Many of you know I grew up in Boston. No, not outside of Boston. Not north of Boston. Not two hours from Boston. In Boston.

I grew up in the days when the Mafia acted in plain view. They were powerful and didn’t care who saw what. They were above the law and knew it. They owned the law and the people were afraid, some in fear of their lives, some in fear of their welfare.

I’ve been told the Chicago Mafia is more ruthless and powerful. I can’t imagine. What I grew up with was pretty bad.

They could walk up to a busy intersection, shoot someone in the head, watch him fall to the ground, pop him a few more times for good measure, and through all of this, no one would see anything. When the police arrived – eventually – and all of the local proprietors were questioned, no one ever saw anything. Ever. They knew something unspeakable would happen to them, and no one could help them.

This is how the American people are feeling about the Obama administration. This gang never stops. This gang is above the law, with President Obama acting as Don or leader and Attorney General Eric Holder as his Capo or captain. This gang has so crippled the people of this country that we have gone from a nation to fear and respect, to a nation to be ridiculed and laughed at.

The gang has ruined our relationships oversees. Nobel peace prize winner and freedom fighter Lech Walesa recently said Obama has ruined the credibility of America.

Americans should have seen this coming as far back as the 2009 elections. The New Black Panther group intimidates white voters on video. Don Obama’s ultimate law officer, Capo Holder, does nothing. DOJ attorney J. Christian Adams quit his job because he was basically told to back off. When he wouldn’t let it go, the gang made it very uncomfortable for him.

Election fraud is not investigated. Tens of thousands of dead and illegals voted in the last presidential election and Capo Holder did nothing.

Many states have legalized marijuana; however, it is still against federal law, and Capo Holder does nothing. The chief law enforcement officer of the United States, Capo Holder, won’t bother the states as long as they adhere to a few guidelines, one being it can’t be sold to minors. Because that law works so well on cigarettes and booze. No minors ever get those. (Yes, that’s sarcasm.)

The gang won’t enforce a law banning same-sex couples from receiving veterans benefits. Capo Holder said even though it’s the law, “Decisions by the executive branch not to enforce federal laws are appropriately rare” (though not with this gang); this one makes sense because the law will eventually change. Is that how our legal system works now?

The gang won’t prosecute Goldman Sachs or its employees for financial fraud. Capo Holder said, “We conducted an exhaustive investigation of allegations brought to light by a Senate panel investigating the financial crisis and feel there is not enough to prosecute.” Huh? Every other agency but the gang has found evidence of fraud.

Family members of Don Obama have somehow eluded immigration laws and the DOJ because the gang has protected them. His uncle in Boston has owned a liquor store, has been “technically” deported several times, has failed to show up for deportation hearings several times, and has been arrested for drunk driving. Even after all of that, he is still running around free in this country. His aunt is fleecing welfare and wants more, and she is not even an American citizen.

“Fast and furious” caused the death of a Border Patrol Officer (at least one officer we know of, and countless other people), and the gang refuses to allow the DOJ to investigate.

Meanwhile, the gang is actively pursuing at least one law-abiding German immigrant family, to deport them back to their country of origin. Why? Their visa expired and their reason for seeking political asylum isn’t good enough for the gang. A judge granted their asylum petition, but Capo Holder’s DOJ takes time out of its busy schedule to overturn the ruling and is deporting them anyway.

Yet the gang refuses to pursue more pressing issues of national security, immigration and voting laws, and simply enforce the other laws on the books? What does this family have that the others don’t have? It’s actually what they don’t have … a connection to the gang.

I could write so much more on this. Don Obama issues laws, aka executive orders. For someone who was supposed to be a constitutional professor, he has no clue as to how a “bill becomes a law” or about the checks and balances called out in the Constitution.

He obviously doesn’t understand that the presidency and a dictatorship are not one in the same.

People, pay attention. The real mob is working the White House. You have to play by their rules. Laws are only for you to follow, and for them to change on a whim. And should you happen to get in the way … there’s always the IRS.

Wake up, America, or you’re going to lose it.

Joe Messina is host of The Real Side (TheRealSide.com), a nationally syndicated talk show that runs on AM-1220 KHTS radio and SCVTV [here]. He is also a member of the Hart School Board. His commentary publishes Mondays.