Forming the ‘Leave Me Alone’ Party
by Mike Baron“Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.” –Michelle Obama
There is a right not specifically spelled out in the Bill of Rights but implicit in every restriction on the federal government: the right to be left alone. Our nation was founded by individuals seeking relief from overbearing governments and religions. Rugged individualism isn’t merely a conceit of John Wayne movies. It has been and will continue to be a way of life for Americans who believe this nation was founded on the rights of the individual. Not the rights of government.
Yet today we are saddled with the most overbearing, intrusive government in American history, a gang of socialist ideologues who seek to exercise control over every facet of human existence including our food, the education of our children, and our exercise habits. People may argue where this urge to control the lives of others originates, but there can be no doubt that the present administration does not see individual liberties when they look at the constitution. They see the governments’ rights and the subjects’ obligations. They have turned the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights on its ear.
They see individuals only in terms of how much money they can squeeze from each citizen. This government reminds me of Zieffer Meird, the intergalactic slaver from my science fiction comic Nexus. Zieffer captured people, decapitated them, and found a way to keep the heads alive to use as batteries. Obama would like to be Zeiffer Meird. He seeks to silence the individual. Shut up and pay your taxes. The only voices to whom he will listen are groups: the trial lawyers, SEIU, UAW, ACORN, the usual suspects.
Never the individual. Always the group.
Bad news for Pharoah. Most Americans see themselves as individuals, save for those benighted creatures who traded their souls for lifelong government employment. (I except my hard-working sister who has been a devoted climatologist since 1973. We disagree about “climate change.”) Government is the only area with jobs growth and most of those jobs are to facilitate either the collection of taxes or the doling out of pork to special groups under the guise of “stimulus.”
What “progressives” fail to understand is that the reason the United States is the greatest nation on earth is because of individual effort in the private sector. All our wealth, our ability to field armies, deliver disaster relief, build schools and highways comes from money earned in the private sector. Yet these fools continue to grow the public sector like a giant cancer on the shoulders of every American left out of the government gravy train.
So I’m positing a very old party: the Leave Me Alone party. I’m happy to pay taxes if they are reasonable and they go toward legitimate government functions as spelled out in the Constitution and limited in the Bill of Rights. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to be forced to pony up to provide some government drone a luxurious retirement.
The Republicans could become the Leave Me Alone party, but that would require some deep soul-searching on their part. In the meantime, millions of Americans will vote like me, searching for a ray of light in the shit storm of government growth, bureaucracy and parasitism.
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Sign me up… I will gladly become a card carrying member and will read the spam and listen to the telemarketing like calls and gladly accept the junk mail… I already have a mom, I don't need another one.
Sign me up… I will gladly become a card carrying member and will read the spam and listen to the telemarketing like calls and gladly accept the junk mail… I already have a mom, I don't need another one, especially if it's named the Government.
Couldn't had said it better myself. I just found out about "Big Hollywood" today and I am overjoyed, not all of Hollywood is "Hollyweird".
Glad to see there are still some conservatives in Lala-land.
In light of the emblem, maybe it should be STOMP – Stop Treading On Me Party.
I like it. New ideas and new blood…and real term limits would help. How does a parasite like Charlie Rangel accumulate SO MUCH INCOME he can "forget" about some of it? HUH? HOW?
Since when should being a frigging Congressman make the lucky lottery winner of questionable intellect a MILLIONAIRE?
I'm in. As the guy said at the town hall: Just leave us alone.
Welcome aboard…we rant all things political and Hollywood…artful use of memorable movie quotes and scenes helpful but not required…
…like what does Bill "Bubba" Clinton say when he boards his zillionaire leftist buddies private airliner?
"Hey bud, let's party!"
The Republicans can be that party if WE remake them. Pay attention during the primaries and only vote for small-government conservatives, and let any RINO's thinking about running again know they shouldn't even try, we've been keeping score.
Join the fight for what is Right!
I'm in.
