Powers not expressly given to the Congress by the Constitution, are inherently denied to the Congress.
Know what’s disgusting? People who are still under the assumption that the 9/11 attacks were somehow linked to Saddam Hussein and the war in Iraq (if you really want to call it a “war”). The current administration has admitted dozens of times that it was misinformed (or gave misinformation) and that a direct link was never established between the 9/11 attacks and Saddam Hussein.
I’m a strict constitutionalist and an economic conservative, which in many ways makes me a Republican, but I really can’t call myself that right now. Don’t worry, the Democratic party is just as corrupt and has been infiltrated by just as many neo-conservatives.
While I agree that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant in many different definitions of the word and an overall “bad guy,” I believe plenty of other similar or worse injustices exist in the world, which we turn our heads to: Darfur, Cuba, North Korea, various African nations… that gives us no right to go in and take over a nation, funding it with magical money that our FED seems to think we can just “print more of,” all the while allowing our economy and nation’s overall well-being to sink to new lows. Disgusting, wouldn’t anyone else agree?
Why haven’t we marched through D.C., guns, pitchforks, and Molotovs in hand? Oh that’s right… we don’t have that right anymore… and besides, we’re all too busy voting for the next American Idol.
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May 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Cheers to your constitutional support and your economically-conservative viewpoint… though I must say an “economic liberal,” is someone who is probably rich and can spend anything they want, just as a point of technicality..
…is it so surprising that we tried really, really hard as a government to make a win-win situation that failed miserably?
The United States Government is kind of like a really smart and complicated goth kid that no one seems to understand. This “kid,” makes snap decisions based upon thousands of voices that he/she tries to reason with on a daily basis, and it’s only when a real screw-up happens do we pay much attention to it cutting at its own arms in despair.
The “kid” this time decided we were going to make the world a better place for everyone by trashing a shitty dictator, perhaps securing some vested interest in our mainlining addiction (oil), and introducing a country to democracy.
Whoops, it’s not taking so well. Idealists, politics, and religion, oh my. Bad intelligence. Bad planning. Resource expenditures. Now we’re in some shit, and sadly, we’ve pissed off a few allies that might have helped us, but decided they themselves were over extended, and probably have to start pulling back. Now we’re basically on our own. Great idea on paper (or in a crappy poem?), kid. Poor USA.
I absolutely agree our new economic lows are disgusting, Nick. The Federal Reserve is good at two things… making dollars (physically) and then cheapening them by dropping interest rates for people to borrow even more money they can’t afford that doesn’t… exist…. and…. anyone wonders why there’s a problem?
Conservatives have largely half-assed too many plans throughout congress and the senate to complete anything they set out to do, while democrats are slinking around like ninjas trying to cut the last jugulars on any honest basis any committee or good legislation that sometimes really does pop up for our fine representatives. What this means is, no one trusts each other. That means retaliation. These are the same people collecting quarter-million dollar paychecks at our expense while they’re having a slap-fight in the park, figuratively speaking. That’s going to get a lot done. One hundred years of Congress and the Senate being exalted, privileged and opulent children of our system have now pit themselves together in battle like some orphanage war, and no one is winning. Especially us.
I hate talking about politics, Nick, but your blog deserved a few lines of my crazy ranting for one reason: You haven’t said anything deemed face-palm worthiness. It’s so easy for people to turn on the TV and get material to chew on like gristle, and you have millions of folks that think they’re Anderson Cooper, Sean Hannity or Barbara Walters, or any of the other news mechanoids out there. You can shoot a TV, but not a human parrot, sadly.
In closing, I have never, and I shall never, watch an episode of American Idol. I’d go farther down that path, but another day. Another day.
KW
May 15th, 2008 at 7:13 am
I said a lot for not saying anything; mostly because this was a quick little 45-second rant, spurred by an idiotic MySpace bulletin from a seemingly uninformed individual (centering around 9/11 and Iraq obviously).
There are so many other things I could go into. I truly find myself slipping slightly Left the more and more I… live. Of course, maybe that’s just because at this moment in time, the Right has done such a shoddy job that I want to distance myself from all of that idiocracy and ignorance.
I really wish I had time to discuss politics, religion, etc more, but I hardly have time to read, approve and reply to comments on my own blog (as you can see it’s been 5 days).
Thanks for reading and commenting. =)
May 18th, 2008 at 10:58 am
*shrugs*
I’m certainly not offended, I’m not entirely sure I was anchored fully with that re-rant of my own. I just say things. It’s what I do.
Strangely I’ve done the opposite in political opinion, just the same. I’ve wavered typically “center” for a long, long time. Longer than I’ve been able to vote, even. Though as I live myself, I find myself slipping more right. Funny how that works, and for the same reasons you say your slippage has taken you: Idiocracy and ignorance. We’re two seemingly intelligent people too… funny how that works.
For me, it has little to do with what anyone is “doing,” it just happens that my personal opinions about the way things are, the way I’ve personally done them, and how well my idea of freedom fits into things about me on a daily basis. Truthfully, no political party has done anything remarkable in about 20-25 years. That’s a whole generation. We’re not getting smarter or richer (statistically), we’re not getting more productive or setting any milestones. It ain’t just one person’s, party’s, or system’s fault. It’s our own.
I’ll keep commenting providing you keep writing. I don’t have time to discuss politics, religion, philosophy and ethics any more than you do, I just type really fast. Heh.
If you don’t get around to it I’ll not be offended.
KW