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Crazy Rich Opinions<\/span><\/h1>\n

America is seeing the Salem Witchcraft re-enacted in Congress today. There’s a lot of over-reaction and raw emotion; bending of convenient rules and hypocrisy. I feel the need to speak on this today. Move on to the jokes if this bothers you.<\/p>\n

In the musical\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Tevye<\/strong>, the Father sings a song about being a rich man and all the perks that come with it. One line that sticks out to me as unfortunately true is when he proclaims\u00a0“when you’re rich, they think you really know.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Let me extrapolate that a bit. When you’re rich, powerful, influential, etc., somehow people put a lot of weight on your opinions. Just because the rich have “arrived,” people want to be like\u00a0them<\/strong>\u00a0… think like\u00a0them<\/strong>\u00a0… so they can\u00a0BE them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Once you accept that there are fake authorities, look beyond that egotist with the microphone and start looking at the facts. When a basketball player tells you to buy a car, what makes his taste of cars any better than yours? When a Hollywood starlet shares her favorite recipe, are you compelled to try it out? When a politician who has never run a business makes laws that influence corporate budgets and personnel, do you feel it’s going to help the economy?<\/p>\n

Peter’s Principle<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0states that “a person is elevated to his level of incompetence.” When a government sucks, blame it on the clueless yet powerful monkeys who made it up in the food chain.<\/p>\n

So now that you see the monkeys in your midst, accept them. No need to be exasperated that they don’t make logical sense. They’re monkeys! Move on.<\/p>\n

I’m not here to endorse any political party. I trust you’re mature enough to figure this out. And your conclusion my be different than mine. And that’s fine. I may be a monkey too. But I would suggest that you take the Four-Way Test recited in every Rotary meeting (my addition is\u00a0in blue<\/span>):<\/p>\n