Dec
13
politics, smolitics
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in an earlier blog i expressed my regret for choosing the topic of politics which is why later i focused more on my blogs about social factors and movement and how large masses of people unconsciously decide what, and who, they believe in. my essay focused much more on that aspect, which is a little abstract because there are so many directions to go with it and so abundant of circumstances, events, and general situations that i tend to notice so much that it literally makes me mad. however, on the subject of politics, i cant wait to see how president-elect Obama will perform, how closely he will stick with his promises of bipartisanship, and simply how he will influence our country. Although I voted for a third-party candidate, I was pleased that Barack won the election bc, of course, i knew my candidate would not win. i just wanted my tiny little vote to go down as a tiny little fraction of a percentage that may move forward the cycle of maybe some people starting to hear different voices and ideas so that our two major parties can be held somewhat accountable in there power, money, carelessness, wrecklessness, and arrogant apathy many of them seem to carry themselves by. Although Obama’s cabinet so far seems like no change at all from the democratic parties of past years, im still giving him the benefit of the doubt. i hear a truth, a hope, maybe a change, a willingness, intelligence, and serenity that is not often seen…..and i really like him very much as a person. sometimes we get too caught up in the issues. maybe just doing the right thing will somehow beckon the universe for help with the rest. Right now, we only need both of our parties to truly communicate and understand that compromises will have to be made…..so we don’t lose this great country of ours
Nov
12
Generally Important
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I like the general idea of this article…asking the question, “Would a third-party candidate do better running our country?” There’s not a lot to agree or disagree with in this article because its mostly an informative article that gives facts, and that definitely provides for more accurate insight into the matter. The article clearly shows how rare and difficult it is for a candidate not of the two major parties to win elections. It states, “Theodore Roosevelt returned to politics as an outsider to run against his republican successor as a member of the progressive party…..But even a once popular president spouting a reformist spouting a reformist message could not win the white house. I mainly read the article because I spent too much time looking for articles, and this one was very short. The thing about independents is that the ideaology is so vast and varying that the word is very general. What interests me about independent candidates and voters, though, is that they help to hold the parties somewhat accountable for their actions because, too often, members of the democratic and republican parties will not speak up about their own population. The article states, “
Oct
13
Follow the Leader
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I was just thinking about how people play too much “follow the leader”. I’m from North Carolina. Back home, a lot of people I know say they are republican, but many do not even know what it means. They see George Bush driving a truck and living on a ranch and talking like a “good ol’ boy” so they think they relate to him. But George’s ranch is 900 acres or something crazy like that, he was put through Yale on his Daddy’s wallet, and had a very priveleged upbringing….George Bush’s life was not very similar. The middle class worker from my state knows that most corporations do not have them in mind at all, but they fail to realize that the republican party is in bed with corporate America. Most of them don’t read between the lines when Republicans say they will lower taxes by billions….and they will….billions of dollars will stay in the pockets of the wealthiest 1% of the population as tax cuts will treat them very well. The middle class will not see much of that relief, and throughout history a large and strong middle class is what has proven to keep thriving nations afloat. The dissappointing part of all this is that ,in some ways, many ”liberal-minded” thinkers are just as guided as their counterparts. (Keep in mind that I think with very liberal tendencies) It is “trendy” in the 2000s to be “liberal”. Everyone in Hollywood wants to save the world and the animals and end poverty…..what becomes popular in Hollywood inevitably becomes popular in young America. True feelings and beliefs and critical thought should be the basis of our values, though. I have to say that even leaders such as Al Sharpton, just for example, do much more harm than they do good for curbing any poverty in America. Yes, things could and should be somewhat different(governmentally speaking) than they are. However, a person such as Mr. Sharpton has great power in his words…people listen to him. He has convinced people that all of the poor are almost 100% powerless to change anything….how about personal responsibility..those words from his mouth could do alot of good. See I have to watch what I say and be careful bc the politically-correct-fueled America has cut lines to honest and open communication. How about this—- I believe it was CNN who did the experiment. Two “Salvation Army”(credible non-profit org. known for helping the poor) charity posts were set-up outside two Wal-Marts…one in South(or North?) Dakota and one in San Fransisco(the most liberal city in America) for some extended period of time. The people of the small South Dakota town gave far more money to the poor than the great liberals of San Fransisco. Maybe many San Fransiscans play follow the leader when they “want to help everyone so much”. I mean how kind-hearted are they really c’mon. Ok I think this is really long but I have alot more to say. Guess I’ll get to that later….
