Right Wing Hippies

Ayn Rand referred to Libertarians as right wing hippies. I guess you could say that I fit the bill. I have long hair and a beard, and I listen to the music of the 1060s and 1970s. I listen to country music, jazz and classical too. I'm a musician. I listen to all sorts of music. According to Rand, what defined a right wing hippie was a complete belief in rugged individualism. I can see her point. As we all know, however, there are few things in this world that can be qualified in black and white terms. Most of the time, things are defined in various shades of gray. Bruce Fleming, an English professor at the US Naval Academy wrote an article that can be found on military.com about right wing hippies. http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,125000,00.html . According to Fleming, "Many people in the military had to overcome adversity to get where they are, or at least put up with drill sergeants and COs. It made them tough. They have no sympathy for the weak ones, those not hard." I stand guilty as charged. I've worked my ass off to get where I am today. While I am not at the pinnacle of the music industry, I have managed to carve myself out a nice niche in the DC music scene, and the phone rings on a regular basis with work. I owe much of my current success to my 26 year tenure in the military. I have no respect or sympathy for spoiled, lazy parasites who think the world owes them everything.

Yes, I am a right wing hippie. As far as I can tell, there are more than a few of us out there that have long hair, and reject Socialism, Communism, and what James Burnham called, Managerialism. Oh, and we do bathe. I have no use for the holier than thou, sanctimonious, and victim and grievance "industry" Left. It's time that these defective human beings to grow up and face reality. There is no such thing as Utopia.

Let me explain something else to these cretins: When the shit hits the fan, you are not going to be the ruling class. We are not going to let you. You may think that you are the "potters" and we are the "clay," (according the an article by Angelo Codevilla), but we are not going to let you treat us like clay. We are not going to be "managed" by self-centered miscreants like you. We don't give a rats ass about your college degrees, your preening about how important you are, your sanctimonious worship of Gaia, your Environmentalism, your nose in the air attitude about fast food, pickup trucks, non-organic food, suburban sprawl, and your thinly disguised contempt for the "little people." You want us to ride bicycles so you can have less traffic on the road for your Prius? Well, you can take that bicycle and shove it up your ass. Americans are not Europeans. Don't expect us to bow and scrape to those that consider themselves to be our betters. Back off, because if you don't, you are not going to like the consequences. The bottom line is this: We will win and you will lose. We've had enough.