The Lunatics Are Running the Asylum

The Castle Report

Darrell Castle points out some of the insanity that jumps out of the news at anyone who looks. Transcription / Notes THE LUNATICS ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM Hello this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. Today is Friday the 24th day of July in the year 2020. Sometimes It occurs to me that what I am really doing with these Reports that I present each week is chronicling the actions of the insane people who seem to be in charge now, as well as the insane people who challenge their authority. Today then, will be no different as I will point out some of the insanity that jumps out of the news at anyone who looks. Here at the Castle family we are doing fine and doing our best to hold onto our sanity in a world gone mad. Each day we watch the local government and hope that it does not choose to commit some act of insanity that will restrict our law firm’s ability to function. The family daughter remains stuck at the bottom of the world and is restricted to watching the insanity by video. Some of the things which seem to be driving the insanity right now are the coronavirus, the lockdowns and other economic destruction it has wrought, riots, looting, anarchy defined as a breakdown of law and order in the mostly Democrat cities. The breakdown seems to be fueled by the fact that the elected representatives in those cities and states often refuse to enforce the law and even openly side with the lawbreakers. When that happens destruction of the rule of law is sure to follow. For example, the city center of Portland, Oregon, the rose city, has been turned into a burned-out wreck. Years of street violence by Antifa, and now Black lives matter have finally evolved into more than 50 consecutive days of what amounts to violent insurrection. This insurrection includes attempts to burn the federal courthouse, attempts to burn the offices of the Portland Police Union as well as many other public buildings. Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, Oregon Governor, Kate Brown, and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum have joined the insurrection. Nobody seem clear as to what the riots are about or what perceived problems the rioters are protesting. I wonder if there are any law-abiding hard-working people left in Portland who just want to go about their lives in peace. That is probably the case because every demand of the rioters, no matter how ridiculous, is quickly agreed to. President Trump gave in to the siren’s call to restore order and protect federal property in Portland and sent in federal officers. These officers have apparently been arresting Antifa leaders and rioters off the streets of Portland. That was and is a mistake in my view and it is a mistake that cannot be papered over by an executive order. Not only does it violate the Constitution, but it is not even wise political move. Mayor Wheeler does not like it one bit and demanded that the federal officers, which he referred to as federal troops, leave Portland immediately. “Their presence here is actually leading to more violence and more vandalism.” I wonder how anyone would know if there was more since the city has been taken over, colonized and occupied by a foreign invasion for months. I don’t support the use of federal officers against the will of local officials either, but the reaction of the mayor to the loss of his city is interesting. I suppose that in his mind Portland’s sacrifice is collateral damage in a broader struggle. The officers were deployed from the department of homeland security and the US Marshall’s Service, and Customs and Border Protection. The executive order designed to protect statues and federal property in general which requires that anyone who damages such property must be prosecuted. That order, according to the federal government, allows federal officers to operate outside the permission of local authorities, but that view is dead wrong. US Attorneys in each district are there to investigate and prosecute federal crimes.