BLAME THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS THERE

A Malaysian airplane carrying over 250 Chinese passengers and those from several other nations disappeared without a trace. Huge unruly displays of anger at the Malaysian government arose spontaneously. Those involved condemned the Chinese government as well. In South Korea, a huge ferry sank carrying hundreds to death. At a near riot of those grieving losses, Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won had a water bottle thrown at him in Jindo, Republic of Korea, where he came to express the government grievance as well as his personal grievance at the tragic loss of life. In both instances, the grief was real and heart felt but the objective of the anger somehow seemed irrational and totally misplace. As often happened with “tragic accidents”, we seem to need someone to blame. In truth, when things don’t go well for us, we have a strong tendency to want to blame someone. In some situation, we do have someone we can rightfully blame; nonetheless, there are situations such as the airplane loss or the ferry sinking. They were due to uncontrollable circumstances—they were accidents. If there is no one to blame, who then do we chose to express our anger at for accidents that just happened? After intensive investigations and unfathomable expense, the government may or may not come up with something or someone to blame. The usual thing is that it was something no one could do anything to correct. Sadly, in the end, no one will thank the government for trying.

The question is why people act this way. The government is there to take the blame but not there to be thanked. I look at rancher Bundy, in Nevada and ask the same thing. He and a few “heavily armed individuals” are irrationally blaming the government for Bundy not paying his bill for grazing land the government provides for all ranchers. Like the people in Malaysia, China, and in Korea, they seem have an innate the need to blame someone and they picked the government. Others people not affected by the tragedies joined the grieving people in Malaysia, China and Korea in their hate for the government; people who had nothing to do with their misfortunes even in a remote way.

Consider a person who has used the highways, fire protection, police protection, and take advantage of all the franchised utilities but on April 15^th, finds he has spent all the money he earned and can not afford to pay his taxes. Who is this deadbeat cursing and at whom is he aiming his water bottles?  If you care to ask those bearded, assault rifle carrying rabbet hunters standing on Bundy ranch land, actually it is government land Bundy claims the right to it, who they are mad at they will name the government. Actual the Constitution and our funding documents say, “We the people”; that is you and me, are the government.

If you ask them why they are doing what they are doing, they will tell you it is because they are freedom-loving individuals and do not want anyone telling them what to do. If you ask them about their rifles, they will tell you the Constitution tells them they can own guns. However, if you point out the Constitution gives the states rights to issue deeds, and that Bundy’s land is his land only because the government says it is his land, suddenly they change the subject, in some unconnected and some disjointed way. This is what a Nevada assembly woman did on Chris Hayes’ program All In on MSNBC last night; she yelled at Chris in desperation,  “You want to slaughter his cattle., Is that what you want?”  

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