Judge Napolitano asks, “Can the government keep us safe?”
Judge Napolitano hosted the Glen Beck show on Friday afternoon. Check out his great opening monologue below.
What a week we have all just endured! While the Democrats were re-writing the federal takeover of healthcare behind closed doors, the public face of the federal government was fixated on denying and then explaining all the gaps in its intelligence gathering. The Obama administration has been finger-pointing over who in the government let a murderous thug on a plane in Amsterdam that he tried to explode over Detroit. First, the government said that the system worked. Then the President said it didn’t. Then he announced that the intelligence communities and security people would start to talk to each other so the bad guys could be kept out. Weren’t they supposed to be doing this all along?
At Newark Liberty Airport last Sunday, a TSA agent left his post, and a young man walked past it to kiss his girlfriend good-bye. Then the young man turned and left the secured area and left the airport. So far no harm, no foul. But because the government’s surveillance cameras in the airport didn’t work, the feds panicked and ordered over 10,000 passengers to leave the terminal, go out into the 15-degree Newark, NJ cold at night, and then re-enter the airport. Flights were delayed and missed, kids did not get to school on Monday morning, and soldiers were listed as AWOL. All because the government overreacted to a kiss. This humiliated the feds: New Jersey’s 86-year-old senior Senator Frank Lautenberg demanded that the guy who kissed his gal be hunted down and prosecuted because of the chaos he caused. He caused? Let’s see; the government has cameras that watch us every time we scratch our noses, and when those cameras don’t work, the government blames the person whose picture it was supposed to be taking? Come on.
All this, of course, brings out the false argument of liberty versus security. And we hear it from the Progressives that the government must take our freedoms in order to keep us safe. That’s hogwash. Freedom is our birthright. It doesn’t come from the government; it is part of our humanity. America is the only country in the history of the world dedicated to the truism that we are endowed by our Creator, as Jefferson wrote, with certain inalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The government has forgotten basic civics: “Endowed by our Creator” means that our rights come from God and not from the feds. “Inalienable” means that we and our freedoms cannot be separated, unless and until we are convicted by a jury of violating someone else’s rights. What is the value of being safe if we are not free? Did our forefathers flee the kings and despots of Europe and come here to be safe? Did Patrick Henry say “Give me safety or give me death?” Here is the mistake that the Big Government crowd wants to thrust upon us: They want to balance liberty and safety. There is no such thing as balance when it comes to freedom. We will not trade freedom for anything, or balance it against anything, and we certainly won’t give it up to the TSA.
Can the government keep us safe? I don’t think so. Airline travel is safer today because pilots have guns, cockpit doors are like bank vaults, and the passengers have become courageous. All this was done by individuals in the private sector, not by the government. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if the feds had not stripped us of our natural rights to keep ourselves safe – by keeping and bearing arms – 9/11 would never have happened. How about letting the airlines decide who gets on the planes, rather than a TSA worker who leaves his post? When industry competes for your business, you fly where you want to go, you get there in comfort and safety, and you do all this at a competitive cost. When the government runs the show, you stand in the cold night air for six hours because of a kiss. The government can’t deliver the mail, it can’t operate surveillance cameras at an airport; it can’t pay back its debts; it can’t tell the truth. That would be the same government that wants to manage your healthcare.
America, do you see what happens when we rely on the government too much? It gets authoritarian and we get weak. Our children grow to expect from the government what we once did for ourselves. Government is a fearful master. It is not faithful to us; it is not truthful to us; it can’t produce for us. It doesn’t obey its own laws; it doesn’t keep us safe; and it won’t leave us alone. It is mortgaging our futures, raising our taxes, and treating us all like children.
What to do? Challenge it at every turn. Expose it to friend and foe. Educate all you know about what you see and hear every day on this show. And return no one to the government who has stolen your freedom.
And one other thing: The God who gave us life also gave us liberty. He loves us. Praise Him from the roof tops, and ask Him to save us from a government that is out of control.
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Winnie Said,
January 11, 2010 @ 12:50 am
Thank you for what you are doing!!!!!
