Good men, Bad men

Todays feature is from Jolly Roger’s blog. Its authored by Jim Burke who also writes for Yes, I do take it personally-Dusty

There are good men and bad men. Because of past sins and despite my attempts to correct them, I know where I stand. I have no doubt commenter Sauros and I will be roomates in the afterlife, despite our differing opinions. I had to hoped that equality for women might raise the bar for us guys so we try to do better, but Hitlery has put me off that idea. You’ve come a long way, baby.

Do you ever wonder where you stand? There are examples of both we can measure ourselves against. Two of them, representing the extremes of good and bad, are Prescott Bush and General Smedley Butler. Here’s a little teaser for you to read from Wikipedia. I encourage you to study this incident and the players so you can decide for yourself who is the good and who is the bad. It will also introduce you to one of our greatest American Heroes that you never heard of in school.

Before you read on, however, I can’t resist another opportunity to remind everyone of some pertinent wisdom from one of the Founders.

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.

John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776

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