I mean, what else does Congress, the Colorado Legislature or our local politicians have to do to convince you?

And for those thinking this is all about democrats (hint, it isn’t, it just seems to always apply to them) I’ve got some public vaping, shooting dog stories and sex coverups for you that you seem to be ignoring.

Well, how about this? It’s beginning to look like it’s all an act. Both sides with their constant Friar’s Club routines on display for the world to see. Not that the world should care either, because this is solely for the benefit of the voting audience of the United States. Then again, given how lax our voting has become, maybe it is for the world – that is, if the voters vote the right way. The irony? Either way one votes, no matter your country of citizenship, one way is always the wrong way.

Yeah, this column is more sarcastic opining than meat and potatoes. There’s a reason for that. Washington, D.C., Denver and, more and more, Grand Junction don’t have meat and potatoes on the menu. Just a couple of small appetizers that wouldn’t sate a cat’s appetite.

I was wondering how I could get my latest favorite cat, Niko, into this.

I’m honestly at the point where I think the best thing we can do with government on most levels is shut it all down, split it up in court and let the economy absorb the loss (which it is magical at doing, even with all the crap the government creates and wastes over the centuries) and start from scratch after removing all laws created after the first pages of parchment in 1787.

And before you get all, “So you want slavery to be legal,” on me, just remember, the first laws about slavery were created to get folks to join the union. So yeah, they were created to make slavery legal, by folks we elected. Worse, they were confirmed legal by bureaucrats who were appointed and approved by folks we elected for nearly a century.

Yes, I just called the people who’ve served on the Supreme Court of the United States bureaucrats. And for us folks with a lick of common sense about the inalienable rights of free peoples, they also fall under my “not the best and brightest” category.

Or do you agree with the court’s myriad rulings on slavery, Jim Crow, Roe v. Wade, Kelo v. Connecticut, Brown v. the Board of Education, Citizens United, all the unconstitutional gun laws, or the original oldie but goodie in screwing the citizens of the United States, Marbury v. Madison?

I listed those for a reason. And the reason is you can’t agree on all of them. And that’s because they are all political decisions. So yeah, the Supremes have been relegated to bureaucrat status in my humble (although you may not find it so, which you have the right to have that opinion) opinion. Because in the halls of government, under which the court sits, it’s all political, all the time. And today, most of the politics end up in court.

I mean, how long before someone sues President Trump over this hubbub with Iran? It’s coming. It has to. They’ve sued him or taken him to court on literally everything he’s done in his second term. And his first term. And Biden’s term in between. And it’s all politics. And yes, I understand fully that’s not what they say.

That’s because the one area of life we do elect the best and brightest is in electing sociopaths, gas-lighters and political-hack partisans. Ever watch a congressional “hearing?” On anything? These clown shows should be held under a big top, not in a SCIF. Although, given the idiocy intended to destroy a nation, maybe a SCIF is better since voters are easily manipulated. The problem we have is our clown cars hold as many as 435 nowadays.

In short – and I guess to finally make a point – what really is it that’s produced for the people in these hallowed halls of power that benefits the people? I ask that because of this simple fact: Other than some criminal laws, every law passed hurts some at the expense of others. They all violate rights. They all discriminate. Every action a politician takes does this while usually being the direct opposite of an action previously taken by the same folks.

How else can you have a Congress on soapboxes voting to release the Epstein files one week and then voting to cover up its own sexual violations just months later? How can you have a legislature in Denver passing between 600 and 1,000 laws every session? How can you have a city councilperson telling you we’re doing this to help businesses while saying we should boycott businesses who don’t agree with him?

I could go on and on, but this column would become even more vague, because the examples are legion (and I might be saying that in the Biblical sense), and I can hear the complaints already. But that’s not my purpose today—well, referencing the Bible in relation to all of this is always the point. No, my point is to make someone think about it. All of it.

We’ve reached the point where we really don’t have public servants anymore. Certainly not at the state and federal level. And it’s happening even more and more locally, as those jobs are only for the select few at the approval of the local parties – even the non-affiliated positions.

So how can government be for the people? You tell me. Because I can’t see much chance anymore. It sure can’t solve any problems. And worse, everything it does is about votes, power or getting rich at too many levels.

But back to my cat. He loves to climb and knock things over. Occasionally destroy things. But he lives here by the grace of Craig and by my choice. I can tolerate his behavior. It’s what cats do. I choose to freely live with that.

But why are we tolerating what politicians do? Why are we choosing the ones we choose? I’d hate to think it’s because we have no other choice. Because in time, you won’t live freely with any of them.

Oh, and for giggles – and responses – someone needed to take out Iran. The last few guys were afraid. And yes, democrats, your losers also ran on doing what Trump is finally doing. Another reason when we have a choice we don’t elect you. At least on the topic of strength, we knew better. Fact is, you only get elected when someone wants to force their ways onto free people (like California or Colorado). And republicans seem to get elected because they aren’t democrats. Only exception, Biden. Because he wasn’t Trump.

Then again, Trump’s not a republican in the sense republicans want us to think what republicans are. Same on the democrats. Maybe it’s time the voters realized that on both ends of the political spectrum. At least Trump’s his own guy.

Just thoughts to think on.

In Truth and freedom. Heavy on freedom this time.

Craig Hall is owner and publisher of The Business Times. Reach him at 424-5133 or publisher@thebusinesstimes.com