Thoughts On The Spitzer Sex Scandal

By now everyone in the
information world knows about the sex scandal that
forced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer out of office.
For those who have been on Mars the past few days,
Governor Spitzer was caught in an FBI wiretap probe
involving an

expensive prostitution service. Apparently, the
governor has been utilizing these prostitution services
for some ten years and has spent tens of thousands of
dollars for his numerous trysts. The sting that caught
him involved a banking institution alerting federal
authorities (as they do millions—yes millions—of times
every year) to "suspicious" financial
transactions between Spitzer and the call girl service,
The Emperors Club VIP. At the time of this writing, no
criminal charges have been filed against Spitzer. (They
seldom are in these cases.) Obviously, the embarrassment
of the revelation forced Spitzer to resign.

Should Governor Spitzer
have resigned? Of course. Elected officials who practice
adultery betray more than their families; they betray
the trust of the people who elected them. In the old
days, adultery would even have disqualified a person
from military or government promotion—perhaps even their
very position. Adultery is the cause of countless
divorces and the source of many children`s and
teenagers` societal malfunction. It is a

curse on our country. No one abhors

adultery more than I do.

That said, there is a
nagging question in the back of my mind, Why did the
hammer fall on Governor Spitzer now? After all, it is no
hyperbole to say that when it comes to big league
politics, adultery and fornication are, sadly, par for
the course. And readers don`t need to write and tell me
how judgmental I am, because it is the truth.

Sometimes I wish I had
not learned the things I`ve learned and had not been
exposed to the truth as I have been. Sometimes the truth
is not very pretty. And the fact is, Washington
politics—and by virtue of his very position, the
governor of New York is included in Washington
politics—is infested with sexual immorality. And
"infested" is putting it mildly. The Republican and
Democrat parties alike are awash in

sexual immorality—both

heterosexual and

homosexual. And 99% of this debauchery is never
reported. The guilty politicos are never "caught,"
never "outed."

So, why was Governor
Spitzer "caught?" Don`t forget that Spitzer has
been carrying on this way for at least ten years.
Suddenly, now, he is found out.

They say that Governor
Spitzer was "Client 9" for this particular
hooker. So, who are "clients 1-8"? And who are
"clients 10-100"? Why do we not know their names?
Anyone able to afford this prostitute`s price of $1,000
per hour has to be someone of means. Who were they?

Were the other
"clients" CEOs of Fortune 500 companies? If so,
which ones? Were they congressmen or senators? If so,
who? Were they White House executives? Were they
Pentagon brass? Were they media celebrities? If so, what
are their names? Were they foreign diplomats? If so, who
are they, and from which countries did they come? Do you
get my point?

How is it that in this
elaborate FBI "sting," only Governor Eliot
Spitzer was "caught?"

Now, do not get me
wrong, I personally never did like Spitzer. For one
thing, he is a New York liberal. That, all by itself, is
enough for me to dislike the man. Furthermore, he did
everything in his power to force the state of New York
to

decriminalize and legitimize illegal aliens. That,
too, would be enough for me to dislike him. Beyond that,
he, by all accounts, was a mean-spirited, arrogant,
crush-anybody-who-got-in-his-way kind of guy. Let`s face
it, Eliot Spitzer is an easy man to dislike (at least
for me).

However, Spitzer`s
personality and public policies are not the issue here.
Aberrant sexual conduct among the politically powerful
is exclusive to no political party or agenda. Adulterers
are found among Democrats and Republicans, liberals and
conservatives, old and young, men and women, northerners
and southerners, easterners and westerners, Christians,
and Jews, as well as people of no particular faith. I
ask again, Why was Governor Spitzer "caught"?

Ladies and gentlemen, if
the FBI or the major media wanted to publicize the dirt
that they already have on the various "high and
mighty" in Washington, D.C., half the city would be
resigning tomorrow.

So, why was Governor
Spitzer "outed"? I do not have the answer to that
question, but, mark it down, somebody in Washington,
D.C. has the answer. Somebody—or a group of
somebodies—decided that Eliot Spitzer had to go. Of that
I am sure. I wish I knew who they were, and I wish I
knew the reason why. But, believe me, there was a
reason.

There is an old saying
inside the Beltway, "When it comes to politics, there
are no accidents or coincidences." There is a reason
for everything that goes on in Washington, D.C. That is
something you can take to the old proverbial bank. It`s
just that unimportant people such as you and me are not
privy to what those reasons are.

Of course there is
another saying, "Be sure your sin will find you out."
That`s from God`s playbook, the Bible. But for most of
the rich and powerful reprobates who are engaging in
this insidious conduct, that discovery will only come
when they stand before the final judgment bench in
eternity.

