Nice job numbnuts, posting this same thing to cf-talk. :-D Might be a good idea to email Mike to get him to kill replies there.
On 1/24/06, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, Larry laid out his beliefs, and I figured I would try and do the same. > > Overall Beliefs > > Politics and policies must be guided by reason. Compassion and altruism > have no place in this sphere. > > Domestic Policy > > Do as you will so long as you harm none. I know it sounds campy but it's > really what I believe. I don't care what you do with your body or your > property, so long as it doesn't impact anyone else. At state level I pretty > much feel that the government can do anything allowed to it by it's > constitution. At federal level I feel that we should pretty much only have > enough government to deal with immigration and defense. > > Foreign Policy > > Nations have no friends, only interests. The security of our sovereign > nation is more important than any "global" or international law. It is > better to be non-intrusive than to be over intrusive, however becoming > involved internationally is unavoidable in the new global economy. As far > as international trade, I support truly fair trade. As such I would like to > see us directly match each and every countries tariffs, taxes and subsidies. > I think this will allow us to compete internationally, and begin bringing us > back to a level playing ground. > > One thing I just thought about. I have never heard of a political theory or > party that could be summed up so easily. > > I would really like to see a third party come along that could really push > states rights vs. strong centralized government. I don't think that the > libertarian party will ever succeed in this country. They have too bad of a > reputation, and they still have a lot of much more extreme members. > > I feel that a states rights based system could easily bring together the > left and the right in this country. NY, California, Oregon and other left > leaning states could have all the social programs they wanted, while states > like Texas and Montana could have as little government as they wanted, yet > we could all band together for defense and economic success. I think that > would be amazing. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193975 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
