This is a continuation of an earlier discussion. For those who know me, acting as an apologist for the GOP is roughly akin to eating a bile pizza on "Fear Factor"; however, the Republican record on civil rights has been so badly distorted by Democratic revisionists that I do feel a correction is in order. I will probably have more information on the more recent Republican record later, however, this applies principally to the Civil Rights Movement of the 50's and 60's. First, in defense of...
OK, I'm going to clearly outline this as an opinion piece, as there are some that have the trouble making the distinction between opinion and hard news. Feel free to disagree, but let's try to stay on topic, shall we? We are a country that has lost our vision. With no clearly defined purpose, we have splintered off in separate directions and begun milling around, in desperate hope that a leader with a vision will be clearly defined and "rescue" us from ourselves. To that end, we have clung...
OK, I have been challenged on another thread in my assertion that the Republicans were the frontrunners in the civil rights movement, rather than the Democrats. What follows are statements from an article from "the National Review" on January 9, 2003 written by John Fonte and entitled "Conservatives Can be Proud of their Civil Rights Record". While one can challenge the editorial slant of the piece, the congressional votes are a matter of public record and can be verified with relative ease. ...
This year will be the 5th presidential election in which I have voted. And it will be the first in which I will not vote for a major party. I watched the Democratic party primaries with genuine interest, hoping they could produce a centrist candidate that I could reasonably support. What they gave us, however, was John Kerry, who, in my opinion, is giving excellent lessons in how to lose an election. Barring a remarkable turnaround (basically, he'll have to win all three debates, in my ...
Before I start this, I want to correct a piece of errata in my earlier post. I mixed up an important fact without the stats in front of me. It was Norman Thomas, not Debs who ran against FDR in 1932, but I still feel his showing influenced the Democratic party's platform. Anyway, in defense of third party support, I decided to dig back through presidential elections and come up with some 3rd party numbers to show that third parties can and do make a difference. The missing election years a...
We are writing to you, who have entered our database as third party voters, to recognize the futility of your efforts. The system of voting in the United States is set up as a two party system, and it will remain so despite your fervent efforts to have it otherwise. A vote for a third party is a wasted vote; you would do as well staying home on election day. The candidates of the two leading parties have proven themselves to be the best qualified, most intelligent candidates to lead this n...
In a seperate thread, another user has asserted that the Catholic church is telling its parishioners not to vote for John Kerry. When I pointed out that this was a clear violation of the law, I was challenged with some very strong language but without the facts. I will grant that I did not provide the hard facts on this, but rather my extensive experience as a minister and those of my family who are also ministers. The person since responded by simply stating I was wrong (I have yet to see an...
They are the technological savior of the democratic process. They will make elections quicker, easier, and more accurate. Or...will they? Nevada has implemented its new touch screen voter system, unique in that it actually has a paper trail that will help in the case of recounts or suspicions of tampering. The pundits lauded these systems as they would make election results available instantaneously. A look at yesterday's primary shows otherwise. The newspaper had a press dead...
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I am furious. No, I am beyond furious at the ridiculous insistence that I renounce my Libertarian party affiliation in favor of the Democratic or Republican party on the basis of someone's opinion that I am "wasting my vote". The "wasting your vote" lie is one that has been perpetuated to keep the major parties in play. It is a lie that serves the two major parties, and often works as a disincentive for informed voters who truly want to find a candidate aligned with their issues. When I...
I have blogged before on the Free State Project, basically a group of individuals who are trying to get 20,000 activists to move to New Hampshire to create a state with libertarian ideals. It's a noble effort, and one that I, as a supporter (although one who "opted out" of New Hampshire, and thus, won't be joining them) Have watched very closely. This election year, I figured, would be an important litmus test; I made mention of it on an article I wrote. Well, if this November is a litmus ...
OK, the title necessitates a disclaimer. I don't hate America. Nor do I think any CITIZEN of the United States should hate America unless they are working towards emigrating elsewhere. Hating certain POLICIES is another story, but that's a different blog entirely. No, what I am talking about is the world's attitude towards America. A reference to Time magazine's recent article on Islam suggests that something like 48% of Saudis hate America (or something like that...I haven't read the a...
OK, I know this one has been hit on a lot on this site, but the drudge report has an article linked to the Washington Times that shows the controversial Bush memo side by side with a memo from the Pentagon archives from the same time frame. Comparisons are made between the two. In case the image doesn't come through, I will link the report at the bottom of the page: Link
The following is a press release from Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik. More information on Badnarik can be obtained at www.badnarik.org, and more on the Libertarian Party can be found at www.lp.org What America can learn from Bush's Guard duty scandal =============================== NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org =============================== For release: September 15, 2004 ===...
This is a press release from the Badnarik 2004 website: BADNARIK ADDRESS TO THE YOUTH OF AMERICA September 21 — =========================== September 21, 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Stephen P. Gordon Office: (512) 637-6867 Cell: (256) 227-8360
[email protected] =========================== Below is a statement issued by Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik to Americans 18 to 30 years of age: Nowhere is the increasing failure of the American p...