When it is convenient,
or necessary, however, some scoundrels such as Governor
Eliot Spitzer will be found out by the FBI and
mainstream media. I sure would like to know the reason
why. Wouldn`t you?

The other element of
this story that is being vastly underreported is the
fact that federal police agencies are secretly looking
at the financial transactions of the American people all
the time. According to the USA Today, "Banks
and credit unions as well as currency dealers and stores
that cash checks reported a record 17.6 million
transactions to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
in 2006, according to a report from the network, a
bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department."

The USA Today
story goes on to say, "The Treasury Department`s
database now contains records of more than 100 million
financial transactions going back to at least 1996, said
network spokesman Steve Hudak."

USA Today
also reported, "Financial institutions have long been
required to report cash transactions over $10,000. Those
reports—simple notices of a deposit or
withdrawal—account for more than 90% of the records the
enforcement network gets each year.

"Far more controversial
are secret `suspicious activity reports` filed by
financial institutions and reviewed by teams of agents
spread around the country. . . .

"The number of
suspicious activity reports soared from 413,000 in 2003
to 1 million in 2006, according to the enforcement
network."[Feds
might be studying your finances, By Thomas
Frank, March 11, 2008]

The American people are
largely unaware that they are now living in a universal
surveillance society. Virtually every major financial
transaction—as well as much of their travel—is reported
and monitored by the federal government. This

total surveillance system, that began in earnest
under Bill Clinton`s administration, has mushroomed into
a ubiquitous and finely tuned science under George W.
Bush. Dare I say that Dubya`s neurotic fixation with

spying on ordinary citizens rivals Comrade Stalin`s
paranoiac obsession with a total surveillance society?

I can tell readers
first-hand what living in this Brave New World is like.
Back in the late `90`s, I bought a used 1995 GMC
half-ton, four wheel drive pick-up truck (which I still
own). Over the course of a few years, I had saved around
$5,000 in cash. I then sold my well-worn Ford Ranger
pick-up truck for $5,000 cash. I was hoping I could pay
cash for a bigger and better truck. Over the years
growing up, I had watched my dad pay cash for most all
of his purchases, including his vehicles. I thought it
was one of the ultimate marks of freedom and enterprise
in these United States to be able to work, save, and buy
something of value with cash. I quickly discovered that
the Federales in power these days do not share that same
vision of freedom.

When I finally found the
truck I mentioned, it cost a few thousand more than what
I had saved, so I had to write a check for the
difference. So, with $10,000 in cash and a check on
borrowed funds, I drove off the car lot with my new
(used) truck. It happens every day, right? Nothing
unusual, right? Wrong!

To my shock and chagrin,
a few days following the purchase of my truck, a
criminal investigator from the IRS came to my front door
and demanded to know where I got the cash to pay for my
truck. I am not making this up, folks. After a lengthy
interrogation, the IRS man left, but not before issuing
me a subpoena to appear before a federal grand jury.
Remember, this was in the late `90`s, before Jorge Bush
and Alberto Gonzales got their dictatorial hands on the
helm of the myriad federal police agencies.

Mark it down, folks: you
and I are constantly being watched, listened to,
monitored, taped, and stalked by our own government. So,
do any of us really believe that we still live in a free
country? All this talk about a war on terrorism is a
bunch of hooey. What is really happening is a war on
freedom. The so-called "War on Terror" is only a
smokescreen to hide the real agenda, which is to develop
a federal police state where individual liberty is
completely vanquished. And the really sad part of all of
this is the manner in which the American
people—especially our pastors and churches—seem to be
willing to embrace and accept this burgeoning police
state.

But since when did
patriotism come to mean the acceptance of a total
surveillance society? When did patriotism come to mean
the love of Big Government or infatuation with Big
Brother? When did patriotism come to mean the sacrifice
of liberty in the name of security? When did patriotism
come to mean the surrender of constitutional government
and personal freedoms? When did patriotism come to mean
submission to tyrannical bureaucracies?

Am I saddened that Eliot
Spitzer got "caught?" Not a bit. He was just
another rich reprobate who got what was coming to him.
But, I still want to know why he was exposed, while all
the others who are just as guilty, continue to enjoy the
protection of anonymity.

What does sadden me is
the manner in which our once-great land of independence
and freedom is being turned into a globalist-dominated
oligarchy, ruled by the iron fist of corrupt elitists.
Plus, I am still waiting for the American people to
awaken to what is going on and put a stop to it all. We
had an opportunity to do just that by supporting the
Presidential candidacy of Congressman Ron Paul. How many
more opportunities will we have?

Dr. Chuck Baldwin is the
pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola,
Florida. He hosts a

weekly radio show. His
website is

here.