Conviction with a Caveat

I hereby resolve that I will not rape, pillage, conquer, devastate or murder anyone during the course of my lifetime. Now don’t get me wrong; my resolution is non-binding! If I slip up somewhere along the way we’ll make sure that all the newspapers say that hey I voted for it before I voted against it.

“We oppose the war but support the troops”, they say as responsible leaders. Yeah, and I have dogs as pets that stray into the neighbors yard. and eat the cats that terrorize my love birds! That’s when I put the dogs on a leash. Of course the leash is still long enough for dogs to stray in the neighbor’s yard, but since they’re on a leash I’m sure it sends a message to the neighbor that I am displeased with the decisions my dogs have been making; territorially speaking.

Seem familiar? This is the kind of wishy-washy action masked in doublespeak that the newly elected majority in our government is communicating. What’s more they are trying to sell this drivel to a salivating populace that is parched for relief for their squeamish “I don’t want to be at war anymore” temper tantrum.

The spectacle that has become our Congress is reflective of a culture that wants resolution on a time schedule, a little pill for any ache, and answers to all questions as soon as yesterday. Our great grandparents must be spinning in their graves! What a collection of wimpy whiney ne’er-do-wells their lineage has produced.

The strength that was once American has become a sniveling self aggrandizing collection of entitlement crazed nincompoops. We can agree on nothing, and as opposed to conduct ourselves respectfully in deference to one another, we resort to personal attacks of the most subtle yet insidious manner.

Then there are the representatives we keep choosing to speak for us. “Earmarks for everyone!” That was the political right’s answer to everything. “Give the folks back home exactly what I can steal for them and I’ll be reelected until I’m a hundred two.” Such is the attitude that relegated them to the minority; perhaps rightfully so. However, the political left who has vowed to clean up things in Washington "cause there’s a new sheriff in town”, has already shown that their hand is as much bent the wrong way as the posse that they came into replace.

What’s a Libertarian to do? Well since government is obviously the problem, and at the heart of that are political parties, I find little reason except to tear it all down and start again. We’re one catastrophe step away from anarchy anyway, and those charged with our safety are more interested in lining their own gainful pocket. Those leaders are too busy to notice that they are engineering the American choo-choo right off the tracks and over the cliff.

In another country, or perhaps here in another time, we all would have been fed up enough by now to have fueled a mutiny, a coup or a revolution. That of course would mean raping, pillaging, conquering, devastating and murdering anyone who stands in the way. If that is still possible then thank goodness my resolution was non-binding!