"Yippee Ki Yay........"
Because of Hollywood movies, Europeans have long held the idea that Americans are either “cowboys” or “gangsters”, and while their ignorance is amusing, there is a grain of truth behind it.
Because of our Republican dominated foreign policy, Europeans have taken to calling us, as a nation, “cowboys”. And while on the surface this sounds like an insult, the truth is more complex. Cowboys are not disreputable people. They are strong and brave, generally moral and honorable.
But what about the flip side of the coin? That is, while Europeans rarely if ever call Democrat presidents “gangsters”, they often as not might be thinking it.
Obama is from the Chicago mob. Clinton was from the last of the state mobs, the Arkansas mob. The Kennedys from the Boston mob. Carter stands out as just being an unconnected dunce.
But mobs have a different way of functioning. Which brings us up to this story. Everything that mobs and Mafias do is for “the big boss”. All income goes to the big boss, then he trickles down some of it to his lieutenants and their flunkies to buy their loyalty.
Which leads to the great axiom of the mob: that the very purpose of ‘the organization’, be it a mob, or the government, is to “reward your friends and punish your enemies”. That is truly how they see power.
This means charity to none, unless there is something in it for the mob. Everyone is divided into friends and enemies, there are no neutrals. And those who are successful furthering ‘the agenda’ are rewarded. Those who are not are on their own.
Judging from the public polls, Walker is up by 5 points over his opponent. This means that the mobsters are losing. And the “big boss” does not subsidize losers.
"Yippee Ki Yay........"
The Big Boss or Bosses are still in charge out here on the left coast.