I told a lib friend of mine, " I wish the Government would just leave me alone" Her reply " I wish you knew what that meant"
I'm in. This is not the America I signed up for, learned about, or fought for. These clowns have to go. Time for a new party. Pass the word. We need action. Resist the Barry party and stand up for what you believe. He is a false Messiah and it's about time people woke up and realized it. Do something now before the goverment takes away your right to vote them out. Don't think it will happen. Don't be too sure.
Sign me up, too.
I'll join up. I want to be left alone and I don't want the nanny state making things harder or more expensive than they already have.
I second the welcome… Big Hollywood is my closet of sanity in the insane world…
You are going to love BigHollywood: innovative, intellectual and entertaining.
Do the research and find out who is making the contributions to their campaigns. This should help with the process of weeding out the RINO's.
Libertarians are close to the goals of your new Party. Instead of starting another political movement, how about we support the Libertarians? i think there is much room for improvement and the organization already exists to foster that improvement in the Libertarian platform. Just look at some of their small government accomplishments. It is startling how few can change the direction of our government with the right movational tactics.
Clueless.
More than you might realize, EJS.
Definitely more than Obama, Pelosi, Reid and their bunch of thugs thought there were, fortunately for us, or they would have altered their strategy on a bunch of this crap 'pass it now or the world ends in 30 minutes' legislation.
Trying to get conservatives together on something en masseis like trying to herd cats, but Obama and the boys have succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
More than you might realize, EJS.
Definitely more than Obama, Pelosi, Reid and their bunch of thugs thought there were, fortunately for us, or they would have altered their strategy on a bunch of this crap 'pass it now or the world ends in 30 minutes' legislation.
Trying to get conservatives together on something en masse is like trying to herd cats, but Obama and the boys have succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
Thanks, Mike, two friends are getting this link. Well said. I know you have three for the "leave me alone" party. Nice graphic by the way!
Where do I sign up?
Who is John Galt?
i was discussing with my girlfriend this weekend just how far i thought a political candidate could conceivably reach if he campaigned not on the traditional "i'll go here and do this for you and have congress spend money on this and i'll get this and that done" platform, but instead a platform consisting of "i'll go to dc and try my hardest to see that NOTHING gets done up there and as few new laws and bureaucracies are created as possible. i'll go to DC and at every opportunity throw a monkey wrench into anything i possibly can."
with ACORN's help i'd vote for that candidate as often as i could, i'm even considering being that guy.
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a third party has struggled all these years because there was no urgency. the time has come. let's make sure we vote for those who are constitutionalists, but before we do, let's makes sure the republicans know we are looking for their seats as well.
That's a real problem.
I would prefer that the Republicans rediscover their roots and core values and stick to them.
Rangel should be impeached… The man can't even follow his own tax laws.. why should we follow them?
What a Racist article !
You people KNOW it is Patriotic to want to pay more taxes
Stop all this whining and get with the program
Do not question authority and shut the he!! up
You bunch of fearmongering racist islamophobes !
/sarc
Sign me up and lets Roll !
I would have told her to "enlighten" me.
Shades of Ross Perot! NO new party now! This is a good way to loose 2012. Our best shot at taking back the country is to reform the current GOP. Otherwise, the new party will siphon off just enough votes to allow the democrats to emerge victorious. If that happens, I suspect that by 2016 new parties will be illegal.
She said she wished you knew what that meant because she obviously has no idea. Next time you see her tell her to read the constitution and get back to you with questions…..
Fired up?
Ready to go?
I agree, but the GOP has lost it's way. The only way to reform them is to get rid of them. Pretty tall order.
As long as something gets done before Obama can put an end to term limits….
Remember the good old days when we complained about politicians only getting in office to make connections, then they would leave and go lobbyist to make money? Now they stay and make money, and when forced out become "unregistered" lobbyists and make even more.
We need both term limits and legislation to keep CongressCritters out of paid influence peddling for at least five years, let their contacts grow old and cold. Anyone see that happening with this Congress?
SIGN ME UP…….term limits…one term, no lawyers. your term is for the people, by free will donation, no pay. you drive to DC and live in your office, you handle your own phone calls, type your own letters, haven't got time to fly around the world shopping for a photo op because your doing the peoples bussiness. Some how we've got to give Washington back to the people…..it has turned into a filth ridden hole for theives, sodomites, and thugs.
