If you want to read one of the all-time classic rants — trust me, you do — scoot over to Dan Collins’ Piece Of Work In Progress site and behold him from earlier today unloading with both barrels against the arrogance of the present administration. Also, make sure you check out the blog post to which he links by Nice Deb about Congressional shenanigans regarding ACORN.

It is difficult to imagine a government more drunk on itself, more determined to do things its way, more fanatical about lording over the people it allegedly serves at the pleasure of, more steadfast in its drive to destroy both the economy and civil liberties of the country than the one presently running amok in Washington. What is even more astonishing is how people such as Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters and Henry Waxman are returned to office election after election with little if any opposition. The utter foolishness of their constituents refusing to see the very real damage these people are directly inflicting on them is almost beyond comprehension. How people addicted to such high levels of brainless blindness can function in society is a mystery. Yet they do, routinely turning out election after election to return “their” representative to Congress. Amazing. And most disheartening.

Where is the realization that as currently proposed health care “reform” will do nothing but drive the country even further into unsustainable debt while precluding, not facilitating proper medical care for Americans? Where is the understanding that cap and trade, allegedly in the name of ecological concern, will devastate the economy via soaring energy prices? Where is the comprehension that thin-skinned attempted bullying of critics, professional and private citizens alike, is both abuse of power and total violation of the fundamental rights granted to all Americans?

Lord Acton was right. All power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Any power save that wielded by a perfect God is fraught with danger, both for the one using it and those touched by its use. The Scriptural warning sounds loud and clear: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” The fall of those believing themselves to be great will indeed be great. One can only pray the suffering of innocents from their arrogance and pride will itself not be too great.