizen.It must never be abandoned or abdicated no matter what excuse he or she may think he or she has.

Harsha Sankar
908 Valley Ridge Road
Covington, Virginia 24426

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