Man, am I pissed off or what???????
"What “progressives” fail to understand is that the reason the United States is the greatest nation on earth is because of individual effort in the private sector. All our wealth, our ability to field armies, deliver disaster relief, build schools and highways comes from money earned in the private sector. Yet these fools continue to grow the public sector like a giant cancer on the shoulders of every American left out of the government gravy train."
Sounds like a colorful translation of Hayek's The Road to Serfdom, which I'm currently reading. Awesome book. Everyone, check it out.
I agree, it is faster and more effective to work with the party that most closely represents what you believe.
The GOP wandered off into the Rockerfeller/Country Club/Globalist/Corporatist (take your pick) direction and has left the majority of us behind.
Good thing we're not recycling old names, I think the "Know Nothings" are currently accounted for.
Excellent point, but please, please, please stop spelling 'lose' with an extra 'o'!
Try this site:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/
All of you who have or will post a "sign me up!" sentiment here take note:
1) No one will be 'signing you up' for anything. No one will be taking your names and mailing you stuff. YOU, INDIVIDUALLY, must go out and GET YOURSELVES ENGAGED IN ACTION.
2) Go and register as something other than GOP or DNC. Tell these parties you're through with their crap. This will scare them, and they may start paying attention. They will need to start trying to figure out how to get all these new Independents/Constitutionalists/Conservatives/Libertarians onto one side or another.
3) GO FIND A GROUP WHICH IS POLITICALLY ACTIVE, AND JOIN. My group is doing things like forming committees to study legislation. They are vetting local candidates for office. They are trying to get people onto the local GOP/DNC/Conservative/Green/etc party committees, which decide who gets nominated to run in elections. SOMETIMES, CANDIDATES RUN UN-OPPOSED IN ELECTIONS!!! You would be sick to realize the tactics ACORN/Greens/Socialists etc use to get other candidates THROWN OFF THE BALLOT so that they can then run without any opposition! (Obama won his 1st two campaigns this way!) Groups like the one I joined are actively fighting tactics like this. We will fight to put our own people on the ballot.
4) You KNOW it's not enough to say "I'm with you!" YOU MUST *DO* SOMETHING. YOU MUST ACT.
The Republicans have always been in the pocket of East Coast Big money. We need to realize that Reagan was an abberation, the Bushs are much more the norm. Nelson Rockerfeller, Colin Powell, Mitt Romney are all part of this elite.
The only hope for this country is a third party.
We have to keep pointing to China so they can see what economic freedom can do for you.
LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE PARTY. I'm in.
There seems to be two kinds of people : MEDDLERS and those who WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE I guess there is a third, now. Those compliant with the MEDDLERS who are willing to be meddled with.
Sour the milk. The dollar is getting weaker, buying power is going down. Keep the government handouts from getting more generous, make work look more appealing. The good jobs aren't there right now, make them ask why not and when they can get them.
Coming up soon, Congress is expected to raise the debt ceiling. The House already voted it up to $13 trillion, they're considering it in the Senate. Guess what, with the plans already enacted they'll have to raise it again next year, and many more times to come.
And what happens if we make a loud noise (again) and they don't raise it? Despite the dire warnings, we will not default on our Treasury obligations, we wouldn't dare. Guess that means we'll have to cut spending quickly. Like, say, de-funding the stimulus handouts, not allowing entitlement increases, forget about ObamaCare… Take away the Congress' credit card, see what happens. Open up the debate on what the spending really means, then see how many getting handouts really like what's being done.
Appealing idea, but it could re-elect Pres. Wee Wee. Clean house in the Republican Party.
Yep. Leave me alone. You said it.
There's one more concept that needs to be encouraged as we take back our rights, and that's to vastly expand the House of Representatives in order to bring back the constituents-to-representatives ratio that the Founders had in mind.
Upon our founding there were approximately 30,000 citizens per congressional district. The House was enlarged repeatedly throughout our history until 1929 when it was enlarged for the last time, at which time there were just over 200,000 citizens per district. Today, with no subsequent enlargements in the House, there are 650,000 citizens in the average district. As a consequence, the voice of the individual has been diminished in our democratic process (who here has ever met or had a conversation with his Congressperson?) and the voice of the special, moneyed interests with access has been enhanced.
