03.12.05...I really don't mean to pick on Bill Cosby.  Those watching me set up the front page today think I have it out for the guy.  True - I hated the old Cosby show in the 80's because I thought it made America look like a completely colorblind society where any black couple could be rich and never have to go to work.  True - I have been finding his recent rants about how "uncivilized" todays youth are to be annoying and condescending.  But really I just want to point out a trend that has come to epitomise this so-called conservative revolution in America. Those who place themselves on high moral ground are so frequently found to be more sinful than the people they choose to criticize.   So it's not that the Coz seems to have frequent affairs and at least one child out of his marriage.  It's that he continues to act like a self righteous Red American leaning back in his chair, making us call him Dr. Cosby, and giving pronouncements on morality and the American way. I have a theory on why this is.   Zealots, like Bill Cosby, are just covering up their own indiscretions and insecurities.   Homophobes have a secret gay side they fear (Bill O'Reilly), those who write books on morality have secret gambling problems (William Bennett), law and order radio hosts hide secret drug habits (Rush Limbaugh), those who wrap themselves in flags break the law instantly when they are in hot water (Oliver North, G. Gordon Liddy).  Believe me, the list does go on and on.  Let me be fair.  My theory works both ways.  I will even use myself as an example.  I always call for the rich to pay more of the burden in taxes.  In my dark moments of imagining winning the lottery or something I do see myself becoming a selfish guy who will hoard every penny even more than I do now!  I want the rich to pay more because I feel, that otherwise no money would ever trickle down.   In my theory, I despise greed precisely because I am deep down a greedy person. I really wonder sometimes that if I were to be instantly rich I would turn into the hardest ass Republican in the world. I can really see me saying "it's my money".  Not that I would not share with family and close friends.  Just that my tendencies for generosity would (I think) weaken under the pressure of actually having something to loose. So when Bill Cosby or anyone else makes moral condemnation of others it instantly rubs me the wrong way.  He is preaching morals because he semi-consciously knows he needs to hear and follow that. Homphobes fear gay rights because they harbor a subtle belief that if it was more   accepted they may have drifted over to "the other team".  And how many law and order types have to go to jail before we see the connection.  The BTK killer is only the latest example. Red America is run by a set of moralists right now.  Rather than seeing them as stalwart of truth, justice and the American way I see deeply flawed people overcompensating for their own inner demons while the rest of us are strongly encourage to do as they say.  They do it, I do it and Bill Cosby does it.  So Bill - I am not picking on you as a person.  Party on! Believe me when I say I don't care how many women you have. Just please don't tell me you are an example of anything I should emulate.