What can one say? The word “authoritarian” is simply too weak to describe the thuggishness of this effort to intimidate a private citizen from expressing his views on public policy. The signers of this letter should be ashamed to show their faces in public.
You can read the letter from Barney Frank to William Frey and judge for yourself.
There seems to be an epidemic of economic and political insanity. Worse than swine flu.
Sowell’s last book on the housing bubble has an extensive analysis of Barney Frank’s diktats and his unfaithful denials of responsibility in the mess. The psychology of such dishonnest and authoritarian politicians are beautifully depicted in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.
[…] this letter from Congressman Barney Frank that’s just been released trying to tell someone what they can and can’t say about government […]
Could some sharp US laywer look at this letter and see it it constitutes gounds to commence impeachment proceedings?