Comments on: Apathy, Democracy and The Way Government Should Be

By: William

William — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:34:35 +0000

I never said I disagreed with all of what Ron Paul said, personally I like some of his stands on individual rights, especially the Second Amendment. However in watching him in several debates he came across as not altogether there, there was one debate in particular I believe it was in December, in which the candidates were asked a question about an incident involving US Naval Vessels and an encounter with Iranian speed boats. Most of the candidates gave the same general response, that the Naval commanders on the scene had done the correct thing, however when the question got around to Ron Paul he started ranting about how we shouldn’t condemn the Naval officers since we weren’t there, when no one at the debate had condemned them. That and his idea for “Letters of Marquis and Reprisal” I don’t know if he actually thought that idea through before he proposed it or not, but to my mind it’s just not a valid idea. The theory being that if we put a reward on Bin Laden’s head that the people wold turn him over to us, except that we have put a price on his head, and I have yet to see Bin Laden dropped on our doorstep. I have some borderline libertarian beliefs, however I have trouble with the no foreign intervention policy espoused by the Constitutionalist and Libertarian parties. Under their theories even though we have the capacity to prevent a great evil, say genocide, from befalling a people we should sit peaceably back and let them resolve it themselves. Why should we do this, we are the biggest kid on the block, we are the Hegemon it is our job to protect those who could not defend themselves. I’m not saying that giving them money is the right thing but if we can help these people learn to defend themselves then we are making the world a better place.

By: Glyn

Glyn — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:26:24 +0000

Apathy ’08 get yours today! http://www.zazzle.com/custom/bumperstickers
Hi William. Yes I am a “Paulite”, and proud of it. Have you read his book? If you are a true conservative you should have supported him, none of the others are conservative. My vote/money were not wasted, they may not have accomplished my dreams. But someone/something needs to tell the American people that both parties are running the US into the ground. Therefore I am Apathetic for the ’08 election.

By: William

William — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:58:55 +0000

Hannah, for my final college class on the evolution of conservatism and liberalism in American thought we had to read several book, the final one being The Conservative revolution by Lee Edwards of the Heritage foundation, in that book he frequently used the phrase “Me too Republicans” to describe republicans who thought they had to be like Democrats, both in politics and in presentation. I believe that true conservatives need to distance themselves from these fools take back control of the party do what Reagan set out to do, shrink the federal government and cut taxes.

By: HannahJ

HannahJ — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:13:50 +0000

I remember reading “Useful Idiots” or something of the sort a year or so ago. In it, this interesting thought: Democrats cheat (read: smear and intimidate) and win. Republicans see this and figure they have to do the same to compete. The Dems are probably still much better at it.

By: William

William — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:03:55 +0000

Aurora, yes that is actually a bumper sticker, several of my family members have it on their vehicles, I don’t know where they got it, but they have it.
I have no doubt that most of the Democrats are more educated then I am I can’t compete with that I’m just finishing up a bachelors in history, but I think I am probably wiser than they are, though I don’t give two hoots in hades for sophistication.
I do think you’ve hit the nail on the head we just need to bide our time and hope that people realize what the Democrats and people of John McCain’s ilk truly are, they will come back to the path of America the Great.

By: Aurora

Aurora — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:22:43 +0000

Welcome back, Darren. We’ve missed your commentary.
Apathy, 08??? Is this a real bumper sticker? It could have been designed by the Dems themselves. OK, so we don’t have the best of choices, at least we ought to avoid having Obama or Hillary in the Whitehouse at all costs. I can’t stand McCain but I’ll hold my nose and vote for him on the day because the opposite prospect is just that bad. And if that’s not the best or the right reason to vote, it’ll have to do.
Democrats are experts at shifting the blame for their ills to the Republicans as you say. We’re dealing with a wily, crafty enemy, more sophisticated than most of us are.
I think what we thought we had in democracy has ended up something very different as the evil present in our society has found loopholes and ways around it like manipulation of the media etc.
Now it’s up to us to hold those ideals in our hearts and to pass them on. We’ve lost power in the public area for now, but that doesn’t mean it’s gone in the wider community.

By: William

William — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:34:33 +0000

Really I should say that it will never work in this world, now if a group of like minded individuals were to settle on a new planet far away from Earth, then it might have a chance.