Those of you who have followed this blog for any length of time know I’m pretty damn angry. I’m angry at the GOP for following an incompetent President and drunk-with-power Congress for 8 years. I firmly believe that the American People would never have elected a radical leftist like Barack Obama had the GOP not screwed up governing as bad as they did. Charles Grassley should consider committing Seppuku himself before calling on AIG employees to do so. His crimes are far greater that AIG’s.
So I find it somewhat odd that I was eager to support Chuck’s slate at the Gwinnett GOP Convention. Looking at both slates it was clear that Steve Ramey’s slate was more in line with my angry views. I’m pissed off. They’re pissed off. While we might quibble on the role of the Fed vs the role of the Congress in the mess we’re currently in, the fact of the matter is that both of us blame the current elected GOP. The Convention Rules Committee even tried to insert rules changes that would have allowed the county party to recruit candidates to challenge a sitting incumbent. I’m all for that. I want to see every single member of the Gwinnett Commission booted out of office for being no better than communists with regard to the trash plan.
Yet I didn’t support Steve’s slate. And I’ve been wondering why all weekend. Its not that I regret supporting Gwinnett Forward. I think they will do an excellent job and they still have my support. I just find it curious. I think I now know why Chuck and his team is the better choice for the county and the party.
If you look back at most of the revolutions since the enlightenment, most all have been total disasters. Cromwell’s revolution against the English Throne, The French Revolution, The Russian Revolution, The Nazi’s, China, etc were all disasters. The notable exception to the revolting revolution rule is the United States of America. Why did our revolution succeed where so many others failed. Its not ideals. The French Revolution was about liberty. The Soviets fought to overturn a tyrant. The fundamental difference between the American Revolution and the others is who were the core revolutionaries. In Russia it was the coffee-house intellectuals. Germany’s main revolutionary was a hack author/artist who in normal circumstances would have never amounted to a hill of beans. China’s revolution was formented by peasants.
The American Revolution was different. Our young country had some of the best minds working for it. They were scientists, lawyers, planters and businessmen. They were the cream of the colonial society.
That’s when I hit upon the differences between the elite and the mob.
The elites can be honest, or they can be crooks. Its the difference between Meritocracy and Kleptocracy. Our founding fathers were meritocratic. Our current elected officials in Congress are, by and large, kleptocrats – extending their power and wealth at the expense of the rest of us.
However, there are worse things than being ruled by kleptocrats. Historically mobs have done populations much worse. From gassing Jews, to seizing productive farmland leading to famine, mob rule murders millions. Mob rule also panders to our basest emotions. “Those people talk funny, dress funny, and don’t worship the same God as we do, lets kill them and take all their stuff”. I’ll take double digit inflation over worrying if my neighbor or I are the next ones to be loaded on a cattle car.
It is the reason I can’t stand John Oxendine. He panders to the mob. It is why I no longer support the FairTax. What was once a plan developed by the elites is now a rallying cry for the mob. It is why I’ve all but tuned out talk radio.
So do I want to see the heads of George W. Bush, Saxby Chambliss, John Linder and the rest of the US Congress on a pike? You betcha. Is that worth the damage the mob will cause to my county, party and Country? Hell No.
