Gas Price

I guess being cynical nowadays means you are way more right than wrong.
Take the gas price surge.
Here is a cynical look at why the current spiking gasoline prices could be occurring
What if the oil companies have had a belly full of Obama and his desire to force gasoline price up in order to promote a "green" agenda. So perhaps, the companies are conspiring to jack up the gas prices themselves in order that people will blame BHO for wrecking their economic lives.
You know, a proactive approach to ensure BHO looses the election because it looks like the Repubs are going to screw up this election big time.
I'm just saying

A Conflict Of Visions

Perhaps you have been as confused as I by what is going on in the Political Arena and society in general nowadays. I am confused because I refuse to believe that the root cause of our loss of freedoms and the decline of morality in our society is because the powerful people who are orchestrating the loss of freedom and morality decline are doing it because they are inherently evil. Perhaps I’m an eternal and naive optimist, but I feel for the most part the powerful behind-the-scenes movers and shakers, along with their compatriots in the Governing Class, are not really evil. I like to believe they are not evil because they simply believe that what they are doing is because they sincerely believe that their vision for the country is the best way for all people. They believe and do these things even if they use deceit and power to force people to adhere to their vision. A fine example of, The Ends Justify The Means.

The problem with this, of course, is that evil is never done in the name of evil it is always done in the name of glorious good for all, regardless if the Do-Gooders are evil or not These people may not be inherently evil, but they sure as hell enjoy the power that comes from enforcing their vision. All of which means, free people are no longer free, and are forced to give up their freedom and hard earned treasure by those in power, for the good of all, of course.

I have found some clarity to all of this by reading a book that goes a long way in understanding why these people are doing what they are doing. The book, A conflict Of Visions, by Thomas Sowell:

http://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Visions-Ideological-Political-Struggles/dp/0465002056/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330702451&sr=1-1

posits that the reason for today’s political schism is because people have a conflict of vision on how society should operate. The difference in visions being:

Constrained and Unconstrained Visions.

Constrained vision meaning, man is born with certain inalienable God given rights along with a hard-wired notion of what is “right” and “wrong” developed from experience generated from countless generations of social living. All of these things then form the inherent nature of man. What this means is that Government must accommodate the fact that man is constrained by these things and must not seek to change the nature of man. The US Constitution is the incorporation of this vision.

Unconstrained Vision meaning, the nature of man is not fixed but is malleble and capable of being changed by superior knowledge and benevolent intent, for the betterment of all. Of course, only those with superior knowledge know what is best for all. Socialist Governance is the incorporation of this vision.

Reading this book will be well worth the while if you are interested in understanding what is going on.