Oh They Make Me So Angry

Apparently, Rush Limbaugh is the voice of the Republican Party. Wow...quick...someone tell Ron Paul.

Dear Republicans,

I am writing to let you know that if you continue to follow people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Sarah Palin you will never be elected to power again. True conservatives understand that while you espouse belief in the Constitution it takes approximately 3 minutes and 42 seconds for you to espouse something else that is completely against the Constitution. Gentle(persons), you are fooling no one. If you wish to stand on the principles of individual liberty then that means that you cannot then come out against something that you find morally reprehensible but is hurting no one. The idea of a Republic is that our rights are not defined by the will of the majority. Less, your own rights be rationed and handed out on a "as we see fit" basis, once the majority disagrees with you. The whole thing about Personal Liberty is that you don't get to tell your neighbor what to do, until your neighbor starts impeding on you. There are a ton of issues that you stand for that are completely against the ideas of personal liberty. So Republicans, if you keep this up your party will quickly go the way of the Whig's or the Federalists.

Furthermore, those of us who actually believe in personal liberty and responsibility were ever so hopeful that this last thorough trouncing would lead you back to the ideas of Goldwater, Paul, and even Jefferson. So if you would be so kind as to quit mucking around and commence, henceforth, the Personal Liberty-ing and the Fiscal Responsibility-ing we would be ever so grateful.

TTFN,

Scott

P.S. Democrats...we'd even be stoked if you picked up the aforementioned cause. Just letting you know.

There Is Always Going To Be Some Backlash

So yesterday I was listening to certain Libertarian radio talk show host, who isn't really much of a Libertarian, except that he thinks drugs should be legalized and homosexual marriage should be legal. Other than that, this certain person comes down on the side of the Republicans pretty much every time. Well, I heard him talking about the socialization of America. I've also heard other Republican talk show hosts say the same thing. Well I wrote this as a response to those various shows. Enjoy. If you are a Republican who falls along these lines, I would really go read the Constitution and the Founding Fathers first, then respond second.

I have a real hard time listening to a talk show host complain about how we (the U.S.) are being taken over by Socialists and/or Communists, when a few years ago they had no problem when the Socialist and/or Communist programs came from a Republican Administration. Where were these people when the Patriot Act was passed? The Patriot Act completely ignores the 4th Amendment, which says that we ^{(any U.S. Citizen)} has the right _{(see my earlier blog on rights)} to not be searched or have our property seized without a warrant from a judge. This would include wire tapping and the unwarranted surveillance of emails. Or how about when President Bush and the Congress completely ignored Article 1 Section 8 and gave the power to declare war to one man. The power to declare war is specifically given to a body of people so that one person would not wield that much power and since Iraq posed no immediate threat to us, one man should not, Constitutionally and morally speaking, have had the power to declare war. So it's really hard for me to listen to these Republican talk show hosts complain about the new Administration's breaking of the constitution when they did not complain about their boy doing it and to top it off, they encouraged it. It would appear that the Constitution only means something when it's being used to stop the Democrats. In fact the other day I heard one of them say that a certain former President loved the Constitution so much that he completely ignored/broke it to save the Country. So if you want to know why I'm so angry at the Republicans? That's why. It's ridiculous that now that a Democrat is in power they all of a sudden remembered their conservatism. G.O.P. = Grand Old Party Grandstanding On the Potomac or... (if you want to know the other one you'll have to ask and leave your email). But it was all done for my own protection...right?

"Those _who are willing to ^sacrifice their basic liberties to assure their security deserve neither."- Benjamin Franklin