There is a leadership contest going on in the UK at the moment for the Liberal Democrat Party, although I have never voted lib dem one of the contenders manifestos matches my views quite closely - it's a mix of traditional left & right wing policies.
Interesting reading: http://tinyurl.com/8bxv5 (pdf) On 2/14/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > gMoney wrote: > > Actually, in this country anyway, "left" and "right" are tending to mean > > less about a style of governing, and more about a set of social and moral > > beliefs. > > > > Yeah. These days in the US if you're "conservative" it appears to > mean you're an anti-Gay, wire-tapping, nation building, big gov't > loving demagogue. Lefties are the opposite apparently. > > The traditional labels still seem to hold in Europe, though. There my > stand-on-your-own-two-feet-and-take-responsibility-for-your-actions > philosophy definitely makes me conservative. Positively Victorian in > some eyes. > > After all the world has seen the 20th century I still marvel at how > people have this strange idea that once a human takes a job in > government they instantly become an unflawed altruist whose source of > money is a magical tree and who can be trusted implicitly. > > The scary thing is that Pres Bush has imported the "trusted > implicitly" to the US and now you have people saying, "Give the gov't > unlimited power. They'll only use it on Al Quaeda." > > ::shivers:: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197002 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
