"When you assume the Republicans are
shills for progressivism, the actions make sense and are easily
predictable. If the Republicans won the Debt Debate, government spending
would really be cut. Which of course, they don't want. So they had to
throw the fight. Unfortunately, like TV wrestling, it becomes more and
more obvious the game is rigged. It's as if the rulers in Washington
don't even care if we believe their staged fight. It's just a kabuki
ritual they have to perform before stealing more of our
Freedom."
The Jack Ass Show
by Brian Wilson
After the show, 2 olives and a grey goose yesterday, I steeled myself to
watch a few minutes of the Jack Ass Show. The Jack Ass doesn't have
opinions, the Laws of Nature flow from his lips. JA doesn't need to know
economics or history. A word-a-day vocabulary is the knowledge of all
knowledge. His audience doesn't need to think. He already has all the
answers.
JA thinks he is a man of principle. But he is an emotional rowboat lost
at sea without a philosophical anchor. It takes years to lay a
philosophical foundation and build a principled life on top of it. Any
fool knows the right and wrong of the 10 Commandments. It takes wisdom to
see the folly of pretty ideas that are really tyranny draped in
velvet.
The whole manufactured point of his "talking points ad
ridiculum" was the principled intransigence of the Tea Party
Movement standing firm for real spending cuts in the so-called "debt
debate". The hyper-ventilated allegation the Tea Partiers would be
branded as "Extremists" and the confidence of the American
people is a non-sequitur. The Tea Party Movement is the American people.
It isn't an organization that claims to represent anyone. It is a
collection of individuals who associate in common cause. Many claim to be
Tea Party leaders but they are charlatans walking in front of the parade.
The Tea Party people listen to everyone. Take orders from none. And for
better or worse, make their own decisions. They may not be the American
people but they are a hell of a lot closer than a Jack Ass with a loud
mouth and a TV studio.
When you assume the Republicans are shills for progressivism, the actions
make sense and are easily predictable. If the Republicans won the Debt
Debate, government spending would really be cut. Which of course, they
don't want. So they had to throw the fight. Unfortunately, like TV
wrestling, it becomes more and more obvious the game is rigged. It's as
if the rulers in Washington don't even care if we believe their staged
fight. It's just a kabuki ritual they have to perform before stealing
more of our Freedom.
While we're on the subject, let me add Sean to the list. He says all the
right words but there is no brain behind them. He knows all the correct
conservative answers but can't defend them intellectually. He is like
Abba: singing a song in English perfectly without understanding any of
the lyrics.
Oh yes, why are the 38 at the same time "uncompromising and
irrelevant"? It is the insecurity of emotional decision. They hated
John Galt because of his confidence in his own beliefs. Where they had
doubts, he had none. Hosts like the Jack Ass are never sure their opinion
is right - yet they demand everyone agree with them. The uncompromising
and principled make them loath themselves. The Principled Man is willing
to stand alone with his beliefs because they were not formed from the
consensus of others.
Tomorrow and the latest news await….
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