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The mob has to learn adulation

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By DOMENICK J. MAGLIO

Neo Traditionalist

Published: September 3, 2009

Our dedicated elected representatives and highly educated elites should be venerated, not put on the spot and be expected to answer specific technical questions.

The national health care legislation is presently a series of incomplete bills that are too long and complicated to read without a group of lawyers to interpret. The town hall meetings scheduled by our officials should be forums where our leaders dictate what they are doing to make out lives better. It is not an event for uninformed masses to demand answers to deliberately complex issues.

President Barack Obama had to reprimand Americans for spreading false information about nationalizing health care. He invoked a biblical reference against sinning by bearing false witness. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi saw fascism in the sign held by a toddler in a stroller, which had a swastika with the well-known "No" sign around and through it. Elitist comedienne Jeanine Garafalo psychically knew the implied racism of the citizen mobs at the Tea Parties, and columnist Maureen Dowd speculated that the white Republican senators are racist as they questioned Supreme Court candidate Sonia Sotomayor's earlier statements.

Our cultural elites deserve more of our gratitude and deference than these riffraff can understand and appreciate. Americans no longer understand their place nor trust the judgment of their superior government officials. These federal officials are working an incredible 140 days out of 365 and are paid a meager $174,000 taxpayer dollars with the best health benefit package, plus access to the new official jets. We citizens are not paying enough for congressmen to face an aggressive questioning from nobodies. The traditional belief that congressmen should work for the people is fantasy in the 21st century.

In our modern complex world, our leaders have reached a high level of enlightenment that citizens cannot understand. They are hobnobbing with celebrities, intellectuals and lobbyists and have sharpened their ability to get re-elected to better service themselves and their very important special interests. These powerful cronies provide the donations to assure their re-elections and continued exposure in their insulated powerful world of Washington, D.C.

Understandably, many government bigwigs feel frustrated by the unintelligent and crude behavior of the masses attending their well-orchestrated meetings. Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts had to respond to a stupid question by politely brushing off the stammering questioner by stating: "To have a conversation with you would be like having a conversation with a dining room table." He showed his usual patience, tolerance and class when dealing with a person well below his social standing.

These angry mobs want their representatives to listen to their questions. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas could not courteously disregard answering her cell phone while her constituent, a cancer survivor, was asking the second question of the meeting.

"I don't have to be here," Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, has more important business to deal with than idiotic questions from the audience. He looked at his watch while a low-level person was speaking. This was not a rude act as some have concluded. He is a legend in his own mind and should not be expected to devote his energy and valuable time to explain why he is supporting another bill that will substantially increase our taxes and national debt.

In the past, protesting was the ultimate sign of patriotism. Now it is the sign of ignorant, racist people who still believe in the Constitution of the United States. These misguided rabble-rousers have the audacity to expect government workers to work for the people. This erroneous idea must be squelched to stop further abuse of our elite to encourage them to continue the transformation of our society.

In order to accomplish this "radical change," representatives should use ID information to determine political suitability of anyone entering town hall meetings. Union lackeys can be used to stack the audience and provide a level of intimidation. Loud-mouth protesters would understand that there would be physical consequences for their arrogant outspokenness.

Another method of controlling the mobs is having telephone conferences. All questions can be screened in advance. Anyone who has raised controversial issues should be identified and placed in an internment camp for re-education.

Loyal citizens should report any oppositional zealots through e-mail directly to the executive branch. Establishing a "snitch squad" along with a civilian paramilitary corps equally as strong as the military should enable government officials to better control any malcontents through calibrated political tactics of personal destruction.

In the "New Politics," citizens must be intimidated to honor their government officials. The restraining of government experimentation through the implementation of the Constitution must end for the greater good.

We must squelch the voices of the people to sneak in Fidel/Chavez style socialism. Freedom of speech of ordinary citizens needs be replaced with the extraordinary expertise of the politically connected.

This will make the U.S. a Third World dictatorship with some mighty rich and powerful politicians.

Dr. Domenick J. Maglio, Ph.D., is the author of "Invasion Within" and "Essential Parenting." He is a psychotherapist and the owner/director of Wider Horizons School. Visit: www.drmaglio.com.

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