“Good order is the foundation of all things.”
- Edmund Burke
What bit of national security is being put at risk in Cambridge, Mass.? What interstate commerce function is being thwarted there? What natural catastrophe requires federal intervention? The answer is none, but don’t tell that to the President.
This week in his press conference to plead for nationalized health care, the President weighed in on a domestic disturbance case in the town of Cambridge, Massachusetts. By his own admission, he stated that he did not know the specifics of the case yet he concluded that the local authorities acted “stupidly”. No Mr. President, I’m afraid that you acted stupidly and in doing so you have set a precedent that may very well disturb our Republic for years to come.
Communities and municipalities should be sacred. Just as a mans home is his proverbial castle a community should be the citizens refuge. A citizen of this country should be free from federal government tampering in its local affairs. It has been the order that has been our foundation since the inception of our Republic. Granted the world has gotten smaller because of technology but that doesn’t give a President or federal body the right to stick their nose in local affairs where they don’t belong. Its just plain fool-hearty at best and dangerous at worst.
I regret that the President did this. It calls into question the authority and effectiveness of what until now had been an exemplary police force. It also puts us on a slippery slope of having the federal government meddle in every aspect of our lives. Who can stop the encroachment of this federal leviathan? Some things were meant to be kept sacred and community should be one of those things.
