Nov 3rd 2012, 16:04:22
ARCHAIC: SOMETIMES BILL AND I FORGET WHAT OUR FATHER TAUGHT US WHEN WE WERE JUST TINY, SHOUTING TODDLERS. "IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING WITH THE LETTERS OF POWER, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL".
FOOGLMOG AND DISSIDENT: I WOULD AGREE THAT THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTIES ARE NOT ACTIVELY "IN CAHOOTS" ON MOST ISSUES. HOWEVER, ON THE ISSUE OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, THEY MOST DEFINITELY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP ALL DISSENTING OPINION OUT. AND IN SOME STATES (MINE FOR EXAMPLE) THEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE RULES FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS WHICH ENSURE THAT NO THIRD PARTY WILL LIKELY EVER BE REPRESENTED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
ON ISSUES OF POLICY, WHILE THEY ARE NOT ACTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER, THEY ARE DOING SO PASSIVELY. ALL OF THEM ARE DRUNK WITH THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL POWER WHICH WE HAVE BEEN GIVING THEM MORE AND MORE OF FOR THE LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS. THEY ALL *CLAIM* TO BELIEVE IN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, THEY TAKE TURNS *CLAIMING* TO BELIEVE IN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THEY ALL *CLAIM* TO HOLD THE CONSTITUTION AS THE ULTIMATE LAW OF THE LAND.
THE REALITY HOWEVER, IS THAT ONCE IN POWER, ALL THEY CAN THINK ABOUT IS MORE POWER. AND SINCE WE HAVE KNOCKED DOWN MOST OF THE BARRIERS TO TYRANNY IN THE LAST CENTURY, THEY ARE USUALLY SUCCESSFUL AT GAINING THAT POWER THEY CRAVE. AS SOON AS THEY THEY TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE, THEY SET TO WORK SHREDDING THE EDGES OF THE CONSTITUTION.
REPUBLICANS WHO CLAIM TO BE ALL ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION WILL GO IMMEDIATELY TO WORK ON LIMITING OR ELIMINATING THE FREEDOM OF SOME GROUPS TO MARRY WHOMEVER THEY CHOOSE. REPUBLICANS WHO CLAIM TO BE ALL ABOUT REDUCING FEDERAL SPENDING AND THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY GET TO WORK INCREASING SPENDING, INCREASING FEDERAL POWER OVER ISSUES THAT STATES SHOULD BE HANDLING, ETC.
DEMOCRATS WHO CLAIM TO BE ALL ABOUT PERSONAL FREEDOM WILL WRITE LAWS WHICH GIVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - NOT THE CITIZENS - THE POWER TO CHOOSE HOW WE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND OUR OWN MONEY... OR RATHER, HOW WE *MUST* SPEND IT.
AND BOTH PARTIES - THOSE FREEDOM LOVING PATRIOTS - WILL CONTINUE TO SEND BANDS OF HEAVILY ARMED MEN TO KICK IN THE DOORS AND SHOOT THE DOGS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO ARE SUSPECTED OF THE TERRIBLE CRIME OF MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICES ABOUT WHICH INTOXICANTS TO CONSUME.
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN (AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN)... OUR FOUNDERS RECOGNIZED THE DANGERS OF POWER AND HOW EASILY IT CAN CORRUPT EVEN A GOOD PERSON. THEY CAREFULLY CRAFTED A DOCUMENT WHICH GAVE AS LITTLE POWER AS POSSIBLE TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE BEEN LETTING OUR "REPRESENTATIVES" WIPE THEIR FEET ON THAT DOCUMENT FOR FAR TOO LONG. UNTIL WE DEMAND A RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, "THE PEOPLE" WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE LESS AND LESS SAY IN HOW OUR COUNTRY RUNS.
HA!
SAM
CHAMPION OF THE EUGLAF DIVISION,
THE MIGHTY CLAN [DANGER]!
FOOGLMOG AND DISSIDENT: I WOULD AGREE THAT THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTIES ARE NOT ACTIVELY "IN CAHOOTS" ON MOST ISSUES. HOWEVER, ON THE ISSUE OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, THEY MOST DEFINITELY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP ALL DISSENTING OPINION OUT. AND IN SOME STATES (MINE FOR EXAMPLE) THEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE RULES FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS WHICH ENSURE THAT NO THIRD PARTY WILL LIKELY EVER BE REPRESENTED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
ON ISSUES OF POLICY, WHILE THEY ARE NOT ACTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER, THEY ARE DOING SO PASSIVELY. ALL OF THEM ARE DRUNK WITH THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL POWER WHICH WE HAVE BEEN GIVING THEM MORE AND MORE OF FOR THE LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS. THEY ALL *CLAIM* TO BELIEVE IN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, THEY TAKE TURNS *CLAIMING* TO BELIEVE IN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THEY ALL *CLAIM* TO HOLD THE CONSTITUTION AS THE ULTIMATE LAW OF THE LAND.
THE REALITY HOWEVER, IS THAT ONCE IN POWER, ALL THEY CAN THINK ABOUT IS MORE POWER. AND SINCE WE HAVE KNOCKED DOWN MOST OF THE BARRIERS TO TYRANNY IN THE LAST CENTURY, THEY ARE USUALLY SUCCESSFUL AT GAINING THAT POWER THEY CRAVE. AS SOON AS THEY THEY TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE, THEY SET TO WORK SHREDDING THE EDGES OF THE CONSTITUTION.
REPUBLICANS WHO CLAIM TO BE ALL ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION WILL GO IMMEDIATELY TO WORK ON LIMITING OR ELIMINATING THE FREEDOM OF SOME GROUPS TO MARRY WHOMEVER THEY CHOOSE. REPUBLICANS WHO CLAIM TO BE ALL ABOUT REDUCING FEDERAL SPENDING AND THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY GET TO WORK INCREASING SPENDING, INCREASING FEDERAL POWER OVER ISSUES THAT STATES SHOULD BE HANDLING, ETC.
DEMOCRATS WHO CLAIM TO BE ALL ABOUT PERSONAL FREEDOM WILL WRITE LAWS WHICH GIVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - NOT THE CITIZENS - THE POWER TO CHOOSE HOW WE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND OUR OWN MONEY... OR RATHER, HOW WE *MUST* SPEND IT.
AND BOTH PARTIES - THOSE FREEDOM LOVING PATRIOTS - WILL CONTINUE TO SEND BANDS OF HEAVILY ARMED MEN TO KICK IN THE DOORS AND SHOOT THE DOGS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO ARE SUSPECTED OF THE TERRIBLE CRIME OF MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICES ABOUT WHICH INTOXICANTS TO CONSUME.
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN (AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN)... OUR FOUNDERS RECOGNIZED THE DANGERS OF POWER AND HOW EASILY IT CAN CORRUPT EVEN A GOOD PERSON. THEY CAREFULLY CRAFTED A DOCUMENT WHICH GAVE AS LITTLE POWER AS POSSIBLE TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE BEEN LETTING OUR "REPRESENTATIVES" WIPE THEIR FEET ON THAT DOCUMENT FOR FAR TOO LONG. UNTIL WE DEMAND A RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, "THE PEOPLE" WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE LESS AND LESS SAY IN HOW OUR COUNTRY RUNS.
HA!
SAM
CHAMPION OF THE EUGLAF DIVISION,
THE MIGHTY CLAN [DANGER]!