Single issue Voters

Personalty I think that anyone who places their vote on a single issue is a fucking idiot.

Now an interesting statistic I would like to see, is how many single issue voters there are between Republicans and Democrats.

I already know the answer.  There are far more single issue voters on the Right.  Which means there are far more fucking idiots on the Right.

Political Pandering

People on the Right do it, and People on the Left do it...  So what exactly is "IT".

"Pandering" is when you say what people want to hear, even if you don't believe it yourself.

Look up "Pander" In the Dictionary:

pan·der  (pndr)intr.v. pan·dered, pan·der·ing, pan·ders

1. To act as a go-between or liaison in sexual intrigues; function as a procurer.

2. To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses:

Focus on #2.

So many people are "Issue Voters".  And by that I mean they will vote one way or another just based on a single issue.

I hate to call people out, but this seems to be a "Republican" Problem.  The right wing tends to take a firm stance on certain subjects, and the rest of the issues be dammed.

You could for instance run on an entire platform of any one of these issues:

1.  Abortion should not be legal.
2.  The 2nd Amendment gives us rights to gun ownership.
3.  The US Government should be small.
4.  Regulation is strangling our businesses.

The surprising thing is that most people believe in at least 1 of those tenents.

Here is how I respond to them.

1.  Abortion is NOT a legal issue, it is a MORAL issue.  The only people who are opposed to Abortion are people doing it on a Religious standpoint.  Our founding Fathers were pretty clear on this...  You can't outlaw something on a Religious basis.

2.  Gun Ownership.  The Second Amendment states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

IMHO this states to me that you must have Armed people, to be able to form a "Well Regulated Militia".  IE, Armed People are intrinsic to a "Well Formed Militia".


3,  I totally agree that the Bureaucracy, that is our Government, is unwieldy and overburdened.

So where do we place the blame?   We are to blame.  Somewhere along the line it became Politically expedient to bloat our Government.  Why?  So Money could be put in certain pockets.

4.  Regulations....  Let me put it this way...  If we had proper regulations in place... Enron wouldn't have happened, and frankly there would be no need for Bank Bailouts.

The Fact is, that our Political System Panders to the people who have money.  And Those people, don't care about you and me...  They only care about making more money.


























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Christians and the New Covenant.

It to this day astonishes me that Christians cling to the "Old Testament" principals to excuse their current behavior.

The truth is that if you are a True Christian, you must accept the Covenant of Christ.  You must accept the beliefs of Jesus, and let go of the punishments of the old testament. 

The Sun of God, has declared that those are of the past, and that something new is in place.

Jesus has declared that NO ONE is beyond saving.  Which is a pretty good argument against capital punishment.

I am not a Christian in the traditional sense, in fact, I don't practice religion at all.  I am only responding to a growing segment of the population that reads the old testament as literal truth, while ignoring the whole puropse of Jesus. 

The Divide between "Conservative" and "Liberal"

I hate labels.

Every "Republican" is automatically called a "Conservative", and every Democrat is called a "Liberal".  Yet the reality of the situation, is far more complex than that.

Conservatism, by definition, is a political philosophy that resists change.  Conservative people resist radical changes to the political structure, and advocate slow changes to our laws.  The philosophy being that the less radical the changes, the better the country is able to adapt. 

Yet somehow, the actual meaning of the term has been hijacked by the Republican Party, to mean something entirely different.  In fact, the Republican party is advocating a radical change, from current policy.

In this case, the Democratic party is actually more Conservative than the Republican Party.  They want to keep current policies in place.

Both political parties are trying to shove people into a particular Party, based on single issues.

1.  If for religious reasons, you are against Abortion in any form, you are automatically a Conservative.  If you believe in "Woman's Choice" you are a Liberal.

2.  If you believe in the 2nd Amendment, you are a Conservative.  If you believe in "Regulated Gun Ownership" you are Obviously a Liberal.

3.  If you believe that "God" is an issue for the Church, and not the School, you are obviously a Liberal.

4.  If you believe in regulation, you are a Liberal, if you think "Free Market Capitalism"  is the only way to go, your are a "Conservative".

Here are my responses to those issues...

1.  I am clearly pro choice.  Why you ask me?  So now I am a "Liberal"

2.  I believe in the right to bear arms, and that it should be regulated by the Federal Government.  I think that everyone can agree that no one should be in possession of a fully Automatic .50 Cal.  So some regulation is required.

3. GOD is a matter for the Church, not the School.  While I grew up with the Pledge of Allegiance, I grew up in the 1970's and had NO idea that there were any other religions than Christianity at the time.   Now I know better, and I think we should respect other religions, by not using that particular wordage.

4.  Capitalism is a fine system when you are on the top part of it, but if you are on the bottom part, it sucks.

Cable companies and you.

I have heard from several of my friends that certain cable companies are trying to throttle people's connections.  This isn't a recent thing, as companies have tried this in the past.  However, it seems to be that there is a recent push from ALL the internet providers to "Throttle" people's bandwidth.

Of course this was tried on the past.  And it was universally shot down by people switching to carriers who did not throttle their bandwidth.  This sent a message to internet providers that we would not accept any bandwidth less than we paid for.

Enter the new era.  Since some internet providers have been able to survive even though they throttled their users bandwidth, the major carriers think they can do it to.

Normally this would be tried by a few carriers, and the public would express their displeasure with this by moving to another ISP.

Unfortunately, by tacit understanding all major ISP's are adopting this policy.  They are doing this for the sake of profit, and our implied bandwidth be damned.

Who would in this day and age subscribe to a service who would limit their bandwidth?  The answer is: only people who had no other option.

-Cryptotich, Out

I must be getting old or the interfaces must start to suck.  It could really be one or the other.

I am clarly a cranky o;d man,  but my read on the Israeli/Iranian situation is this...   Iran can not loose.

GOLD? Really?

People are now rushing to buy GOLD, because they think it's something stable and will always be a good investment. But they are wrong. GOLD is just as meaningless as any other form of "Money". GOLD only has value for the same reason that we give value to paper money, and that is because we agree that it has value.

If I am hungry, try giving me a GOLD brick, for my bread. If I am trying to provide shelter for my Family, would a GOLD brick be worth the logs needed to build my house? Will a GOLD brick give cloak me when I am cold?

I could sit on a throne of GOLD, but GOLD can't feed me by itself, or shelter me by itself, or cloth me, by itself.

GOLD is just as much a Lie as Money itself.