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Do you want change, SV? No? Why not? Yes? What change do you want? How would you effect that change? Tell us.
Change in and of itself is fine. Change for change's sake is dumb. Change of society is great. Making such changes thru law has never worked. Take for example the Jim Crowe laws. Did it change how blacks were treated? Yes. Did it truly change society and society's opinions and thoughts? No.
So the real question is not how you'd bring change, but how you'd convince society to desire true change. And that cannot be done by a law. So once again, why would you vote for a candidate who is running solely on societal change? If that's all they have going for them, then they should be a community volunteer. Not a politician.
Do I want change? Yes. I want smaller government. I want my freedoms enforced as they are supposed to be. I want the government to get out of my life. I want people to see that the American dream is only possible when they are self reliant and not reliant on the government to make it all better. I want change that is true change. Change that makes the world a better place. I want the Constitution enforced and not ignored.
That is change I can get behind.
So the real question is not how you'd bring change, but how you'd convince society to desire true change. And that cannot be done by a law. So once again, why would you vote for a candidate who is running solely on societal change? If that's all they have going for them, then they should be a community volunteer. Not a politician.
Do I want change? Yes. I want smaller government. I want my freedoms enforced as they are supposed to be. I want the government to get out of my life. I want people to see that the American dream is only possible when they are self reliant and not reliant on the government to make it all better. I want change that is true change. Change that makes the world a better place. I want the Constitution enforced and not ignored.
That is change I can get behind.
I don't see anything different in those cliches -- smaller government, freedom, self-reliance, American Dream. One candidate or another mouths those platitudes in every election, the usual blah blah blah. All I hear here is "I'm dissatisfied."
Asking for the laws on the books to be enforced is a cliche to you? Then sir I suggest you re-evaluate how you expect change to occur. If they won't even enforce the laws on the books, what good will making new ones do?
Freedom and self reliance kept this country from falling for the last two years. They made this country the longest running Constitutional form of government the world has seen. If that is cliche...then might I suggest you also re-evaluate the cliches you choose to put your trust in.
As for dissatisfaction, it is the right and indeed the privilege of every American to be dissatisfied with his or her government. We the People are the ones who choose. Therefore we the people are the ones who should and indeed MUST disapprove when the Government has gone too far.
I find the fact that my ability to succinctly state what I want done still does not meet your standards of ability to state needed change, funny. Terribly funny. At least I know what I want. At least I have put my best powers to that task. Can Obama say the same? From his voting record, I'd have to say not.
Freedom and self reliance kept this country from falling for the last two years. They made this country the longest running Constitutional form of government the world has seen. If that is cliche...then might I suggest you also re-evaluate the cliches you choose to put your trust in.
As for dissatisfaction, it is the right and indeed the privilege of every American to be dissatisfied with his or her government. We the People are the ones who choose. Therefore we the people are the ones who should and indeed MUST disapprove when the Government has gone too far.
I find the fact that my ability to succinctly state what I want done still does not meet your standards of ability to state needed change, funny. Terribly funny. At least I know what I want. At least I have put my best powers to that task. Can Obama say the same? From his voting record, I'd have to say not.
Just realized i said last two years....I meant two hundred.
Well, there are a gazillion laws. Which one do you most wish to be enforced?
At this point I'd settle for the constitution.
Oh, please, come on, be specific. What's the one law you most want to be enforced? You're mad about something. Is it immgrants, welfare, guns, taxes, police, property, elections, declarations of war, privacy, torture, executions, what? All that bluster and now you're being coy about what it is you're specifically pissed off about? Enough bluffing! Fess up!
How about the 9th and 10th Amendments? Everyone seems to forget about them. How about judicial legislation? How about that....There is a lot to be pissed off about, but like I said...I'd settle for people doing their damn jobs.
Too vague, girl. I'm beginning to think you were bluffing! Some particular right or state power you're exercised about? You were just poppin' off, now, weren't you, and didn't have anything specific in mind at all. Caught you--
Wow. You think I have no case because I'm not ranting about the environment or drugs or something similar? God I haven't laughed this hard in years.
And don't call me girl, boy.
And don't call me girl, boy.
Sorry, Ma'am, a bad habit of mine. As for your post on Walker and Obama, yes, I thought you must have something specific in mind. It's not often I read outrage over the failure to enforce the ninth and tenth amendments. I guess it's good we both amuse one another. Boy sounds good! I haven't been called that in fifty years! Yeah, I don't know what Obama thinks he's going to change either. I'd bring the American army home from countries all over the world, if I could, for a long three-day weekend, but none of the candidates are running on that. McCain wants to keep them in other countries for a hundred years, so I guess I won't be voting for that marvelous vision of the future. I wish I could say that made me laugh but...
I'll take a stab at mentioning some of the changes he proposes that continue to gather my rather surprising support. For one, I like his ideas for a law requiring total transparency on budgetary earmarks combined with a searchable database to allow any to see just who and how the goodies are being divied up. This might seem trivial, but Congress has itself a culture of secrecy and Constitutional abbrogation to deeal with. Secondly, I would like to see a change in foreign policy that is more engaged, less dictatorial and brave enough to directly confront adversarial leaders and nations. Third, I can see one glaringly personal attribute that Obama has that could effect the greatest level of change of all, and that is his demonstrated ability in his public life to give genuine consideration and fair hearing to opposing side. He won the Presidency of the Harvard Law Review on that basis and his record, as I have researched it, in the Illinois legislature confirms it as well. This, more than any other aspect of his candidacy, is my rationale for supporting him. Add to that, the fact that a Clinton Presidency for sure, or a McCain Presidency possibly, would be another 4 years of intractable partisan warfare and stalemate is not acceptable to me. I hope you find this contribution useful.
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