It's time to expand the House to about 1500 seats, which would have the beneficial effects of: (1) Making representatives more accessible to their constituents, (2) Injecting true competition for these seats, (3) Upending the entrenched power structure in this body.
Who's with me?
We've got three years to make it happen. Besides, like the GOP is going to give us a candidate worth voting for? I'm done with choosing the lesser of two evils. DONE. If the GOP wants my vote, they have to earn my vote.
2) No.
"Independent" is already a large group, and gave us Barry. So far it has lead the Republicans to aim for those "moderate independents" which only made the Democrats stronger.
Register Republican as needed, demand and vote for conservative candidates. When we get the party to where it should be then the Constitutional and Libertarian voters will vote with us, and a good chunk of them are disillusioned former Republicans who will return. That is the activism we need, first fix our broken party, then our broken government. And do it soon while we can still recognize the nation we love.
Well Done….and Will Do!
I'm in favor of a new party in theory, but in practice, it splits the vote, and hands everything to the Dems. What I'd like to see is a movement within the Republican party. Call it the Reagan Caucus, or something. Back to basics. Limited government uber alles.
Well said, Tread… (both of your posts.)
#1 – I see all these "sign me up!" posts, and just have to ask, how many have actually signed up for these type of actions. Heck, I get tired of all the libertarian paperwork my wife brings home (and stuff she gets in the mail,,, cause she has a habit of not throwing away ANY mail! (I sometimes can't see her desk in the corner), but at least she's active with the LP…
Unfortunately #2 is not really an option for me… since I consider myself more GOP than Libertarian (and until the CP changes their isolationist policy, I'm refusing to join up with them.). I've been waiting to see if the SarahPAC makes an 'unofficial/official' 3rd party before I jump ship completely from the GOP.
#3.. this one I truly do agree with, but as of yet to my knowledge in my area, there are only 3 'active' groups… Repubs, Dems, and Libertarians….. none of which appeal to me.
That seldom works. modern liberals just use that as an excuse not to respond, because they believe your inability to see their superiority is proof of your ignorance.
WOW..now you're talking! Amen, amen, amen!
Typical piece that espouses that things have to be one thing or the other. That is a way to set yourself up for failure. The modern world is much more complex than that, and yearning for the good old days when things were simpler and everything could be divided into black / white, right / wrong, godly / ungodly, etc., never existed in the first place.
It seems to me more realistic to rely on the thinking that preceded us. Our modern society came about because people believed they had free will. They were not doomed to predestination. The free will belief goes beyond the individual. It translates into collective action among people who want freedom. It means being neighborly, a virtue that is not respected as it was in the past.
I think the author and those that share his thinking somehow lose themselves in the group. That is the real issue. How do you maintain individuality in a group? I don't see that the government is coercing anyone to give up their personality. The real problem seems to be with people who are unable to share anything with their neighbor because they do not have a strong personality.
The form of individualism espoused by the author tilts more toward the person isolated from civilization. It is a week form of individualism that expects the great forces of history, economics, population, physics and psychology to bend to his will. A stronger person, someone more in the mold Herman Spencer, is someone who can adapt to our world and not be consumed by the greater forces.
Well said, Mike. I was working on a similar sort of article, but you said it better and more succinctly than I would have. And restoring the snake as the proper symbol of this new/old party is perfect, buddy. Bravo.
Count me as a snake forever.
Believe me folks, it's later than you think. The following appeared today on the New York Times Op-Ed page by none other than noted progressive (and repected Times columnist) Thomas Friedman. In his piece Mr. Friedman expresses his mounting distate for "two-party democracy" and makes the following observation…
"One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages. That one party can just impose the politically difficult but critically important policies needed to move a society forward in the 21st century. It is not an accident that China is committed to overtaking us in electric cars, solar power, energy efficiency, batteries, nuclear power and wind power."
