LOST VALUES — SING ALONG!
Remember that old Pete Seeger folk song,
Where have all the values gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the values gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the values gone?
We have dumped them every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
OR WAS THAT FLOWERS?
Whatever!
Unless you have be living in a cave in Siberia you may have noticed that the values that the United States once upheld (even if they were not perfect) have pretty much been eliminated.
You remember, things like lying, cheating, torture, conflict of interest, caring for others, killing, the rule of law, taking responsibility for your actions, democracy …….. you know stuff like that.
WE HAVE NO LEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE ANY OF THOSE VALUES. LET ALONE A LEADER TO STAND UP FOR THEM!
Oh sure, before they are elected they spout those values and after they are elected they spout those values but THEY NEVER SPROUT those values once they are in office. NEVER!
And when false values are the watchword of the day we really start to see for ourselves the downfall and breakup of our society.
Because if we, as a society, don’t have strong values to promote and uphold, then we have NOTHING.
If people don’t have honor within them the chances for them to be an honorable person is diminished.
And that is where we stand right now, with “one foot over the line” or was that “one toke”? Sweet Jesus.
Whatever!
So, let Tubularsock run you through an easy one, TORTURE.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE TO EVER USE TORTURE ON ANIMALS OR HUMANS EVER, PERIOD. This has to be a core value because anything less leaves you with no honor of self, period.
And yet the current President of the United States believes that it “works” and has stated that he believes in it.
And now we see that the Congress of the United States believes in torture, as well, thereby they have approved a Torturer to head the CIA, “Bloody Gina”.
And of course whenever Torture is mentioned fucking Dick Cheney is brought out of his lair to expound upon its virtues.
And Cheney, loves the virtues of torture so much that he loves to be beaten by Lynn in their dungeon to bring about sexual arousal. “Beat me, beat me Lynn!”
And just to show you that Tubularsock isn’t some liberal goody-goody, Tubularsock’s fantasy has always been meeting Dick Cheney in some dark alleyway and in one rapid movement slicing his chest cavity open with a rusty Boy Scout knife and reaching in and pulling out his beating bloody stolen heart and throwing it into a pig pen to be consumed! They’ll eat anything!
But hey, won’t happen because Tubularsock has taken an anger management seminar.
AND the fact that the statistical chances of Tubularsock encountering Dick Cheney in a dark alleyway is “ZERO” so there you go …….. math wins out!
Of course, “Bloody Gina” would not say that torture was MORALLY WRONG because she ran a torture site and should be in jail as a war criminal rather than made the head of the CIA!
But the United States has lost that value, morality.
Another value we have lost is TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR ACTIONS. Have you noticed that?
“Bloody Gina” was the chief of staff for Jose Rodriguez, the director of the CIA National Clandestine Service. She was responsible for drafting a cable ordering the shredding of videotapes depicting torture sessions, despite a court order staying their destruction.
That action is against the law but not only did she “follow orders” as any good German SS solider would do BUT THE ONLY ACTION taken by any governmental body for a blatant illegal action was to promote her to CIA Director.
So with that you can throw out the RULE OF LAW as another lost value.
And remember if the RULE OF LAW principle was really practiced then George, Dick, Don, Condo, Killery, Dump, Obummer would ALL be in prison today for war crimes.
However, that value has been tossed aside.
Well, for the ruling class anyway. But don’t you jaywalk! You’ll be in the clinker!
The list goes on and on but the values are lost to our nation and won’t be coming back any time soon. The cracks in the Republic are rapidly expanding and Donald Trump is no more to blame than the American population for sitting by and selling out our principles.
As for Tubularsock, you’ll find him,
“sittin’ on the dock of the Bay, wasting time”
WHATEVER!