[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Quote of the Day by Dog Gone

[lainde]

BTTT Wish I knew who said 'You get the Government you deserve".

[hottomale]

Some Americans intend on living free whether or not there is a government. Too much emphasis is placed upon the Government. Any sect of people thrive on attention. You give it to them and they/we will use it,abuse and take advantage of it any way they/we can. It is a sure sign of more people DOING less and TALKING more. (THEY/WE). the parenthesis means all inclusive. I certainly have no room to talk but like everyone else (they/we) make room. Americans need to reinstate the Independence in America rather than the reliance on Centralized Government. If you are strong enough you have half a chance. If you're depending on me you still have half a chance.

[Just another Joe]

John, hopefully there are not a large number of hypocrites on this form.

Welcome!

Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America. And we always have fun doing it.

Hoo-yah!

And just for the record...
Did any of the crimes of Bill Clinton stop you from voting for him?
Yes, they did.

[guitfiddlist]

This point is long overdue. Even though Clinton's out of office - the ignorant/stupid/slutty/corrupt (what other categories could there be?) that put him in office are still with us and voting. Chances are - they are all around us in our work, home, churches and schools. They are the real opponents.

[fporretto]

People tend to accept and accommodate themselves to conditions they feel they cannot change.

The two major parties have arranged the electoral system in a fashion that secures their interests against all possible forms of competition. Whether or not you approve of any of the minor parties, the way they've been systematically locked out of the electoral process is indefensible. It has more to do with the fears of the major parties than anything else. But there's worse.

Every election at the federal level, and nearly all at any lower elevation, must be won by someone. The voting public has no way of saying: "None of the candidates is acceptable," except by abstaining from voting. Note in this connection that abstaining from voting is pilloried everywhere as something akin to treason -- and the loudest denunciations come from the major parties themselves.

Let the voters vote for "None of the above," with the proviso that, if "None of the above" gets a plurality, the office will be kept vacant and its powers unexercised until a subsequent election returns a plurality for some other candidate. This would have two salutary consequences:

1. It would allow the voters to reject candidates they regard as corrupt or incompetent far more readily, without endorsing a candidate they disliked for other, good and sufficient reasons (cf. Nixon vs. McGovern, 1972).
2. It woulde allow voters to voice their opinion of an office in itself, by consistently refusing to fill it.

Even a showing of a few percent for "None of the above" would send a powerful message to the major parties, warning them that their act is seriously out of shape. If vote percentages rose generally, it would express an important fact about the electoral system overall -- i.e., that the electorate sees too little difference between the major party candidates to support either over the other.

For further thoughts, please see:

The Fix

The Fix, Part 2

The Fix, Part 3

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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http://palaceofreason.com

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

I am not so sure it's corruption alone. I'd say it's a combination of that plus growing and spreading collective dumbness (stupidity + ignorance) plus a mindless mob mentality. What else could explain the current 'pro war' madness/hysteria?

[PGalt]

A nation of individuals, most misinformed by the stranglehold of propaganda. We are in the very early stages of shining the light of TRUTH on the anti-FREEDOM forces, "foreign and domestic".

...the future's so bright, I gotta wear shades...

[free from tyranny]

The foundation of most problems in America today can be be laid at the feet of the American people.

One problem that for me, as a heavy manufacturer, is the whiney, sky is falling.....everybody is getting cancer cries of the American people. No environmental regulation is too expensive or impractical for the hypocritcal Americans.

Why should they be? They can buy Chinese or Mexican products and not have to experience the costs associated with environmental jihadism. The science behind alot of the regulations is about as solid as the morality of killing innocents to serve Allah and the religion of peace.

The American people have been slumbering away as the manufacturing base, energy base and their independence has been legislated away all in the name of clean air and water. It will be interesting to watch how concerned Americans will be with the environment when they are scrounging for shelter and food and work. Then maybe they will realize what hypocrites they have been.

[gcruse]

all the polls showed that a huge percentage of the people never doubted it but [Nixon] won the next election more easily than an elephant eating peanuts

The easiness of which someone wins an election has to do with the number
of votes they get.  Having a poll after the fact asiking people if Nixon won
the election easily doesn't make much sense. But neither does the rest of this article.