I'm 40. I've been a political junkie my whole life.
All I've seen are lies, even the very opposite reactions promised. I don't know what the answer is, but neither party has the answers and both have some regular decent people in them. There hasn't been any advancement in philosophy or ideology since the expansion of the social contract. At this point I cannot deny that trade unionism, socialism and even communism made us think about things suddenly for the positive, while at the same time doing immeasurable damage to individual rights. If we are to be intellectuals, and if politics is to be looked at as the science of the possible, then we need to look at things fully and from all angles and stop making decisions in fear and ignorance. Guns drugs sex and privacy to me are huge, but we need to start talking about election reform, apportionment, returning this nation to one that is actually represented. On Sep 9, 2014 10:37 AM, "Rick Faircloth" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I DIDN'T feel this way when I was younger, Scout. > > But I've watched as the America I've known has slowly > been eroded and destroyed from within. > > It's time to fight for American values and virtue and not > surrender this nation to those who would only destroy it. > > How old are you Scout? I'm 54 and I've given peaceful > discussion all the chance I can. Radical liberals are insistent > they their view prevail and will use whatever means they > can, including physical violence, to achieve their goals. > > It's time to put a stop to it. > > > On 9/9/2014 10:31 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > You know that's how I thought more when I was younger, the older I've > > gotten I've come to realise that without at least discussing one > another's > > opinions we'll get no where. > > > > Ghandi said an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind. > > > > I've suffered legitimate torts, wrongs at the hands of this government, > but > > every day I get up and write and call and email. I may be chasing > rabbits > > down holes and telling at walks but it is our responsibility, especially > as > > oath takers, to bring reason and community back to these debates. > > > > After Bundy and Ferguson can't you see how close we are to tall violence. > > The government is responding wrong, so far the civilian side hasn't > screwed > > up, but his long can that last and then we're in a shooting war. > > On Sep 9, 2014 10:20 AM, "Rick Faircloth" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I'm not talking about physical war. I mean social and political war-like > >> attitude. > >> Liberals have, for the most part, proven incapable or unwilling to > >> discuss issues. > >> They, like most terrorists, just want their way and will use any means > >> to get it, > >> including manipulating the federal government agencies as tools for > >> their agenda, > >> as Obama has been doing with the Justice Department, EPA, and IRS. > >> > >> They have sought war. Now that can get what they've asked for. > >> > >> I will not be a sheep led to slaughter, Scout. > >> > >> > >> On 9/9/2014 12:08 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > >>> That's a terrible atrocious idea. > >>> > >>> I have worked to hard to ensure neither of my children join to have > them > >>> see this place turn to shit. > >>> > >>> The initiation of violence for political means is immoral. > >>> > >>> There are legitimate causes did violent response, I've made it through > a > >>> couple without it so far. > >>> > >>> The men who founded this nation were if the renaissance. > Intellectuals, > >>> philosophers, inventors and scientists. > >>> > >>> They didn't fight until given no choice. > >>> > >>> We still have the ability to reason as men, the destruction a second > >> civil > >>> war would do to this country would likely be permanent and result in a > >>> balkanization effect. Treating under the union for all time. > >>> > >>> Maybe that's what the next cycle of history requires but I'm not yet > >> ready > >>> to surrender to it. > >>> On Sep 8, 2014 11:57 PM, "Rick Faircloth" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >> > >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
