How is government held accountable? The ultimate means of accountability is via the Second Amendment, though all levels of government work overtime to castrate this God-given right, even going so far as to pollute our very culture with anti-defense nonsense. In theory, elections should be a means of holding elected officials accountable. In practice, ballot access is controlled by the government and its colluding bifactional Republicrat Party. (Georgia is possibly the worst state for ballot access. I've seen this fact at work firsthand.) Division of power is also supposedly a means of holding government accountable. Each branch battles for power against the others, usually keeping the others from expanding beyond Constitutional limits. Occasionally, they conspire—via unspoken, mutually beneficial choices, not necessarily openly—and the citizens are the losers. Other times, there are unchallenged power-grabs. Bush Jr. did several of these, but Obama has risen to new heights of corruption.

Numerous Inspectors General have been fired, "retired", blocked, or otherwise had their power of oversight stripped of them. These positions were created so that there would be impartial parties (yeah, right) to report on government waste and corruption to the American people. Let's set aside the fact the organizations being audited by these IGs are largely unconstitutional. The IGs do not report to the President (or its usurper), per se, but to both the legislative and executives branches. Appointments and firings must clear both branches, I believe. Obama and his cronies, though, have seen fit to render unilaterally several IGs impotent or worse. Senator Grassley is leading the Congressional inquiries into these matters, but frankly, he's not raising the alarm enough.

Human nature is tainted with sin. In government, the very essence of which is power over others, it is our nature to grow increasingly corrupt. Were it not for the Founding Fathers' numerous protections against corruption (many of which have been thoroughly bypassed), our governments would naturally slide very quickly into despotism. It's important to understand this natural trait of government. Good government is not a stable entity. Good government is a delicate balancing act, fragile, and easy to tip toward tyranny. Even small changes can have accelerating effects toward evil.

Obama's now established pattern of eliminating or controlling inspectors general is a significant change in a precariously balanced federal government. (I assert that this "balance" is already quite a ways down the slope of tyranny, but there are fragile forces attempting to keep it from sliding further.) As power-grabs go, this pattern is a small one. However, it's not just another power-grab. It's a very significant lurch down the slope of tyranny. Any familiarity with German history just prior to WWII will reveal many such lurches as Hitler set the stage for his dictatorship. Individually, they may seem insignificant, but when you zoom out to see the bigger picture, they are easily recognized as very dangerous moves.

• IGs subjugated? Check.
• Ever increasing Executive authority (e.g., "czars")? Check.
• An illegal alien as President? Check!
• Manufactured, bogus crises available to be used as excuses for more power centralization? Healthcare...check. Global warming...check. Economy...check. Crime...check. Sexual deviants' "rights"...check. Offended Muslims...check.
• Perpetual wars? Crime. Drugs. Poverty. Terrorism. Check.
• The ability to wage war without Congressional declaration? Check.
• Police state? Check.
• Gun control? Check.
• Government-controlled education? Check.
• Dumbed-down populace wholly ignorant of the principles of freedom? Check.
• Fascism? Let's see: nearly complete control over private enterprise via oppressive taxation, omnipresent regulation, and now "bailouts". Yep, check.
• Total deprivation of privacy? Government has the ability to monitor all financial, consumer, and communication transactions. There is nowhere to hide. Check.
• "No-knock" warrants? Midnight raids? Militarized police? Warrantless searches? Random checkpoints? Travel "papers"? Property seizure without due process or recompense (RICO, imminent domain)? Loss of habeas corpus, no trials or representation, indefinite imprisonment incognito (PATRIOT Act)? Check, check, and check.
• Total disregard for Constitutional limitations, let alone as originally written and intended? Check.
• An unelected, unrestrained, foreign entity openly usurping national sovereignty? Enter the U.N. and its domestic collaborators, and check.

Do we really need handwriting on the wall, too? The stage is well set. We stand on the threshold of tyranny the likes of which the world has never seen. I expect Obama's policies will simply be the last few straws being intentionally placed on the camel's back. With so few obstacles remaining to keep utter totalitarianism at bay, every single one usurpation counts. Not only must we oppose every little power-grab, but we must reverse the countless, established ones, too, if we are to hold our governments accountable. Demand Obama's authority over IGs be renounced, the IGs be reinstated, obstruction of their oversight duties be criminally charged, and some modicum of faith be restored in an otherwise disposably evil fedgov.