The Air Force Academy has an honor code that seems so simple...yet almost impossible to live by. It goes like this; "We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does."
That kinda reminds me of something I read in a book one time called the Bible. There was a page dedicated to something called commandments.
Now I'm by no means perfect and I don't always abide by the three simple rules but I'm not running for a government office. I'm not being paid millions to be a grand slam slugger. I'm not the leader of a powerful church. It's still no excuse but I'm not held nearly as accountable as certain people are and the degree of such deception some people can sink to is more than I'm capable of.
But, obviously it's nothing to just blatently lie and take advantage of your position for some people. I think the situtation with Ex-Govorner Blagojevich is just simply disgusting and I'll tell you why I think so. He's seriously not seeing that he did anything wrong and I'm feeling that he's not seeing any error in his ways because that's typical for the government. What he did has always been done and continues to be done now so, how can he be wrong if everyone is doing it?
Same with the MLB. Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire and Alex Rodriguez should all be banned from baseball and not be given any chance of entry in the Hall of Fame. They didn't earn it. It's that basic. Enhancing their performance to be the best instead of being the best on your own volition isn't true sportsmanship. It's not what the game was based on. So many players have never shot up. Most players have true talent and a never ending passion for the sport that wouldn't have allowed them to compromise their position. Then there's the wussy's that can't do it on their own. They need that extra boost they just don't naturally have to be the overpaid, overrated hero we expect them to be.
And wow, don't get me started on the church and Ted Haggard. I was raised Roman Catholic and if nothing else I was taught that the fear of God should be enough to keep you in line more than anything else. But this guy gave the definition to my word 'Hypo-Christian'. Those are the people that go to church on Sunday's just to ask for forgiveness for doing all the crappy things they do all week only to leave the parking lot of the church, cut you off at the intersection then flip you off as they speed away doing 45 in a 25.
So seriously...what is the truth? Should we even be held accountable anymore? I mean really, you can still be a high paid government official or an even higher paid sports star or even better, you can be wealthy enough to buy your way into Heaven. There really aren't any consequences...but God's not fooled.
Thanks for reading.