At 09:07 AM 11/17/2012 -0600, lelandj wrote:
Leland, try to take off your liberal-at-any-cost hat for a moment and think
sincerely about the following:
Petraeus may have done a lot of good things but his resignation is
appropriate. And the revealing of it by the Intelligence Community is
absolutely right and just.
...
Why should one group of Americans be held to a higher standard than the
whole. Why should the government, including the intelligence community,
be allow to meddle into the personal affairs of Americans? LOL - pun
intended. The founding fathers of the USA, having experienced first hand
persecution, torture, alienation, and other injustice from their
governments, put strong privacy protections into the USA Constitution to
protect Americans against an overreaching government.
...
First, the "why". Why should government officials be held to a higher
standard? Because their office reflects a trust of the citizens. I hold my
trusted friends to a higher standard of conduct with me than, say, I expect
out of total strangers. So to me, if I give you my trust you should expect
that I expect more out of you. I believe our Founding Fathers saw it this
way as well: their correspondence intoned a public office in our union
engendered the utmost responsibility to those governed. Next, governmental
positions have power over others. So any given action they take has a far
greater potential to affect people than just an average citizen.
The above is the general ethical/moral view. But lets talk about common
sense for a moment. Any official that commits illegal, unethical, or even
anything that may be personally embarrassing becomes a risk to their
office. They become a target for blackmail or bribery. For example, a city
councilman has an affair with an underage girl. A certain shady set of
folks get photos and threaten to go public if the councilman doesn't change
his vote on a zoning issue. The same scenario holds for those with access
to classified information. This is the common sense reason why they must be
held to higher codes of conduct. If you don't want to live by that code,
don't try to get a job with the government.
But Leland's thoughts reflect the general sentiment of the country. Since
Clinton got away with lying about his affair the nation has dropped it's
expectations of elected officials dramatically (no it wasn't "all"
Clinton's fault, we have been
...
believe the wealthy has cheated the rest of us and that they should be
forced to give up their money/property to be fair. Adversaries of the US
and democracy in general can rejoice. The Great Experiment is winding
down, proving out once again that man's greed and jealousy outweigh his
intelligence.
Get a life, Charlie. It really is OK. We're not the Taliban here in the
good old USA. LOL
How about you get a brain Leland? The fact that we're NOT the Taliban means
our government officials MUST answer to us. If we were a dictatorship or
socialistic government then sure, the folks in charge could do whatever
they want to whomever they want whenever they want. Think about that for at
least a couple minutes.
But I imagine you would be the first in line to string up an official that
didn't share your liberal bias. You're a walking contradiction to rational
thinking. And like I said, you're not alone. There's a bunch of other
people out there that's let their mind deteriorate to the point of just
repeating the brief snippets they get from their favorite liberal news
outlet or web site.
And for me personally I'm totally at peace that things will be OK. A
thousand years from now this situation will be meaningless to me. But I do
want to provide a good legacy to my kids, grandkids, etc. That's the main
reason I try to get people to think about this stuff. I realize that may
not be understood by those that want everything for themselves right now.
But maybe some aren't too far gone to get the brain working again.
-Charlie
_______________________________________________
Post Messages to: [email protected]
Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech
Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox
This message:
http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected]
** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the
author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added
to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
