[buffyt]

Oh man this is GOOD! He just keeps getting better and better! Great article!

[grania]

Throughout history, from when man first left their caves and began trading and accumulating things, the bankers have run things. They always end up running it to the ground.

One of my favorite facts in history comes from the era of the Crusades. Who benefitted? Why, the arms makers of northern Italy who equipped both sides did.

[trebb]

Me? I like knowing no one is running things because, for starters, it means I'm free.

I wouldn't mind his suppositions if the above were true. Not sure if it was a purely comedic attempt or if he got lost in the idea. The bit about 90K+ governing entities falls in line with why we have the 10th Amendment.

May not be anyone running the country, but they sure are amassing a lot of power and control over the People...

[COBOL2Java]

There's no one group running things, but like a symphony orchestra, there's a conductor.

[ExCTCitizen]

If Obama is driving... I’ll take the train. If he was a taxi driver at an airport... I would walk...

[Don Corleone]

The reason is that we seem to be hardwired to assume there are no accidents, that the world is the way it is because people -- hidden people -- want it that way

If no one is "Running" the country what are we paying those 535 drones in DC for?

[P-Marlowe]

Jonah, if you are “free”, try carrying a handgun in New York.

[cdcdawg]

“Civil service laws and union rules make it darn near impossible to fire even grossly incompetent employees for anything short of pederasty or murder.”

Pederasty? Does Jonah really think that would bring about a successful firing in this day and age? Check your straight privilege, or whatever it is they are saying of late.

[loungitude]

“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.”

-Mark Twain

[abclily]

Valerie Jarrett is going to be some POed when she learns that she is not recognized as a great leader.

[DownInFlames]

There are the elected and then there are leaders.

[WashingtonSource]

I think this is naive. There’s no onoe controlling everything. There are, however, plenty of people in control of major portions of our lives. They live in Washington, D.C. The fact their control is not absolute does not mean it is there and dangerous to our liberty, health and financial well-being.

[subterfuge]

So the world’s march toward one world communist control is mere happenstance?

[D. S. Mayfield]

1 John 5:19 - “... the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.”

[SunTzuWu]

Perhaps in your snarky reply to SeekAndFind ( SeekAndFind's post )you might have done a little homework first.

This article comes from two different sources. The first is from Townhall with the title "Truth is, there’s no one behind the wheel", and the second is National Review with the title "Who’s Running the Country?

You locked down his thread from the National Review with the oh so polite "Do you ever search before posting?".You didn't even provide a link to the article you claim was posted first.. You should know better than most how unreliable FR search function is. It's legendary for its inconsistency and failure to find the easiest things.

I think you owe SeekAndFind an apology and if you're tired of duplicate posts then FIX the damn search function.

[Zeneta]

The “Invisible Hand”.

In every voluntary transaction each party gets what they want.

The problems occur when people allow others to enter into transactions on their behalf.

[slowhandluke]

The Franklin School decided that you didn't have to run the government, or the economy to rule. You run the institutions, and importantly the schools. Look at the singleness of thought in all the education establishment, and you will see that they have been pretty successful.

Jonah is looking in the wrong place for the folks who want to steal his liberty. They are instead going to steal the minds of his kids and grandkids, who will then steal his liberty.