This is eerily reminiscent of the paens uttered by many liberals in the twenties and thirties to the "Emerging Utopia" of the Soviet Union. Not a few of them (and conservatives too – let's be honest) expressed admiration for the way that Hitler and Mussolini had led their respective nations out of economic difficulties by crushing dissent and installing one-party regimes.
What has the GOP/Michael Steele done since January to demonstrate getting an act together?
Have they led at all as the oppopsition party? No.
Has the GOP laid any groundwork for amending rules for primary voting so that an "operation chaos"-type maneuver by Lefties cannot be perpetrated on Republicans during the primary? No.
Have they embraced conservativism? No. Conservatives? No.
I think they WON'T do these things in the interest of attracting "moderates" instead. The GOP has been moving to the left and there is no reason they feel a need to stop that trend given that the DNC has been hijacked by the FAR left.
If the GOP makes a move back towards the center-right, it will look as if they are going "far" right and they wuill be so afraid of being labelled "far right" that they just won't take the chance. But go ahead and try. I'll tell them to get back to conservative roots, too. I just don't think they'll listen.
I love it, I hate all the ba$tards in Washington. But, we have to be careful breaking into to many factions, to vanquish the left we’ll need conservative unity. Hold Republicans feet to the fire, call them regular and often.
There is an alternative. It is the Constitution Party. We need a true conservative movement back to the Constitution and put these D.C. lifers out of work. Maybe the next stimulus should be for moving companies to move the Libs and the Rinos to the socialist country of their choice. Sorry, no return trips allowed. Keep the heat on and turn this country around. We don't have to live like they say we should but don't themselves. Quit watching their programs and buying their products. Gitmo for Politicians!
Damn right! We need more like Glenn Beck and Sarah to point out the socialist agenda of the lunatic-left liberals in this country and make sure they are voted out of office. Can't wait for the 2010 elections to see the end of Pelosi's reign and, hoepfully, the start of a true conservative-controlled House.
Here's to the start of the 'Conservative Party".
Sounds like something Grover Norquist would say…I'm in.
I'm a pseudo libertarian, and I don't think they'll be very receptive of republicans and conservatives. Libertarians are a hard nosed bunch. They expect you to sallow their entire creed, and there are parts of it that are quite hard to swallow. Many of them appear to me to be harshly anti-religious.
But over all, I do find myself in agreement with them more often than disagreement. I also find their ideology very compatible with Christianity, regardless of what libertarians think.
You leave me alone, and let me live my life the way I want to, and in return, I will leave you alone and let you live your life the way you want to.
If you agree with Mike's post, I suggest you read this for a chaser:
http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2009/08/leave-us-...
By slowly weaning them. But we have to be in the driver's seat to do it.
Find the small obscure goofy ridiculous things needing a trim, and underfund them 1% a year, first come gets the money. As the demand falls off, accelerate the defunding. How much cash could the country save if it cut climate (Global Warming) funding and made those turkeys fend for themselves, for example?
Return most of the cash to the "contributors" for the sensitive things; Social Security being the big one, even if you deficit. Because if you don't, everyone will expect it for as long as they live. Hand out a total check, and be done with it.
Kill increased funding for underperformance. Education. Make the goals, (which you slowly increase), you get more cash. Miss them, no increase. Keep missing them, you get less. Reach a threshold, you get closed and the kids go elsewhere.
There is evidence of a civil war in the Republican party between the base and the establishment Reps. Look at the flap over the NRSCs endorsements. What we need to do now is make sure that conservative candidates get elected in spite of GOP endorsements of their opponenets.
I'm independent. But only because they wouldn't let me put "conservative" in front of it. I make sure that anytime I'm asked for my affiliation, I say conservative independent loud and clear.
Who owns the rights to that image? Is it public domain?
Can someone translate Marvin Arlington's post into English? I think I'm getting the gist: people are not isolated, they're part of a community, and if they don't go along with the community's needs as I see it, my gang of Englishtened Folk have the right to force them to be more "social," etc. Usual non-logical collectivist drivel. Am I getting it right?
I understand your feelings about the CP being too isolationist, and I agree. I suggest that you jump from the GOP now, help get them to think "hey- where are all our members going?!?" in the hopes that they'll care about conservatives again. Then jump back if they change their ways.
