Texas Drifter Conservatives Negotiate Not Compromise
Marshall’s Law Dateline – Texas Drifter supports conservative bi-partisan politics with one simple stipulation. That one simple stipulation, conservative bi-partisan politics are guided by conservative negotiations not one single conservative compromise.
Negotiate and compromise different concepts, conservatives must learn to negotiate for principals not compromise principles. Definition of processes: compromise is to make shameful dishonorable concessions; negotiate is to convert to mutual value without compromise.
Disadvantage of compromising principles: compromise half today, half tomorrow, half next day, problem with continuing with daily compromises; by end of week one has nothing left to compromise. Technical answer is one only has less than one percent of principles left to compromise.
Negotiation for assets or political advantages, are best achieved from strength known as social power. References to Marshall’s social power formula: social power equals quality plus quantity over timing can be found at several postings in Marshall’s Law Townhall. One such place: Google “Marshall’s Weapon’s System”.
One good example of negotiating from strength involved Texas Drifter watch ranch owner (RO) engage in following negotiations. When asked by potential customer (PC) how much he wanted for two heifers, RO said twenty thousand dollars. PC responded eighteen. RO said you are wasting my time twenty-three. PC quipped twenty. RO said I made you a reasonable offer you are still wasting my time. Twenty-five, keep wasting my time and my next offer will be thirty. PC meekly asked if RO would take a check who answered, “Sure, as long as you never forget that I know where you live.”
Reader’s first assignment, list some great compromisers; save you the trouble there were none. Reader’s second assignment, develop two lists: some great negotiators and some bad negotiators.
Warm up examples before reader starts working on great and bad negotiators lists: two Republican politicians that more often than not confuse negotiating principals and compromising principles. First is Texas Governor Perry’s Trans Texas Terrorist Corridor.
Factual observation, not all terrorists are Islamic fascists. Governor Perry self described “conservative” Republican supported building private toll road with foreign interests which would have created shadow courts with specific jurisdiction for imminent domain rulings for sole purpose of confiscating tens of thousands of acres from Texas rural property owners. Those actions do not represent conservative principles, rather big government politics for unethical principals.
Second is U.S. Senator Cornyn who votes conservative in public then abandons Republican Party Conservative Primary winners for Moderate Republicans; some backroom actions speak louder than public votes.
Another example includes industry professionals referring to themselves as principled humanitarians, who in reality are nothing more than unethical capitalists seeking almighty principals. Texas Drifter has no problem with people making profits to pay expenses and provide their families and selves with luxurious life styles; that is what ethical capitalism is all about.
Simple question, how many auto repair technicians proclaim themselves to be humanitarian mechanics? Solution to America’s problem plagued health care system is not now and will never become socialist policies like Obama’s health care.
Best solution is to move away from unethical capitalist health care driven only by principals to ethical capitalist health care guided by ethical physician-patient principles. Brutal reality governments are only capable of confiscating principals and not legislating principles. (Additional reference: Google “Texas Drifter U.S. 2010 Health Care Report”)
The struggle between learning to negotiate principals and not compromise principles is older than the adage about the “world’s oldest profession”. Was not the struggle between Eve and the Serpent in the Garden of Eden a conflict between principals and principles?
Texas Drifter is not aware of any American generation that was immune from principals-principles struggles. Unborn future American generations will no doubt have to confront their own personal principals-principles conflicts.
It is not a coincidence that past American generations have strived to leave their children better resources for their principals-principles struggles than their parents had. What will future generations say about America’s current generation of “baby boomers”?
Back to reader’s second assignment, develop two lists: some great negotiators and some bad negotiators. Then go look yourself eye to eye in the mirror and write down which list future generations will add you too.
