Imperial pet projects.

In the sad now-80-year experiment in grossly unconstitutional government, wherein the entire protective scheme of federalism has been trashed so that that once-free Americans could be ruled by a vast centralized government, we have been witness to trainloads of greasy, mendacious pieties about the Commerce Clause and emanations from penumbras to justify it all. All of which was total crap, if I may be permitted this clear deviation from decorous exposition.

In reading an otherwise excellent post by Giordano Bruno about the poison of debt I ran across this comment by "JE":

The role of our “Representatives” has become that of salesmen for perpetual spending on imperial pet projects . . . .

His phrase "imperial pet projects" perfectly captures the essence of modern constitutional jurisprudence. It's founded in lies and serves only the statist imperium. We have exchanged the sure protection of defined powers in Article I, Section 8 for lies and thereby ensured that we will be (further) harnessed to sustain the "imperial projects" du jour dreamed up by transient congressional majorities and clueless presidents. Academy Award selections have more enduring value.

As an aside, given the odd political and moral calculus of the current crop of American leaders, importing more illegal immigrants and surly Muslims is bound to be high on the list of preferred solutions to our problems.

This I know.

JE commenting on "The Great Global Debt Prison." By Giordano Bruno, Neithercorp Press, 2/4/11.