You confuse #3… I said "groups", not "parties"! One of the groups I am working with is The Conservative Society for Action. http://www.csa-1776.org (please check them out on the web!!) The key word is ACTION. You may have a chapter in your area or an organization which is similar. Go to you tube and check out our videos. This group is very successful. Get involved with this kind of group if you can. The 9/12 project is also good, though not as active it seems. Great ideas, though!!!!!
And while you're at it, repeal the 17th Amendment so that Senators are once again chosen by the State legislatures instead of by statewide vote. There are two reasons:
1.) The Senate was set up to be the voice of the states' governments who are important facets of any constitutional republic like ours. By taking the Senate out of the hands of state governments, we diminished their overall role in the national scene, and as a result, the state elections are of lesser importance to most people leading to apathy.
2.) By making Senate votes the responsibility of the state legislatures, you give yourself a stronger though indirect voice in their selection. There are less constituents per state representative strengthening your voice albeit indirectly. As it stands, there are way too many constitutents per senator for them to properly respond to the concerns of the people.
My idea was to demand all Congresscritters have to live in their districts, and virtual meet for votes and conferences. You go to DC only when required to, and no other time.
You want to lobby, 'kay, that's cool. Fly out to 535 offices all over the country and electronically sign in, so we can see every day who you meet with, and the time you spend there.
You have open meetings with your constituents five days every week. Have your staff attend, hand off the request to them in front of the constituent. Log all times and calls. If the constituent has to keep after you to resolve problems, it is publicly released how many times it took you to get it resolved.
I'm an individual, and I don't want my government to force me to be neighborly. I grew up in small town America where it's still second nature to be neighborly, so I really don't see the need to have a government take from me to give to whomever they so choose. I prefer the more personal, individual feeling associated with giving of my own free will.
And it sound to me like your form of individual is one who bends over to take it rather than sticking up for his or her own rights.
Fine- don't cry to me when Olympia Snowe gets the nomination in 2010….
I suppose you're strong enough to lend me your car for the week? Can my brother come stay at your place until he gets on his feet? Can I borrow your computer?
i haven't found too many active groups around the St. Louis area, other than the tea parties' groups, but that's not much of an organized group… (other than he CCoC.. and I'm not touching THAT organization with a ten-foot pole!!).. ironically, I signed up for information from the MO Republican party at the MO state fair, and haven't heard hide or hair from them…
BTW, right/wrong, godly/ungodly etc DOES exist.
that won't work…read Friedman's fawning Chicom-loving article in today's "All the news that fits our slant" paper…the statists are beyond hope.
This is John Galt speaking – I am a man who loves his life …. I pledge by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
On you-tube look up the John Galt speach by Xcowboy I think the ver # 2 is fantastic
"Despite the dire warnings, we will not default on our Treasury obligations, we wouldn't dare. "
We can't…it violates Article I, section 8….
yes…don't "Bull Moose" the pubbies…Reagan them…
I think John Nolte said this a while back: "Politics follows culture, not the other way around." Twenty years ago, the GOP was arguably the pro-business, limited government party (albeit not in a perfect sense). The defense of the GOP politicians who "lost their way" over the past generation and went for big-funding projects has been "that is what my constituents demanded." They have a point. When republican VOTERS are demanding government handouts of various sorts, what choice do they have? Lots of "conservative" voters pay lip service to "small government" and then demand that that government fork over goodies that benefit THEM – such as prescription drugs and fiscal intervention that favor their portfolios. That's not the whole story, but it's a big part of it.
You may have to take matters into your own hands.
Pick up a copy of Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals", read it, read it again, and then apply what you've learned to beat the SOBs at their own game. Call your reps. Get together with friends.
Write to Steven Flanagan @ CSA and ask how to start such a group if you want.
There's a good argument to be made both for and against term limits. I wish politicians would just follow George Washington's example, and bow out of their own accord.
As Washington's second term for president drew to an end, there was a lot of contention in American politics. Would his administration leave? Would they refuse to leave? Would there be a coup? No one knew.
