And maybe they have a point. The way the Democrats looked while carrying on about Alito shows the madness of letting ideology trump practical politics. Until a generation of Americans is raised and educated to believe that small government is a good thing, we aren't going to make any progress on that front - because they require individual responsibility, libertarian ideals have just fallen way too far out of favor with the average American.
Lately, he's been given to (rightfully) criticizing Bush & Arnold.
Don't be fooled, however.
1. He's term limited out in the next election & has already lined up a cush govt. job.
2. In 2004 he was a whore for the Pala Tribe, backing the unwind of the landfill on HWY 76.
Politics changes folks....& not for the better.
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From Bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
(Alexander Tyler)
You raise good points. The more I dig into what is going on in the "real" world, as in business, nationally and internationally, the more I see. And the more I understand some of the moves that are labeled by some as "rhino" or whatnot. Without a doubt, the world is moving into a newer economy -- ways of trading and dealing with each other. Isolationist policies are just plain stupid. There is so much more going on and generally not on the "front pages" but in the business section which provide glimpses into the whys of policies and "bottom lines".