After much observation, I have decided that when otherwise bright people appear to be doing something obviously stupid, it is not because they are stupid. It is because they have goals not made public. The cover goal may be stupid, but it is publicly acceptable. The real purpose is quite clever, but not publicly acceptable.

Example? Disarming the people in order to reduce crime is demonstrably stupid; indeed, counterproductive. The folks advocating general disarmament are not stupid. Therefore, they have another purpose other then the stated one.

Another? Yielding to the demands of terrorists just gets you more terrorism. You can easily name several other examples.

What could that be? I just wonder.

So, spending 2.8 trillion dollars (or whatever the number is today) to ‘stimulate’ the economy is obviously stupid. One does not correct the ravages of excessive debt by going into more debt. What could be the real purpose?

My theory is that the Chicago Way is to move very large amounts of money around very fast, distributing it in a way to secure the future of selected politicians, and guaranteeing that political power remains in the hands of selected groups. We, the people, will be distracted by razzle-dazzle and never know what happened to our money, or our freedom.

You will only slowly come to realize that you are poorer and more enslaved. The politicians will then call for a new, improved program which will lead to more poverty and less freedom.

Obama will make Madoff look like a picker. Hell, he will make FDR, who installed the biggest Ponzi scheme of them all, “Social Security,” look like a piker.

Then, everybody will get the government they deserve.