Having been critical, in my opinion, of the misconduct of certain members of the Congress, it seems to be proper to offer some suggestion on how to first stop the progression of violence before more are killed than in the terror shooting in Las Vegas. And then what could be done to reverse this trend that seems to have groups and/or individuals sponsoring and financing the massive unlawful conduct and speech going on.

It seems to me that the root problem is, and has been for some time, a failure at all levels of government to properly enforce the laws already on the books.  This failure certainly has different levels of officials of same to find guilty of refusing or, being incapable of, exercising their sworn duty to maintain protection for the population from enemies both without and within.  In some cases, it would appear that the officials involved who ordered police at whatever level involved to “stand down” did so deliberately.

One relatively recent example is the mayor of Baltimore issuing an order to (paraphrasing) “just let them get it out of their system.”  The result, of course, was substantial property damage to owners not involved at all but just located in an area where the rioters happened to be carrying out their vengeance for a perceived improper act of local police on one of their ethnic group.  Turned out the police were correct. It is apparent also that in some cases, such violence against property and people is occurring because those doing the felonies are oriented to doing these things and there has been a long-time failure of law enforcement, including the courts, to bring such people to justice and enact punishment plus retribution for the damage involved.

Part of this situation can be blamed on a less than honest media, of all types, in reporting, and a tendency to inflate or inflame the report, twist the wording so as to imply, or state, that the actions were “justified” because of some real or imagined misconduct by law enforcement.

Of course, any “journalist” of worth has an overwhelming desire to have the scoop with her/his name mentioned as the source.  All too often in such cases. the old adage of “haste makes waste” is in full sway and the truth in the matter turns out to be totally opposite to what appears to be true in the beginning.  This same statement could be made where military or diplomatic actions are involved.

Also involved, it appears to me, in such failures of law enforcement could be corruption or incompetence within the management of law enforcement organizations.

A most recent example would be the continuing surfacing corruption in Federal law enforcement units including the FBI, CIA, and even in the Department of Justice going back, it appears, more than a decade.

 It is really unfortunate that the “civil service laws” enacted early in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, beginning in 1933, have served to make it almost impossible to remove wrong acting bureaucrats from their positions.  Prior to that time it was the practice in the Federal Government that all hired personnel, even down to postmasters, were subject to replacement upon the inauguration of a different president.  The incoming “POTUS” could retain those believed to be honest and effective.

This is carried out even today in the staff members of both houses of Congress.

To his credit, my own representative in Oklahoma District One, Kevin Hern, kept three very effective, honest, and interested in constituent staff members.  They have been effective and helpful in representing him to the voters and are my first choice of contact when needing something or having information or a suggestion for the Congressman.

Incidentally, in what I consider a wise and economical move there was no change in address or telephone number involved in the change in officeholder.  Again a wise move.

Back to the first subject of discussion, there cannot and will not be any improvement by reduction in the violence and lawlessness we are having until a strong move is implemented to bring wrong doers to justice with meaningful and prompt retribution.

PRESDT-45 is finding resistance in Congress, even from some who were elected with an ‘R’ over their name.  We call them RINOS (Republican in name only).