I guess I would identify myself as Republican, but moreso, Conservative. I don't think the two are identical anymore. I haven't read your blog enough yet to get an idea of what you consider yourself, but I find your points to be as solidly laid out as your stories, which are spectacular by the way.
I do not agree with the general notion of government health care in any form, but I do applaud President Obama for bringing forth the debate, come hell or high water. I think if you look at what the people are crying out for in this health care debate and ignore the media and the politicians (on both sides) a large part of the population is against the government health care idea. They are not sheep following the talking heads, but informed, concerned citizens that are wary of where the officials who supposedly serve them, the people are taking this country.
I put forth that the political elite is ignoring the rest of the country and doing what they want to or need to in order to stay in power. Republican, Democrat, doesn't matter anymore, so long as you are in office, you are royalty and everyone else is a serf.
I think the revolution you speak of is brewing, and it is not left vs right, it is as you say, the "have-nots" vs the "haves."
"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely." I recall seeing that in one of my history texts in elementary school and finding it to be profound. I'm a month away from 33 now, and it still strikes me when I think of it. Republicans used to be advocates of smaller government and less regulation. Before that it was the JFK Democrats. Now both parties are pro big government, pro regulation, pro bail-out. They're doing all they can to make we the people more beholding to them.
Forgive my rambling. My point is that, regardless of your ideological point of view, be wary of anything that consolidates more direct control over areas of our lives within the federal government. First they went after our financial institutions, then our largest manufacturing sector, and now our health care industry. Those three together are well over half of our total economy. Think about that.
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I do not agree with the general notion of government health care in any form, but I do applaud President Obama for bringing forth the debate, come hell or high water. I think if you look at what the people are crying out for in this health care debate and ignore the media and the politicians (on both sides) a large part of the population is against the government health care idea. They are not sheep following the talking heads, but informed, concerned citizens that are wary of where the officials who supposedly serve them, the people are taking this country.
I put forth that the political elite is ignoring the rest of the country and doing what they want to or need to in order to stay in power. Republican, Democrat, doesn't matter anymore, so long as you are in office, you are royalty and everyone else is a serf.
I think the revolution you speak of is brewing, and it is not left vs right, it is as you say, the "have-nots" vs the "haves."
"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely." I recall seeing that in one of my history texts in elementary school and finding it to be profound. I'm a month away from 33 now, and it still strikes me when I think of it. Republicans used to be advocates of smaller government and less regulation. Before that it was the JFK Democrats. Now both parties are pro big government, pro regulation, pro bail-out. They're doing all they can to make we the people more beholding to them.
Forgive my rambling. My point is that, regardless of your ideological point of view, be wary of anything that consolidates more direct control over areas of our lives within the federal government. First they went after our financial institutions, then our largest manufacturing sector, and now our health care industry. Those three together are well over half of our total economy. Think about that.