Who's Afraid Liberty?

Freedom is only for responsible people. “Wait a minute!” you say, “I thought all men were created equal?” True enough, all men are created equal, but not all men are equally gifted, or equally competent, or are willing to man-up and claim ownership of their own destinies.
When I say that freedom is only for responsible people, I mean exactly that. People who are responsible take ownership of their own actions. They do not try and make excuses for poor behavior or poor performance on their part. They chart their course, make their decisions, and reap the consequences of their actions for good or ill. Responsible people are comfortable with the boundlessness of freedom and are confident in their ability to exercise it appropriately.
Irresponsible people fear freedom. They know that if given a large degree of liberty they will abuse it to their own detriment and possibly to the detriment of others. This fear of their own irresponsibility drives them to assume that all men are irresponsible and prone to excess and therefore all men’s freedoms should be constrained by government. Men like this crave security and loathe the uncertainty that true liberty offers. Men such as this hold that “experts” and “well-meaning politicians” should be entrusted with guaranteeing security at the expense of liberty because they are incapable of accepting the responsibility that freedom requires. Men like this are weak, sniveling cowards and I pity them because they will never know the true definition of success or accomplishment nor will they ever experience the satisfaction of being masters of their own destinies.
The logical inconsistency in the irresponsible man’s ideology is that he assumes with enough formal training and a healthy dose of good intentions another man can overcome his natural irresponsibility and fear and govern fairly and justly. Unfortunately this country is currently being run by irresponsible men who are fearful of other irresponsible men. Being fearful, they resort to fear to sway their constituents. How many times in the last 65 days have we heard “If we don’t take drastic measures the country will fail!”? Obama, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durbin, ad nauseam: all of these people are guilty of fear mongering and none of these people are fit to operate in a free society, much less attempt to lead one. It is absolutely imperative that these people and others of their ilk be removed from positions of authority as quickly as possible! I have serious doubts whether this country can endure four years of their bumbling, socialist, power-grabbing policies.So how do we combat the irresponsible men? First, teach your children to be responsible and take ownership of their actions! Parents do their children a huge disservice by not teaching them that actions have consequences. Second, elect responsible, ethical, courageous men who can stand on their own two feet and take ownership of their words and actions. Third, eliminate welfare. If you don’t work, you deserve to starve! Hunger and self-preservation are excellent teachers of responsibility. Fourth, reform the civil court system so that the loser pays. This would go a very long way to eliminating frivolous lawsuits and all the freeloaders that like to jump on those band wagons. Fifth, eliminate union wage controls. In a union, collective bargaining means that all workers receive the same wage regardless of merit. This eliminates bonuses for excellence and penalties for laziness or incompetence. I could keep going, but getting these five items accomplished will keep the responsible men of this country busy for the foreseeable future.