UNDUE INFLUENCE

Once again, we have to remind ourselves that one man, the most unlikely man, is responsible for the healthcare dilemma we are facing and that is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Roberts.  This intelligent, conservative mind found the flimsiest of reasons to declare the ACA to be constitutional.  If, as reported, he did this so the Court would not appear to be political, he failed.  His act was political.

We have heard so much about the extensive, all inclusive spying the NSA has been conducting for years.  It's victims have included legislators and judges.  It is obvious that this places many of these people in a position for scandalous information about them to be collected by partisan officials and used to blackmail them.  Whether or not this is the case here remains to be seen.  When a person does something so out of character, suspicions do arise.

Added to this speculation is the certain knowledge that Obama and his ego-maniacal tendencies and his connections with the ruthless Chicago political machine make him capable of something like blackmail.  This is another reason the NSA should be dismantled.  Whatever benefit it may provide for detecting terrorist activities, it is offset in spades with the damage and danger of a despot who would use this information to control the legislative and judicial branches of our government.