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Go Ron Paul!
My advice was not directed at disagreeing with your political beliefs or your right to say them. My advice was directed at whether it was prudent to discuss them on your blog about blogging.
You are right Joshua America is wonderful because we do have freedom of speech and free elections.
You're the only one judging people here.
If you have a different political point of view than the writer, and it alienates you, you are taking his writing way too personally.
i can't wait for his reign to end
People with libertarian ideas (you remember this if your a little older, ideas like LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS)
TODD
We've spent billions fighting AIDS in africa...change that too?
We've managed to cool things off with N. Korea and settle things diplomatically...do you want that to change?
Iran has suspended it's uranium enrichment program as of 2002 (or is it 2003?) due to the pressure of our invasion of Iraq...do you want that to change?
We are rounding up and capturing/killing Al-queda everywhere we can find them...do you want that to change?
What is all this talk of change anyway? Is change always good? Look, Obama started yelling "Change" from the rooftops, his advisors noted that the word "change" was bringing him points across the political spectrum. Change became the watch-word. But does anyone really know what is behind this so called change?
Nobody's happy about anything. The conservatives don't like Bush because of his stance on immigration (like McCain) and the Liberals don't like bush even if he does something liberal.
This president isn't my first choice that's for sure but give a guy some credit when he earns it. Look at how much things have changed in the last year. About a year ago, even less, everybody was saying we "CAN'T WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ!!!", now things have calmed down so much over there that no one is talking about it!
What does that say about Bushes Judgement as compared to his detractors? He was right! We hung in there and now things are going MUCH more smoothly. It's not perfect in Iraq or even close but it's not perfect anywhere.
What's going to change?
But Tyranny? Man, tyranny is when you can't post blogs like this. When "The Man" comes to your house to take you away for airing your opinions about whoever is in charge that's tyranny. It's not a word to throw around loosely. It dilutes the meaning of the word.
Hey, call me an idiot but I think in Canada you are not allowed to watch fox new! Neither can you talk about the bible in public because it offends people...that is closer to tyranny than anything we have in America.
In fact the only signs of tyranny I have seen in the good old usa is when my kids came home from school one day around Christmas and they told me that they will get a detention for saying, "Merry Christmas"!!
What the hell is that?? Isn't that what Scrooge and The Grinch were like? "It might offend some people who don't celebrate Christmas"...now that is thought control and it is close to tyranny.
Tyranny is like in Iran where they EXECUTE homosexuals. Wow think about it. I can write this post and then go out into the street and call Bush this and that and do you know what's going to happen? Nothing.
I'd rather live in America with Bush being president than live anywhere else in the world.
Bush does say some funny things sometimes doesn't he? Like, "Nukular" instead of nucear, I love that one...or how about "Strategery"? I couldn't find it in the dictionary. But he's not the first president to make up words. President Harding was telling the country we needed a "Return to normalcy" and normalcy was not a recognized word, but it worked for him as he was elected!
But language is about communication and communication is about conveying an idea, and love him or hate him everyone knows just exactly where Bush stands, which is a testament to his ability to communicate effectively. In fact that's probable why he's considered so divisive. If he were more eloquent he would be able to be everything to everybody and rise above criticism.
I think it's the slick talking guys that can't give a straight answer to save their life that you need to worry about.
Bush says some funny things for sure but it's not like he's Archie Bunker! He's the president of the united states, not the president of the poetry club.
I have seen him stumble pretty awkwardly though...like Porky Pig on LSD !
let's just end the war already!
If John McCain becomes president I hihgly doubt there will be any talk of 'retreating'.
The US has lost about 4000 men in this war. That doesn't even compare to some of the one day battles of WW2 where the alies lost upto 10,000 a day at times. For the US to make camp in the most violent part of the world for 5 years, and only suffer 4000 lost soldiers is nothing to be humiliated about.
Clinton wont retreat either but maybe Obama might. I really don't see Hillary pulling out of the middle east at all. She's already covered her ass on this one which kind of forshadows her intentions, at least that's what I think.
So...how 'bout those 'nicks'...
Y we were not electing the right candidate for ourselves where ever we are?
Its a terrible mistake that everybody forcing to do so.
Whoever comes its not a valuable for a common citizen, we have to move forward with our own path. Hence electing and election are all waste of time and waste of money.