Most of us realize that we need some level of government, but we'd like for the government that we have to at least pretend to engage a brain in doing what it does. In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg not only tolerated the Occupy Wall Street fiasco, but he even praised them for their "stand." This in spite of the fact that every single day they broke the law by setting up illegal camps on private property, they operated without benefit of the all-too pervasive NY style regulations and permits that are required of other groups that have such demonstrations, and they became a haven of criminal activity from rape and assault to lesser, but equally disgusting acts such as publicly defecating on police cars and trashing local businesses, then demanding free food from local stores and restaurants. Now that same city recently arrested New York City pastors and Christians because they peacefully protested an idiotic decision by the same heavy-handed Mayor to no longer allow unused public school buildings to be used by local churches.

So the Mayor defends a Mosque adjacent to the 9/11 Memorial, but thinks that a Christian ministry which by the way provides food, and job training, and education, as well as worship is not a proper renter of a school building. So we tell the cops to turn the other way and ignore the utter destruction of the peace of a neighborhood by some left wing protestors whose vitriol directed at Wall Street cost some 99%ers like food servers and custodians their jobs, and local merchants their businesses, and families their peaceful neighborhood. But then we ask those same cops to arrest like Bill Devlin because they dared to stage a peaceful protest against the city's schizophrenic policies regarding religion and they didn't even poop on a police car or spend the night in a tent in Zuccotti Park.

Stupid government isn't limited to New York. There's an epidemic of it. And there's probably some of it going on near where you live.

We hear about the anger in the voters this year. Well you bet there's anger this year. There's anger because people understand the need for rules. But they don't understand nor will they tolerate the inconsistency of their application as government goons give their pals permission to do what would land most of us in jail. Now if Tim Geithner doesn't pay his taxes, why should we? If unbathed and loud malcontents can occupy a park for free, why can't some Christians occupy a school when they pay for it. I sometimes hear about a "war on Christianity." I think it's simpler than that. I think it's a war on common sense. And common sense seems to be losing.