And at the end of his second term, the Father of our country, simply packed up his things, and moved back to Mount Vernon. That single act was probably the greatest accomplishment in Washington's very accomplished life. He set down an American tradition of peaceful exchange of power between political opponents. No revolution, no violence, no threats, just a peaceful transition of power. One Americans have proudly upheld for 230 some years.
Right now I'm "Unaffiliated" but I would definitely declare myself a member of the "Leave Me Alone" party.
Sign me up!
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Frideman's gibberish is a first salvo in the progressive movement to make Obama Caudillo-For-Life. After all, a dictator can do so much good once he gets past pesky things like individual citizens, constitutional checks and balances and laws.Throw'm in jail if they get in the way. Note also China's leaders have rejected the cap&trade idiocy that Friedman, the supposded green husband of a mall developer's daughter, pretends to love so.
So how is it then that 99% of the replies here, let alone that of the general public when posed the same essay favor the obvious, yet come election time most of us keep filling in the 'D' or 'R' nameless criminal boxes on the ballot? Either we're all liars or there's massive vote fraud. Bottom line is that the US has become as corrupt as any third world dictatorship, the question is what are we going to do about it? Somehow I don't think posting in a blog matters, so skip the soap box part… ballot box? ammo box? What a situation we have here.
100% true.
and 100% accurate that you can not get a hard left lib (progressive) to understand that. I have seen some center center/left libs with their bulbs getting brighter. As the congressional progressives are more exposed, a lot of center libs do not ike what they see. Problem is, keeping up the enlightenment. They are watching their cherised beliefs exploded in front of their eyes and they are confused (see Pagila, Camille).
But, it was all so beautiful at Woodstock, maaaahhn…..
Sure, after the "Man" cleaned up your mess. Who's the "Man" now?
K8 "please come out the closet!"
I too am proclaiming my conservatism. Loud and proud!
I'm coming out, I want the world to know
Get me a bumper sticker. Make it two.
"Can someone translate Marvin Arlington's post into English? I think I'm getting the gist: people are not isolated, they're part of a community, and if they don't go along with the community's needs as I see it, my gang of Englishtened Folk have the right to force them to be more "social," etc. Usual non-logical collectivist drivel. Am I getting it right?"
You interpret my post to fit your pre-conceived ideas. You are too filled with your own self conceit. Your inability to function in a democracy is more likely a symptom of your lack of self reliance. You want to turn around classic liberal philosophy into something you can ridicule. As I said, you are setting yourself up for failure. Your idea of personal freedom is wishful thinking based on a fantasy. The irony is that the social separatists and personal isolationists are more likely to be manipulated because they want to belong but they don't know how. Take a look at some of the previous posts.
Consider the idea of the invisible hand in a capitalist society. People are competing on various levels trying to obtain important goals like financial security and personal freedom. It may seem to you that there is no freedom in America today because your party is not in power, or you disagree with the will of the majority, or whatever. But becoming a separatist doesn't present an antithesis to America's powerful invisible hand. The way to change the direction of history and culture is compete in the market place, not to wimp out and declare yourself outside and beyond the reach of society. People who are competing don't care if you hold yourself out of the market. At that point you become irrelevant.
Lately when I think of the left I think of Dr. Cockteau from the movie Demolition Man. John Spartan referred to him as an evil Mr Rogers. While our current situation doesn't quite play out so neatly the concept is the same. In the name of saving us from ourselves our "leaders" seek to siphon off as much power for themselves as they can manage and as quickly is they can do it. Sadly I believe the political parties have been the catalyst for dividing and misleading the citizenry. One thing is certain. The two major political parties are going to see a mass exodus before the 2010 elections as we the people seek to dethrone persons like Pelosi and Reid who have continuously put their own ambition before the will of the people they were elected to represent not instruct or rule their constituents.
I'm in too. Sign me up.
I encourage the author to keep rding along this trail.
THIS IS THE FUTURE….if there will be one at all.
Congratulations for defining. Now go about refining.
You will find overwhelming support.
Go!
Would you like to read something positively orgasmic? Of course you do.
And bear in mind: This article is written by a LEFTIST!
enjoy
http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2009/09/09/he...
I wish she knew what that meant.
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