The code

   What guides me in my life. what star guides me.  I try to live by the Code of the West .
    I know most think of the wild west . But I mean the western Christian culture . I believe it is also the base of American Culture. That is why it is so prevalent in the wild west stories. The Code of the West is as follows.
1.) Obey the Ten.
2.) Defend the defenseless.
3.) Love your country and care for the land.
4.) Do not start a fight , but always finish one.
5.) Never spit in front of women and children .
   I know you think I am joking , but I am not. I will go through them to show I mean it.
 1.  Obey the Ten 
  First off only a heathen will ask what Ten  . I of course am speaking of the Ten Commandments. It IS the base of our law. So to obey the Ten , is to obey the law. That simple. (so long as it does not conflict with The Ten)
 2. Defend the defenseless.
    What is more American than to stand up for some one who can't. What is more Christ like than that. Our greatest heroes are the ones that gave up comfort and privilege. Homes and family , for others. For their freedom.  
 3. Love your country and care for the land.
    This is one of those Golden rule things. Our Country is our family , friends and neighbors. Not just the Government we live under.To care for the land is to take care of our piece of it. So that when we pass it on it is better than when we got it.
 4. Do not start a fight , but always finish it.
   This to is simple. We don't go looking for a fight. But when one is started it must be finished . Korea is a festering wound because it was never finished.
 5. Never spit in front of women and children
   In some ways , this is the one we are losing the fastest .(from here out I speak as a male) I was raised that Men are to have a level of gentility when in the presence of women. I hear  young males (I will not say men for they are not.) use the most course and vulgar   language . They have few manners, eat and sound like pigs. But it is manners like holding the door, letting some one else go first, tipping your hat and not spitting in front of women. That keep men civil , keep us from devolving. I fear we as a Nation are devolving.
We are losing what it means to be Gentlemen . We are losing what it means to be Americans

                         But don't worry these are just the raving of an American WASP.