Keep America Safe | AXI Said,
January 10, 2010 @ 11:26 pm
[...] Judge Napolitano Asks, “Can The Government Keep Us Safe?” And we hear it from the Progressives that the government must take our freedoms in order to keep us safe. That’s hogwash. Freedom is our birthright. It doesn’t come from the government; it is part of our humanity. America is the only… [...]
JBDavis Said,
January 11, 2010 @ 4:16 am
That was an amazing speech. I love: "The God who gave us life also gave us liberty. He loves us. Praise Him from the rooftops…"
UpstateNY Said,
January 11, 2010 @ 2:48 pm
Judge, The information I came across recently but may be completely wrong, but there are many people including myself who feel that it may be true. It looks to me that the Constitution may have been shelved a long time ago. I located some information regarding Emergency Powers Statutes that from what information I could locate seems to have been in effect since 1933. If true it may be the reason why the Federal Government has been completely disregarding the Constitution. I would have disregarded it if the Senate did not address it in 1973 with Senate Report 93-549 . http://www.scribd.com/doc/18407826/Senate-Report-... . This is another report that was updated in 2001
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/6216…. .
It was confirmed by a friend of mine who is a Sgt. in the local PD. His comment was that they don't like people to know because if the Constitution was in effect it would hinder their work. This is disturbing. We are just looking for the truth so we can adjust and adapt for the fight ahead. My NYS rep. punted my question up to my Federal rep and there is no way Schumer would ever give the true answer.
jcdenton Said,
January 11, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
I believe, all here need to recognize the inevitable…
http://stevequayle.com/News.alert/10_Money/08_Mac...
The sooner we get involved in this coming process, the more we can prevent, or at the very least minimize its abuses. Folks, we are simply out of time. Any restitution, outside of the martial framework, is simply impossible. The 'political will' (if it ever existed) simply does not exist. It will never come, without at least a generation of 're-education, and' 're-industrialization,' and none of this via any present civilian leadership.
The Judge needs to get Doug McIntosh on his show, together in the same episode with Gerald Celente. You will find Celente, on the very same page as McIntosh. Folks, this is simply the most logical conclusion, and inevitable . Given the totality of all alternatives and known circumstances. Would you rather prefer, a 'Babylonian Captivity' via the PRC?
clay barham Said,
January 11, 2010 @ 6:37 pm
THE TEA PARTY MEANING
America was founded on individual liberty and local government no more than one day’s horseback ride from the governed. The 19th century Democrat was the staunch defender of state’s rights, which, under Federalists, Whigs and Republicans was assigned the role of slavery’s justifiers. The civil war cost us local government, the laws affecting behavior rising to the states and then the Federal government, way outside the one-day horseback distance rule that worked so well. The vigilante movements in the West and South were remnants of local home rule, where citizens concerned with the way they were governed took action to right the wrongs. The Tea Party Movement is another example of citizen participation against the governing elite centered far, far from the folks. It demonstrates the founding ideals of America are still the dominant tradition. The 20th century Democrats have declared war on Tea Parties as vigilantes and on America’s founding traditions, as cited in THE CHANGING FACE OF DEMOCRATS on claysamerica.com.
Chad Said,
January 12, 2010 @ 11:04 am
Excellent speech by the judge.vvHere's the youtube of the speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWoH424eGmo
Ronnie Said,
January 12, 2010 @ 1:01 pm
Judge Napolitano,
A man of his word. Thank you for doing this!
To the naysayers: Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Make it happen.
zzzzzzz Said,
January 12, 2010 @ 1:50 pm
Judge thank you for this. I am going to have my kids and their friends watch all of these.Freedom is so wonderful and precious. I know this and I want everyone to know and understand what it is really about. Keep up the GREAT work. God Bless You.
chris witt Said,
January 14, 2010 @ 6:40 pm
Judge, thank you for your bold stand for Jesus Christ. You, Glen Beck, and Brit Hume are not only patriots but soldiers of the cross.
JimInZelie Said,
February 10, 2010 @ 1:09 am
Hello Judge,
Senator Frank Lautenberg should be retired, again.