During the carnival days of the 1800s through the 30s, carnival hucksters from city to city, selling remedies for all the ailments that humans could encounter and even some that didn’t exist. People were eager to hear the pitches and more than a few were suckered in by the promises that the charlatans made to their audience. Once all the people that could be fleeced were fleeced, the charlatans rode out of town with a purse full of money.

Even thought the numbers on the calendar are different, the old adage that “the more things change the more they remain the same” is true in this day and age. The only difference is the identity of the huckster, the brand of snake oil, and who will collect the money. By now, you the reader, should be able to identify the huckster, Barack Hussein Obama; the snake oil, all the unconstitutional government programs to cure the ills of the nation; and the collector, the mighty federal nanny state. (In the URL, (http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=34895) you can view all the snake oil schemes that Mr. Huckster Obama is going to try to sell to the nation.)

As usual, there will be those who will gladly fork over their cash for his nostrums and others will resist to no avail since the law will deal with the dissidents as it does now when people drag their feet in opposition to the feds. If anyone thinks it isn’t happening to many citizens now, then the lights are off in the cave of denial. People are being jailed, loosing their homes, land and other possessions to a runaway government exerting unlimited power at all levels.     

After you have read the list of activities he proposes, note how many are unconstitutional. For example, he is going to Weatherize one million homes annually; Mandate all new vehicles are flexible fuel vehicles and Raise the minimum wage. Those are just three of the many items he says he will do. Note that none of them is listed in Article I, Section 8, the powers of the Congress. The Huckster will have to take two courses of action to set his snake oil nightmare in motion. He will have to convince Congress to pass the legislation or he will have to step outside his authority with the use of Executive Orders to force compliance. We have already experienced the unconstitutional use of such orders in wilderness set asides during Bill Clinton’s terms.

There will always be those who think that snake oil salesmen can fulfill the desires for a better life and cure the ills. Whereas a two-bit hustler could only affect one town at a time, and who could only dupe those who bit on the pitch expecting to receive miracles, a man such as Obama can and will create havoc for the nation, including those who think he is the Grand Wizard with cure all powers for all things and for everyone.

Should the man be elected, and if he gets just a small number of his oily proposals passed into law, the nation will be a few more steps along the road to a totalitarian government. Several steps along that road have already taken place when, to name a few, the mandates for fuel, vehicle mileage, light bulbs, flush toilets, land use, the environment and building restrictions are considered. Do we really want more of the   snake oil that Washington will try to push off on us?  

At one time, this was a nation free of government interference except for those laws necessary to keep society stable. Every person had the liberty to conduct life in the way best suited for each of them. That is no longer true. Government has entered into life in ways unimaginable 50 years ago, or even 40 years ago. The people have allowed snake oil salesmen to sell them on an all powerful government; making them pay for nostrums that don’t work and never will. It is a fact that we don’t need Huckster Obama and his government snake oil. In Sorting It Out, what he continues to offer is no better than the pitchmen of old.

© 08-31-20108 DEC

Since this was written, change has taken place in our republic and we are   closer to a dictatorship than anyone could ever imagine.