Sep
24
Response-vote of no confidence
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I read a blog regarding independent voters that somewhat supported an idea of a grassroots movement that would involve the masses not voting democrat or republican in the congressional elections. In theory, the idea sounds magnificent. However, the likelihood of it actually happening and being successful is slim-to-none. The idea of getting virtually everyone out of Washington while replacing them with new legislators not yet corrupted is very tasty, but the potential of devastating consequences and a complete backfire is probably too huge of an unknown. While we can’t afford more of the same, we also can’t afford to gamble on what could be worse. Fresh Washington faces simply may not have the experience to run our capital city without at least a little leadership from their predecessors. I am always interested to read anything referring to independent voters, though. The left and the right have done too much brainwashing, and maybe their brains need a good scrubbing. Also, the author of this blog and those who commented on it must remember that the gigantic number of voters they would be trying to convince may not care enough about government politics to go for such a risky move. However you want to slice it, its nice to see that there are people who think outside of the box and won’t stand for the manipulation that Washington has put on its people. For that matter, people(civilians) manipulate people everyday also. Its a viscious cycle that needs attention in order to be broken.
http://theindependentvoter.com/2006/05/against-incumbents-of-both-parties.html
Sep
23
This blog is non-partisan
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My blogs are not intended to support any candidate or to persuade you how to vote because I really don’t care quite that much. My blogs are not even about the presidential election. They are more of a challenge for people to think honestly about what they believe as individuals. I didn’t quite finish my last blog. It ended saying that an independent candidate may never win a presidential election. For that matter, an independent thinker may never when an election. I don’t believe there is anything fundamentally wrong with having a virtual two-party political system, but I do believe in recent years it has grown into a more dangerous monster than in the past. Change creates change, and something may have to change within both of our major parties to accomplish reason and compromise. Although its rare these days for me to get involved in many political conversations, when I do I usually find out that the person I am conversing with knows which way he “swings” politically. Its disturbing, though, that their opinions do not align with facts. Its understandable when a person is passionate about one single issue so he naturally looks into the party that supports it. However, it is scary that often someone believes everything that “his party” throws his way. Most people believe that their opposition is somehow evil or “bad people”. George Bush is not evil or a “bad person”, and furthermore Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are not “bad people”, no matter what side you’re on. The split comes down to fundamental differences of thinking and perception, and the “bad people thinking” widens the split even more. Barry Goldwater helped pioneer conservatism long before Ronald Reagan was president, but he hoped it would not go the way it has. Conservatism simply stood for small government: government should only be involved in people’s everyday lives when it absolutely has to– He did believe in very little spending, he believed the government should not tell a woman whether she has to have her baby or not, capital punishment was not a huge issue, how people married was not an issue, he believed in complete separation between religion and politics, and he surely did not believe in global policing and irresponsible, inhumane, and expensive wars. Now for the democrats. They definitely believe that programs and funding can do way more than it actually can(right now). There are definitely things in this country that need an overview, but they never speak up about personal responsibility among American citizens…..people are convinced that they are powerless to change. But that’s what gets them elected. Afterall, years of brainwashing is hard to undo. Also, the “politically correct” movement made its way from a slang term in Washington to a destructive social movement that cuts lines of communication.
Sep
3
Independent’s Day
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Often these days I try not to get too caught up in the world of politics because in the past the anger has proven not to be worth the worry. Usually when a discussion involving politics arises, someone will say “Are you a republican or a democrat?”. There are only two choices, right? No. A person can be whatever he or she chooses, and he doesn’t have to fall in place of two choices. We are a very polarized country right now politically, economically, and socially. Throughout history most nations that had such drastic splits in values, beliefs, and opinions were doomed for failure. I believe that almost any pattern in life and in the world can be found on pages previous to the present, and this is an obvious pattern to me. Almost invariably, complex issues involving large masses of people are resolved by compromise. Compromise doesn’t necessarily mean compromising our values. In my opinion, there are great concepts to take from both the left and the right wing. There are also great concepts that have no chance to materialize because both parties are too busy peddling the same stubborn ideas without even a thought of compromise. For example, what if great capitalist minds of the right worked with some great idealists of the left to come up with more efficient ways to spend government money in any certain area. At least the capitalist obviously admitted that maybe it was an area that really did need funding from the nation as a whole. Furthermore, the idealist from the left admitted that we could probably spend less money but spend it more efficiently. Some things are not going to be changed by regulations and funding and programs. The conservative movement was not started to have Jerry Falwell as a prominent part of its movement, and it did not intend to spend trillions of dollars on a war. Political correctness gone awry is widely supported in the left, and it draws far more battle lines than it does good. An independent candidate may never win a presidential