Pascrell crosses the line. Proposes American “Enabling” Law.
/By Rubashov
As we’ve said before, Donald Trump has been a roaring asshole, perhaps the biggest roaring asshole, but he is by no means the only roaring asshole. Take, for example, one Congressman Bill Pascrell…
Once upon a time, Bill Pascrell was a social studies teacher. In theory, a reader of books, so he should know better. Of course, since those innocent days he’s gone on to become the kingpin in a family dynasty whose members derive their income from everything that is wrong with public life today, principally… the grease machine. This is pedestrian stuff, however, when compared to what he is getting up to these days.
We have often remarked upon the high level of social pathology amongst our political class. But it’s not an iron rule, even though there are some, all plausible and charming enough, but behind that smile and handshake… well, there was that very pleasant politico who ran for Sheriff of a New Jersey County, only to later be convicted for planning to kidnap, sexually violate, murder, and eat his victims. He was, by all accounts, a very charming fellow.
Come to think of it, Ted Bundy was in politics too. Starting out as a driver, he worked on gubernatorial and presidential campaigns – even held a job at the state committee – before discovering his, uh… ultimate calling.
This should be a warning against those – like celebrity TV host Don Lemon – who push concepts like group uniformity and collective guilt, the line that the members of any given group are all the same, all guilty, and must all be accorded the same punishment as the actual perpetrators. It was the working theory behind how the Russian Army dealt with German civilians at the close of World War Two. All were guilty. All had to suffer.
WARNING: Russian veteran recalling their crimes in Germany description graphic.
That is what you can become, when you fall under the illusion that you are good, that someone else is bad, and then act in the certainty that you have the right to hate them for it. Don’t be a Lemonhead.
We all remember that quote by Rahm Emanuel: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.”
The former Democrat Congressman and big-city Mayor was talking about the way some politicians use an event or tragedy as an excuse for some dishonest action that would not stand on its own merits. Like the way we invaded Iraq after the attacks of September 11, 2001, when it had nothing to do with Iraq – but our government said it did – and then lied about weapons of mass destruction. Two trillion dollars and a million “excess” deaths later… how did that work out?
It was the same way in 1933, when a shocking act of violence was perpetrated against the capitol building in another country. A group of politicians thought, “Let’s use this assault against democracy as cover for an assault against democracy of our own.”
And so they passed the “Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Nation” which came to be known as “The Enabling Act”. Oh, and what it enabled this government to do is a nightmare that will be with us for a thousand years.
To pass the Enabling Act, a super-majority was needed. The leadership of the largest party came up with a novel way to get around this. First, they banned some legislators based on their membership in “insurrectionist” organizations. Then, they charged others with criminal conduct directly and had them arrested and detained. In this way, they got the numbers down to a more manageable figure, and the Enabling Act became law.
We’ve been watching the actions of Congressman Pascrell since the November election, as he argues for why the electoral gains by Republicans in Congress should be reversed. Essentially, Pascrell is calling for GOP members to be removed from office over what Pascrell interprets to be “insurrectionist” behavior.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has backed a version of Pascrell’s thinking, telling the media earlier this week that she would consider expelling Members of Congress who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” It sounded better in the original German.
“Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it.”
—- Professor Cornel West
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