Wow. I wasn't aware of McCain-Feingold. That's terrifying. Ploiticians are so afraid of educated people, people speaking, they will do anything to try and stop it. What's amazing his how modern politician seem to all have an open disregard, if not all-out disrespect for the Constitution and Bill of Rights. I can see their logic in complaining about areas like this -- at least from their perspective. You just opened my eyes to something I did not otherwise know of.
I like your Liberals vs liberals. Unfortunately for them, a lot of their ideas are impossible. No violence? I'm not pro-violence or anything, but the entire human existence has been plagued by violence; There's no way to make that magically go away. If they suceeded in getting every gun out of the hands of gun owners, the world would be no safer. One, criminals would still have them, and two, even if they didn't? They'd start using knives. Or power tools. Or wooden 2X4s. Or their bare hands. Free Speech Zones? The worst of them all. That's just what this country is meant to be. They're all so afraid people will speak, listen and learn, especially the way the media feeds people such little bits of the real news, and distracts them otherwise with missing white girls, celebrity babies and shark attacks. The PC, don't offend anyone, don't say anything vaguely offensive, bullshit is irritating, and creating a country of blank-faced sameness.
I see what you're saying on Clinton, but wouldn't you say Bush is even more heavy-handed? I don't think anyone is for the little guy, nor will they be again. They'll get elected anyway, or find their way into power somehow, so they have no motivation to care unless people can somehow find a way to hold them more accountable.
As for Iraq, I honestly don't know. What could have been done? Start this insane war then, as opposed to now?
I think they've all dropped more balls than I can count. I'm, more than anything, scared for the future. It doesn't look like it holds anything remotely close to change.
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I like your Liberals vs liberals. Unfortunately for them, a lot of their ideas are impossible. No violence? I'm not pro-violence or anything, but the entire human existence has been plagued by violence; There's no way to make that magically go away. If they suceeded in getting every gun out of the hands of gun owners, the world would be no safer. One, criminals would still have them, and two, even if they didn't? They'd start using knives. Or power tools. Or wooden 2X4s. Or their bare hands. Free Speech Zones? The worst of them all. That's just what this country is meant to be. They're all so afraid people will speak, listen and learn, especially the way the media feeds people such little bits of the real news, and distracts them otherwise with missing white girls, celebrity babies and shark attacks. The PC, don't offend anyone, don't say anything vaguely offensive, bullshit is irritating, and creating a country of blank-faced sameness.
I see what you're saying on Clinton, but wouldn't you say Bush is even more heavy-handed? I don't think anyone is for the little guy, nor will they be again. They'll get elected anyway, or find their way into power somehow, so they have no motivation to care unless people can somehow find a way to hold them more accountable.
As for Iraq, I honestly don't know. What could have been done? Start this insane war then, as opposed to now?
I think they've all dropped more balls than I can count. I'm, more than anything, scared for the future. It doesn't look like it holds anything remotely close to change.