I will admit it freely. I have an agenda. Not a unabomber-manifesto type agenda. Or a tea-party agenda. Certainly not a socialist agenda. I am a centrist. By that I mean I hold x- number of reactionary /libertarian views, and an equal number of socialist views. So they kinda balance out. (example, pro gun, don't care if gays marry) In other countries, such as the Nordic Socialist- democracies, they have names for that. Here we do not. My agenda is simple, and detailed below:
Keep them from f-ing it up. By "them" I mean politicians. You see, I am quite happy with our current political climate. An unpopular president, a congress controlled by the other major party, and a split supreme court, means nothing gets done.
You may be asking, "Why is that good?" I'll tell you my friends, right this way. The eternal dance we call a representative democracy. You see, better minds than ours devised a way that no one could mess up too badly in government. They contrived a method by which our "king" rotates when he would ordinarily be consolidating power, and our other representatives can be ousted without war every few years. Only Justices are lifers, and generally speaking, the only smart ones in the group.
This post will ramble a bit, one out of every dozen will. No I have not been drinking. Ask my friends, I am much more focused when I have been.
Equal opportunity bashing: The president has asked for an extension of payroll tax cuts for another year. 3 for 3 as I recall. For an idea he said was idiotic when another President did it. (I know, bad grammar) Secretary Clinton said we needed to keep our troops deployed overseas, and "Stay the course" if you will. Again, its only a bad idea when someone else does it.
Now for the righties. Congressman Walsh, all around buffoon, held a press conference to explain why he wouldn't be attending the President's speech. Apparently, he feels that the President is wrong, even before he speaks. Now I will at least give the leader of the free world the chance to tell me an idea before I tell him he's wrong. Especially if that were part of my job description. But then I'm no congressman. The audience apparently voiced some disagreement at this point and was told by the August Mr. Walsh that they were wrong. Joe, (see you get no respect) when the people you invited, your base as it were, tell you that you are not representing their interests; and your damned job title is Representative, perhaps they are not the ones who are wrong, jack-ass. Just sayin'.
To the (ahem) neutral media: Ron Paul is one of the Republican front runners. Bachman is last in almost every poll. Put Ron Paul on the television. He may be boring because he never speaks before thinking, but he is a LEGITIMATE candidate. Perhaps the only one.
Never wanted to be this guy but here I am: I was watching a vlog about how poor people who vote Republican are only voting that way because of the Republican promise to oppress minorities for the gain of whites. For the record, it was narrated by a white male. Presumably affluent. That is like saying; "Any rich person who votes Democrat is clearly corrupt and expects a loophole in the tax code, since all Democrats want is communism." (Note, that was for illustrative purposes only, I do not believe that) I will say this: "Try talking to one first". I have been that guy. Low income, Republican voter. I was never promised anything, nor was it under the premise of oppressing anyone. Although if a candidate promised world domination...
It all starts with assumptions. We assumed, up through the forties, that our way was better, and we were right. We now assume we are no better than any other country, and our way is no better, and we are right.
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." -Henry Ford-
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Keep it clean and well thought out.