Texas Drifter Vanity Creates False Prophets
Marshall’s Law Dateline – Question where is vanity listed as a sin? Not being a religious scholar, perhaps Commandment One might be a good place to start seeking answer: You shall have no other gods before Me; just a suggestion.
Vanity tends to facilitate many considering themselves to be self appointed prophets. A more accurate description would be false prophets. Some are no doubt asking why, is Texas Drifter raising vanity as an issue when America’s constitutional republic seems to have many more important issues. Response is simple, what is first ingredient needed to return America to right path to being Heaven’s favorite republic, followers choosing appropriate leader.
The difference between success and failure depends on not choosing a leader guided by vanity. Consider difference between America’s founding fathers like Washington a most humble man, and contemporary self appointed messiah President Obama. Or consider two men who died in service of their country President Lincoln, and vanity driven General Custer who managed to get his patriotic troops massacred at Little Big Horn.
Leaders motivated by vanity like Obama no matter their sweet sounding mendacities tend to represent evil; while leaders motivated by vanity can get good people killed for no reason.
These examples can be reinforced by considering people reader may have social contacts with. Consider those people you know who may not believe in God but always try to convince you that they always know more than God. My question, if these vain arrogant people always know more than God; why do most of them have to lean on crutches like alcohol, drugs, dominating or abusing other people?
America’s contemporary national security; domestic tranquility; public and private financial problems; plus challenges to America’s constitutional culture are too serious to waste time following vanity motivated leaders. Specific examples include worshiping some celebrity conservative talk show hosts and celebrity politicians.
These conservative celebrities tend to base their careers on being smartest, greatest patriots, most compassionate or greatest thinkers. Vanity might be good marketing strategies for celebrities living off entertainment ratings; but does not necessarily transfer to necessary skills to be great or even good leaders. Modest advice, accept what they say that seems like good advice, but do not worship them as anything other than talk show celebrities.
Question have some self proclaimed conservative celebrities forgotten that confident sacrifices and honorable deed recruit free will citizen allies; while self serving vanities only attracts groupies who are only loyal until next fad pop culture personality passes their way?
Now for a fun exam that reader can use to measure their own vanity perceptions.
Question I. Imagine following real word domestic scenario, how long would you survive?
Domestic Scenario: Ninety plus percent of electricity in the United States is managed by the private sector. The product is distributed among five to six nation wide grids.
These companies trying to maximize profits are using under trained and under equipped private security guards. Industry experts have reported that appropriate physical or software sabotage could disrupt service for up to six months. The most likely terrorist tool, probably a virus capable of camouflaging itself spread by slave computers.
Imagine twenty percent of Americans living under the following conditions for six months:
1) No cash from ATM, debit cards, credit cards and checks
2) no gasoline - gas pumps won't work
3) no food - check out registers won't work
4) no public water for drinking or fires
5) no sewage disposal
6) no government retirement or welfare checks
7) no working air conditioners, heaters, or hot water heaters
8) no working refrigerators, freezers, stoves, or microwaves
9) no lights for homes, businesses, street intersections
10) no telephones including cell
11) no internet, e-mails, no working computers
12) no working televisions or video games
13) no emergency medical services or life support systems
14) no prescription drugs
15) no initial law enforcement
16) no print of broadcast news
It would serve no purpose for your instructor to continue adding to the above list. By the time martial law was ensconced, most affected urban areas would be filled with rabid souls; and most rural areas would have turned into shoot anything that moves zones.
Future historians will write that Homeland Security was a failure because it relied on master's degrees in business or planning to procure taxpayer grants not professionals with field experience in security.
A personal note for my friends in the private sector intelligence industry: in the "office pool" of from one day to six months. I will take "ten days" before the area impacted is way beyond muddled up.
Question II. Stand on the sidewalk between two major signal lights during peak traffic. Make a mental note of each license plate of the first ten vehicles that pass your position. After the tenth vehicle passes your position, write down license plates in following order: vehicle 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. / You can use video camera to record test period to check answers.
Question III. Identify least vain personal political vanities by choosing only one of the following:
1. Patriot places needs of their country and it's constitution above all self interests.
2. Moneylender places loyalty to profits above loyalty to country.
3. Internationalist places equal loyalty to all countries above loyalty to their own country.
4. Partisan places loyalty to political party above loyalty to country.
5. Judicial activist places loyalty to case law above their oath to uphold and preserve their country's constitution.
6. Subsidy addict places loyalty to public entitlements above their country's national security.
7. A voter who places loyalty to lesser of two evils above loyalty to obeying their principles.
8. Pop culture enthusiast places loyalty to cheap thrills above loyalty to country's best interests.
9. Multi-culture fanatic places loyalty to closet prejudices and failed socialist doctrines above loyalty to proven American traditions. (Exceptions being some native American cultures on mainland, Alaska, and Hawaii.)
10. Spiritual zealot places faith in terrorism not country's Bill of Rights.
Note: Lying to your self constitutes a wrong answer.
Question IV. Make up your own question.
America’s better leaders evolve from unknowns who serve and preserve for traditional American principles not glory motivated by a sin called vanity. Not Texas Drifter’s role to judge, only provide reader something to think about. Enjoy your life and constitutional republic they are the only two you have.
