Misplaced Loyalty
John R. Marshall Conservative
There is an old adage, you can test a person’s honesty by giving them a chance to lie, cheat, or steal from you. One of my most memorable conversations involved a friend asking me to loan another man money, because the man had mismanaged and lost money he had stolen.
What is the difference between being stupid, and letting greed cause one to lose money obtained through fraud or theft? Stupid by definition means being “given to unintelligent ideas or acts,” and is the word I intentionally chose for this writing exercise.
Bailing out or loaning money to any individual or company that mismanages stolen money is stupid. To relate this example to current events, using stolen money acquired through taxes to help greedy or corrupt aristocrats, or professional poor is beyond stupid.
Conservatives especially conservative columnists and talk show hosts who remain loyal to country club Republicans at expense of America’s traditions and future are exercising misplaced loyalty; which some might suggest questions their patriotism.
One does not help alcohol or other drug addicts by supplementing their addiction with free drugs. Same applies to country club Republicans addicted to credit, or professional poor addicted to public subsidies.
America only faces four futures: 1) fascist nationalism of anti conservative aristocrats, 2) Stalinist socialism of poor, 3) conservative middle class renaissance of American traditions, and 4) a Caesar type empire.
Custer’s vanity caused him to ignore his scout’s passionate warnings and get his troops killed. America’s most spoiled generation, baby boomers, are going to experience Custer’s last thoughts as he watched his troops being massacred: Why was I so stupid?
Doubt these observations, ask members of Bush II Administration, why future historians will describe them as being members of America’s stupidest Presidential Administration. Some may argue Carter’s Administration was worse, you the reader can decide insignificant details.
As for this part time senile old farmer’s son, idealistic preferences not guided by real world strategies, or misplaced loyalty both seem inadequate to change America’s seemingly inevitable future.
