Every
hunter knows wool is a magical fiber which retains
its insulating qualities even when wet; it makes you
impervious to cold weather. Unfortunately, this
wonder fabric escaped my attention for the first 32
years of my life and many miserable hours sitting in
a cold, wet saddle could have been avoided had I
been wearing wool pants under my chinks. Whoever
thinks cowboys should always wear Wranglers has
never ventured far enough from Madison Avenue to
actually feel the western sensation of wet snow
melting and running down your back, through your
underwear and pooling in your boots.
After four sessions in Montana’s House, I have
discovered another magical use for wool; pulling it
over voter’s eyes renders them impervious to logic.
Doing so is such an effective management tool I am
surprised no one in the liberty wing of the
Republican Party has discovered this weapon the left
wields so effectively. During my eight year stint of
writing this column, I have battled political lies
using logic only to learn the wool blind populace
prefers politicians promising sugar plums and
lollipops over those of us hopelessly stuck in
reality. This draws my attention this week because
after Easter dinner, I discussed politics with a
highly educated young man serving in the Navy’s Blue
Angels. Doctor Thayer enlisted after an 11 year
stint in academia where he earned a PhD in
theoretical physics. Our conversation was pleasant,
but direct, and so reminded me of a visit I had in
February with a classmate I had not seen since vet
school. Dr. Matz left veterinary practice shortly
after graduation and returned to the university
system so as to get an advanced degree. Like Dr.
Thayer, Dr. Matz’s conversational bullet points were
laced with Marxist terminology such as “the
collective” and “the good of the whole.” Liberty was
a concept so foreign when I mentioned the principles
of limited government upon which our great American
experiment in freedom is based; it was as if I was
discussing the color of sound, or the taste of red.
Make no mistake about it, both of these fellows are
smart men, yet their stint in higher education has
so pulled the wool over their eyes it effectively
neutered their ability to reason. This is the
precise reason the ruling class has commandeered
control of the student loan program making school
debt ubiquitous. Because the debtor is always slave
to the lender, students investing eight years of
time and $120,000 in debt obtaining a liberal arts
degree find their soul belongs to Uncle Sam upon
graduation. Their voting behavior is assured for
decades.
There is not the paper or ink to address all the
flawed reasoning of educated leftists, so I will
attack the common point my two friends failed to see
due to institutionally induced wool blindness. Their
position always begins with an emotional plea there
“should be free…” something. The free item matters
not and you can chose healthcare, food, housing, or
any other perk to which the common man has been
conditioned to think they are entitled. When asked
who should pay for this free commodity, the answer
is always government. When you explain government
does not have a job and can only give free stuff
after first taking it from someone else via taxes,
you will receive either blank stares or accusations
of racism. The blank stare is an indication a beam
of light may have broken through the wool, but do
not expect them to immediately surrender to logic.
Someday, when they are shouldering the
responsibilities of raising a family and working
extra hours so as to give free healthcare to some
slob sitting on a sofa in the slums, it will all
make sense. Such is the magic of wool.
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