There are two methods of making a living. The first is the economic method. The vast mass of the people make their living in this fashion. They utilize the laws of nature to create values. They are the producers. The second is the political method. This it the method of criminals and politicians who live either by stealing or by taxing. They produce nothing. They give nothing. They only take. For their talents, they are either put behind bars, or get the adulation of the public. The more promises the politician gives (and this is the only thing he may be said to "give"), the more gratitude does he get. After being elevated to hit pinnacle, the Great Leader begins to take himself seriously. He resents criticism. He recognizes that he has been chosen by Destiny to lead hit people out of the wilderness. Hit pronouncements are wildly acclaimed. He becomes the Savior of Mankind. The people begin to regard him as their Benefactor and Guardian Angel.

"Shawn Nguyen bragged that he could sneak anything past airport security

using his top-secret clearance as a federal air marshal. And for months, he

smuggled cocaine and drug money onto flights across the country, boasting to an FBI informant that he was "the man with the golden badge." Michael McGowan used his position as an air marshal to lure a young boy to his hotel room, where he showed him child porn, took pictures of him naked and sexually abused him. And when Brian "Cooter" Phelps wanted his ex-wife to disappear, he called a fellow air marshal and tried to hire a hit man nicknamed "the Crucifixer." Since 9/11, more than three dozen federal air marshals have been charged with crimes, and hundreds more have been accused of misconduct, an investigation by ProPublica, a non-profit journalism organization, has found. Cases range from drunken driving and domestic violence to aiding a human-trafficking ring and trying to smuggle explosives from Afghanistan."

The charges include four counts of sodomy by force, three counts of forced sexual penetration, two counts of forcible rape, and single counts of oral copulation by force and false imprisonment. In the last charge, state prosecutors claim Gressett threatened a crime "which would result in death and great bodily injury to Jane Doe, with the specific intent that the statement be taken as a threat."

Frank Chodorov provides some insight in his commentary "The Great Leader," These reflections on the elitism and corruption that attend power were inspired by several news stories I browsed last night, includingA headline from USA Today Crimes by air marshals raise questions about hiring. The article states,A headline from the San Jose Mercury News: Contra Costa sex-crimes prosecutor charged with 12 sexual offenses. The article states,I'll give Chodorov the last word. Why do people seek a "leader"? Simply because they lack confidence in themselves. Some day, perhaps, this nation may again become a nation of people not bureaucrats - and the Great Leader may have to scrounge around for an honest living.