Relax…this is not another NAMBLA story but give me a break. If you spent three years infiltrating a group of pedophiles you’d have a few stories serving as life lessons.
NAMBLA has a magazine but not a centerfold. If they did my nominee would be John from San Francisco. He was truly one of the more interesting characters I met at the Miami NAMBLA conference. Heavyset, in his late fifties, with his Mohawk hairstyle, a bad case of dandruff, earrings, shorts, and black knee high socks he made quite a fashion statement whenever he entered a room. John identified himself as a “gaythiest.” He had been to prison twice for child molestation and was caught a third time but for some unstated reason the victim refused to cooperate with the police. John admitted to being “out as a gay” and “out as an atheist” but “those things are different. You go around saying you like to run your hands through a little boy’s hair, or you like to kiss him or do other things like that, it doesn’t get the same reaction.” My only response is, “dah!”
What John also said was he used to live on the streets of Miami but moved to San Francisco because the public assistance was more lucrative in California. Another unforgettable character was Sam from Albuquerque. Sam was a three-time loser and thanks to our sting, was sentenced to thirty years. Sam, a former special education teacher and a member of the NAMBLA steering committee, their governing body, moved from Colorado to New Mexico because the Land of Enchantment had a reputation for being more sex offender friendly. Okay, Hamer, so get to the point.
As a Marine Corps officer and FBI agent I took an oath “to protect and defend” the Constitution. Just the other day I decided to re-read it. It really is an amazing document. It isn’t that long and seems pretty clear. As I read it, the Founding Fathers wanted to limit the powers of the federal government. The states were given most of the powers. Throughout our nation’s history the states have been independent experiments in democracies. Many programs instituted at the federal level or adopted by other states were the results of an individual state’s innovation. Article I, Sections 8 and 9 enumerate the powers of Congress. Both parties have played upon the “general welfare” phrase and expanded the federal role. The feds have their hands in everything from education to health care to farming to banking to a lot of other areas not covered by the document.
We can debate whether the Constitution is a “contract” or “a breathing living document.” Debate can be healthy. But today it seems like Congress wants to legislate everything but mandatory two-ply toilet paper.
This past week Congressman Paul Ryan in discussing the Republican’s alternative to the President’s stimulus package, said part of the reform would be converting Medicaid to an allotment to let states and governors enact programs most efficient for each state’s unique needs.
Rush Limbaugh threatened to sell his residence and move his Northern Command broadcast facilities from New York because of proposed state and local tax increases. His new home would be a state friendlier to business.
As I read it, all of this is part of the Founding Fathers’ Plan. Limit the feds, give the states the power, let them experiment, let them compete, and maybe they can build a better mousetrap. Otherwise, if it were one size fits all, Miami would still have the John the child molester living within its city limits and Sam would have never left Colorado.
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