An Observation On Standards
Friends and I have been having a conversation about how the Democrats are allowed to assign tax dodgers to head up the IRS, and how if the tax dodger were a Republican, he would have been drummed out of the system and most probably jailed. That got me to thinking about "standards" in general. Democrats have not been held to any standards
for a very long time, and therefore are not bothered when one of their own has "tax problems" or is caught in bed with, or allows someone to drown and continues to serve in the Senate. How can you
be held to something that does not exist?
Recently, hubby was straightening the table runner that I had (artfully?) purposely "mussed up" because I'd seen examples that it was now considered "in style", much the same as the "mussed" look of spiked, or "bed head" hair was in vogue. Upon reflection, I thought about how the same was reflected in our culture and in our government!
I went back to the table and straightened the table runner.
Standards are something we on the right hold ourselves to; what is right is right. Are we succumbing to the "mussed up" standard? If "mussed up" is in style, it will be considered "corrupt" in my home.
Recently, hubby was straightening the table runner that I had (artfully?) purposely "mussed up" because I'd seen examples that it was now considered "in style", much the same as the "mussed" look of spiked, or "bed head" hair was in vogue. Upon reflection, I thought about how the same was reflected in our culture and in our government!
I went back to the table and straightened the table runner.
Standards are something we on the right hold ourselves to; what is right is right. Are we succumbing to the "mussed up" standard? If "mussed up" is in style, it will be considered "corrupt" in my home.
It goes beyond standards, it goes to the integrity of the entire American system. We do not have one rule for politicians and one for the people. Well, we're not supposed to. But that's where we have been heading for the past 40 years.
Ted Kennedy drowns a young woman in his car and - oh, no problem.
Barbara Boxer cashes checks for money she doesn't have, basically getting a free loan from the taxpayer - oh, no problem.
Geithner doesn't pay taxes, even though he was given the money by the IMF - gee, I guess he thought that was some bonus he deserved since he's so special. The ONLY man who can run Treasury.
We have to get over this attitude that any one person is bigger or better or indispensible.
I expect equal treatment the next time my IRA is screwed up by my financial planner and I get the letter from IRS saying I owe extra PLUS interest PLUS penalty -- it wasn't my fault! Why should I pay?
If Geithner is confirmed it is an absolute travesty of the system, and I would hope every American citizen who gets a letter from the IRS over some "common mistake" goes directly to the ACLU and demands equal treatment.
Wake up, America. This is not about conservatives and liberals. We the people are losing on every front, and if we are not careful there will be no America. We will be no better off than the subjects of King George III - downtrodden and broken.
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Now, now, it's generally conceded by those who are paid to think about such things that all things are relative in the universe. One cannot be held to the standards of others, only to their own standards that they set for themselves.
Seriously though, the saddest consequence of these events is that a precedent is set that will allow others to have similar (and worse) pasts and not be held accountable. We're going to have a President who's done crack (and why not WJC did pot), a Secretary of State with a less than stellar past (but it's all heresay, hints, and allegations), and now a Treasury Secretary that didn't pay taxes (but it was an accident). What's next? A felon that killed his wife by accident because they were in an argument over whether they need to declare income from dealing crack on their taxes?
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