23 1 / 2012
you’re probably always within reasonable walking distance of a reasonably pretty place, depending on your definition of pretty and your definition of walking distance
23 1 / 2012
Non interventionism starting to take hold on those on the right
This is a good start.
Maybe people who advocate small government are starting to see never ending war means an ever growing central government.
Nearly half of all Republican primary voters say it’s time the U.S. stops intervening in world affairs and focuses on domestic priorities instead, signaling a persistent rift that is playing out in the party’s presidential nomination battle.
In the latest poll from The Washington Times and JZ Analytics, 48 percent said the U.S. should maintain a policy of intervening where its interests are challenged. But 46 percent disagree, saying the country is “in a new global era” where it can no longer take such an active role.
23 1 / 2012
“When we were children, letters were like fun toys… Soon, letters turned into words. Words turned into sentences. Sentences turned into thoughts. And along the way, we stopped playing with them and stopped marveling at A through Z.
- Word as Image by Ji Lee
via ianbrooks
Reblogging because I think this could be adapted into a cool activity. Or at least a creative brainstorming exercise.
(via vondell-swain)
16 1 / 2012
Vote?
I know I won’t vote for anyone but Ron Paul, well Gary Johnson too, for President.
There is basically no difference between the establishment Republican and Democrats like Obama, Hillary, Romney, Gingrich, and the rest of them.
Vote? Why? What candidate in the quadrennial resurrection of the Mickey Mouse club wants to do anything that I want done?
I want to roll back the onrushing police state and return to constitutional government. The plunge into totalitarianism is a far worse danger than World War Two, in which the US was never in danger of being invaded, and in which the outcome was a foregone conclusion. Who do I vote for? No candidate (except Ron Paul: ERP) is against sovietization.
I want to end our stupid wars, now. Yesterday. Who do I vote for? There is no antiwar candidate (ERP). Obama sends the troops anywhere he can think of, and all the Republicans want to attack Iran.
I want to reduce the military by half and end the militarization of the country that is bankrupting us. Who do I vote for? (ERP)
I want to reduce the size of government, get rid of the departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Commerce, toss the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and so on. What candidate wants to do these things? Republicans talk a good show, but which of them actually wants to cut?
I want to end affirmative action, which means governmental favor for some citizens over others, and rely on merit. No candidate speaks of this. Who do I vote for?
I want to end the empire, quit meddling in the business of other countries, get out of South Korea, Japan, and NATO. I don’t want to be the world’s mommy. Who do I vote for?
I want to reform America’s dysfunctional system of taxation, go to a sales tax or flat tax or value-added tax, anything to get IRS off our backs. It isn’t the amount of taxation that I dislike, but the intrusiveness, mystery, complexity, and lack of recourse. Who do I vote for?
