A Nation of Sheep
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An extremely disturbing look at how individual and states rights have been ursurped by the corruption of Washington by the people we entrust to safeguard the Constitution. Napolitano developes the history and background showing how congress has unconstitutionally deligated its authority to appointed bureaucrats and how the executive branch has arbitrarily assumed powers and authority never granted through Executive Orders, using crisis and fear as tools to rob the people of individual rights and liberty. Judge Napolitano also explains how the Supreme Court of the United States has perverted and stretched the words and meanings of the Constitution to make law, selectively punishing the individual while granting ever more power and authority to business and government which rightly belongs to the people or the states. A wake-up call to all Americans who believe in freedom and liberty.
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Am reading Andrew P. Napolitano's book A Nation of Sheep, which is quite the experience so far. The book is about how our national government ignores, circumvents, and attacks the rights and liberties that are the foundation of our nation.
Napolitano's best known for his frequent/regular appearances on pretty much every show on FOXNews, he obviously takes his talking points from the GOP, slavishly promotes the agenda of the Bush (43) Administration, and is some sort of fascist (closeted or otherwise). Right?
Except he's not. In fact, the Bush Administration's agenda is the main target of Napolitano's vitriol. However, I should note that the Adams (2), Lincoln, Roosevelt (32), Trueman and Nixon administrations receive knocks as well.
After a few chapters skimming U.S. History (with quick glances at contemporary events), Napolitano turns his focus on the present with this little end-of-chapter tease:
If you're not convinced that the government is hell-bent on accumulating extreme amounts of power in the name of national security, the forthcoming chapters will finalize the exsanguinations of your skepticism. In other words, get ready for some sleepless nights.
