No I don't feel represented, but I shouldn't. I am an ideological minority.
I'll vote Ron Paul, and bitch and moan. I'll teach my kids about the constitution and how to shoot. I think they're going to need it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 12:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Another rat abandons the Ship > > On 9/1/07, Loathe wrote: > > If you don't see people complaining about the wiretap programs you > aren't > > paying attention. > > I think my main point, is that sure, people complain (*blush*), but I > have > yet to get even ONE "survey" from the dems about this stuff. It's all > war > war war. Or abortion, etc.. Great stuff, and good for arguing and > whatnot, > but not really the biggest problems we're facing. They're more > symptoms, > if you ask me. > > And the Repubs? "The terristses are gonna git ya if you don't allow us > to > tap yer phones!" seems to be the party line. Hell, the local yokel > ran on > that, using fake shit ("do you really want the .gov to have to wait to > get > a tap on terrists?", which was BS, they could file for the warrants > post- > tapping, which in itself is pretty insane, yet wasn't apparently > invasive > and constitution-crushing enough). > > Sure people bitch about it, the same people that have been bitching > about it since way before this latest crop of liberty-seller-off-ers. > What > bothers me is that the common joe doesn't really seem to care. > > Until The Man is gunning for them, of course. Then it's like "hey, > this > stuff is, like, protected and stuff"- Ha! Fair weather Americans. > > And a third party? People who actually believed in that crap are the > reason Bush got in in the first place. Don't blame Perot... I don't > think Clinton turned out even a forth as bad, in comparison. Yet > still, > jokers use him as an excuse to continue doing crap that they thought > was bad when Clinton did it, but is somehow now ok because clinton > did it, or whatever. > > The Republicans, the party with all the power, and that SAYS it's for > stuff like protecting liberty, and maybe state's rights and whatnot- > Is the very party that's done the most damage in the history of the > nation. > > Mostly, I just see bitching about the war. > > I want to see bitching about the dismemberment of the constitution, and > Pork projects, and the way the system actually works, vs. all this kind > of unrelated, almost yellow journalism type stuff. > > Maybe I was confused, and it's just the libertarians who care about the > core concepts of, um... liberty, I guess. Same problem as the greens, > really. > > Seriously tho, how many people do you know that are running on Civil > Liberties, and restoring the constitution type stuff? I can count them > on one hand (of the only /two/ real parties). > > Even when the common joe does care about an issue, do you really > feel he's represented? Are you feeling that the government is here > to serve /you/, and your best interests? > > Do you feel represented, Loathe? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241886 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
