It used to be a 10 out of 10. Everyone else was a 1 or a 2. Now, it's a 3 out of 10. Still 'the best' technically... But...
If you're trying to grade the United States on a scale of 1-10, I'd like to know what you're using as a measuring rod between then and now. Seeing as how this country used to have slavery/segregation/Jim Crow laws up until the mid 1900's, and police officers were allowed to beat confessions out of people through the 1950's, I'd say we've made some vast improvements on civil rights in the past 50 years or so.
Our economy sucks right now, and we need to bring jobs back to the USA instead of shipping them overseas, and (as always) there are corrupt bureaucrats and police officers out there. It ain't perfect, but it's a damn site better than "3 out of 10"
Uhm, Libertarian = Anarchist. They just changed the name because of the false image Anarchism has been given... Same thing.
Anarchist = a person who wants to destroy all forms of government and allow anarchy to rule
Libertarian = a person who wants an extremely limited government
Those are not the same thing. If you want an education feel free to visit Ron Paul's website.
If this is winning, I'd hate to see losing. It looks more like a declaration of Glorious Failure... Snatching Defeat from the clutches of Victory, and acting like that's a good thing...
WTF are you talking about? You'd rather join the Al-Queda because you think they're somehow better than what we've got going on now?
Wave bye-bye to your:
-Freedom of speech
-Freedom of choice
-Freedom of religion
-Freedom of expression
-Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
-The ability to vote for anything, at any time, ever
And I hope you like your women in burka's. I also hope you like having the top part of your head covered with a cap 24/7. Hope you look good with a beard. And you better get used to praying on your knees, facing east, four times a day while they play prayers over the city's loudspeakers. That's a real hoot. Enjoy pooping in a hole in the ground and wiping your butt with your hand (no TP for these zealots) and your children will probably be used as suicide bombers-- but thats okay. Family honor and all. Plus if you refuse, they kill your WHOLE family, so it's a numbers game really. And if your daughter is 'shameful' in any way, well...better get out the big bag of rocks. Time for an honor killing...
Yeah, that sounds much better than life now. Cable TV, best technology in the world at our fingertips, flushing toilets, the ability to disagree with others, the ability to worship freely, to say what we want, wear what we want, express ourselves openly, vote for our representatives, be active in our local governance, pursue things that make us happy. Yeah, a gun to the back of your head 24/7 is much better...**eyeroll**
What I'm pointing out is that our current batch of politicians think they are untouchable and can do anything, anytime, to anyone; and never suffer the wrath of Human Nature. If a few hundred of them were to die a horrible firey death, they might be convinced otherwise. The way they act today, I don't think anything less would work.
Were you in a coma last November when the Tea Party voted out a sh**load of democrats, regained control of the house, and elliminated the supermajority in the senate? The Dems were shocked as hell and running for cover. Even the president came out and gave that lame "Uh, the past 2 years weren't REALLY my policies...they were just emergency measures" speech that nobody bought.
Politicians know they're touchable. We can vote 'em out, and we made that painfully clear to them last year, which resulted in a MAJOR slow down of Obama pushing insane legislation through the rubber-stamp congress.
Come election day, Obama is out on his rear too. People are starting to pay more attention now than they have in a long time. No fiery death required.
Would it destroy our government? No. It would have no choice but to learn that is is not untouchable, and it's victims will not remain bound forever. Eventually, someone, somewhere will make them pay up. It is inevitable. It is the Law of Nature.
For such things, sooner is always better than later.
Perhaps my idea of what 'might have been' isn't entirely accurate. Nor was it intended to be... It is indisputable that if those planes had been flown into the Capital Building instead of the World Trade Center, our entire species would be much better off. The degree of improvement may be debatable, but that it would be an improvement over our current situation is NOT.
Our elected officials are just that. ELECTED. If you want to change things up then get politically active, and try to educate the idiots who keep voting Pelosi and Frank back into office year after year.
And no, it is not "indisputable" that if the planes had hit the capital building instead of the twin towers that the world would be a better place. I'll dispute it right now.
