Simple solutions which are almost impossible to make these days because of the safe and entrenched solid state of the modern Bureaucracy… Like, for example, if we were actually serious about ending the civil war in Mexico all needs to be done is to legalize Marijuana. Simple and effective it would silence the gunfire almost over night… But wait, it would at the same time empty 90% of our jail house population and cut off a very serious cash flow for local courthouses across the country. Then it would place our law enforcement officers in jeopardy because instead of shooting down little potheads (in cold blood) before the eyes of their (Almighty) wife and daughter (and getting the officer of the Year Award, (making all of South Carolina REALLY PROUD)… They might actually have to go after real criminals God forbid.

Even better, lets instead of shooting down the Pirates, lets just bring them here and elect them to congress and let’em run DC Wall Street!(Wait a second think we’ve already been there and done that). God forbid that we actually ARM our seaman with real guns and put a 50 caliber on the aft and stern… Wow the gun control people would go nuts that might even give some wacky county legislature the idea of arming its law abiding citizens and eliminate the need for the nanny police state altogether.

We could simply extend constitutional rights to all who find themselves in the jurisdiction of The United States of America… However some have a different views…

BBC – Mark Mardell’s Euroblog: Any witches and warlocks out there?

The protections afforded by the Constitution of the United States does not apply to those captured in war against America. Not only that but some of it may need updating through amendments since it was conceived and written in a time when the threats the American government and people face as a day to day reality in modern times could not possibly have been anticipated by its authors. Until those amendements have been enacted, there may be times when the US government is technically in violation of it. That is entirely understandable and acceptable to a practical people such as Americans even if it is incomprehensible to people who have been taught by their culture to live their lives by rigid dogma exclusively.

Perhaps its a bit old for these modern times of shoot’em up spaghetti cowboy logic… But some would say that is the beauty of Constitutional protection for all citizens at all times… Just not as a matter of expediency (of course they did use to hang people for stealing horses… Maybe if we reinstated that noble practice as it applies to some of these modern pirate types that got us into this mess (instead of giving them hundreds of billions… Although it might help make some of the citizenry A BIT MORE CHEERFUL). Yep even a little of that “ridged dogma” (pike a head or two and lop off a couple of hands might give some of these modern pirates a bit of that old time religion… Works for me. But of course that might be only work here in South Carolina where we manage to do everything upside down and backwards. Just a thought or two as for eight long years the people of this nation has had to endure violations to our constitution, in a conjured up illegal war, at the unnecessary expense and cost of blood and treasure. A war which at its base is nothing less than an attack on The Constitution of the Untied States of America. Next time we’re going to have an illegal war why not just attack Canada, beautiful country and the people speak English… At least we would end up with a better deal for our Bill of Rights.

But this is intended to be a note of congratulations for the men and crew of the Maersk Alabama, Captain Phillips, and the United States Navy Seals… Who always do us proud, just some days are much better than others. Not to be perceived, in any manner, disrespecting of our military or merchant sailors rather those who hold the fate of such men in their decisions should be more considered in their prayers.

However when it comes to Fight piracy on the high seas the simple solution simply works best. Shoot first and let the Lords sort these poor souls out in Kingdom come. Amen

Let us, then, with courage and confidence pursue our own Federal and Republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government. Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe; too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others; possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants to the thousandth and thousandth generation; entertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honor and confidence from our fellow-citizens, resulting not from birth, but from our actions and their sense of them; enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude, and the love of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here and his greater happiness hereafter—with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.

A bit wordy for basically saying (cutting to the chase) Keep Government out of business, commerce and industry. It can only do harm. Let the free markets work and sort things out as they will surely do. Treasury bonds aside, the business of exchange of buying or selling of commodities is best left to business. Especially in these times when you have multi million dollar lobbyist currying special favors in just about every flavor covering all corners of Washington DC. It really did not appear that Congress could muster a backbone in the whole entire lot of them… It was the leadership that was clearly abysmal but in spite of it all (Terrible leadership from the top down) Congress did the “Peoples” business and protected the peoples dollars from the foolishness, and folly that landed the markets in their present unpleasing situation. Sure things will always fall upon the little guy the hardest… But today was one of those rare moments that Americans prevailed over special interest. But in a larger sense it was The Constitution… A victory for Freedom! Simply amazing.

The Untied States House Of Representatives doing a fine job in a defining moment… Something of a divine intervention no doubt.