tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65084522011-04-21T23:07:43.570-04:00Political views from an average American.Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04539173142501901503noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508452.post-1105587829373972932005-01-12T22:42:00.000-05:002005-01-14T12:50:51.336-05:00

Introduction In the Bible, the first instruction given to man is in Genesis 1:28, "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Now, most followers of Biblical text that I know seem to understand

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When I first heard about the concept of school vouchers, I was strongly in favor of the idea. I've always been a strong supporter of alternative education, and I've always had issues with the public school system's structure and style of teaching. However, there are many problems with the idea of school vouchers that must be addressed. The more thought I've put into it, the less I would support

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Let's keep this up, and make it bigger folks. Denver Protesting.

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Greatness does not come from the leaves whistling in the wind, but from the fruit that grows from the trees. --Jason Mott Mark my words; the institution that fuels the rise of Bush derives its power from the fear of enemies. As the capital of September Eleventh dwindles, and people begin to awaken from their slumber, a new source of capital will be "gifted" upon the institution. The only

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One stupid talking point that really rides my shorts coming out the right wing propaganda machine is, “rich people give you jobs, “ or “tax cuts for the wealthy means companies can hire more people.” What boils me even more is that progressives haven’t really taken this line of bull on. I was listening to Thom Hartmann’s progressive radio show the other day. He let a conservative man on who

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If peace were achieved,For what would they fight?My heavy heartAnd my lucid mindWeep for a sleepy lotPerpetual war Promises elusive peaceBuilding its powerOn complacently compliant capitalDisguised as a free peopleKept obedient with perpetual warThe cycle only ends when we realizeWe are the bricks of the basementThe house is heavyThe whispers hard to hearBut without usThe walls will fallWe can

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In a brilliant move to reach out to liberals, progressives, and democrats alike, President Bush declared that he will be expanding Free Speech Zones throughout the country. "I have asked congress to send me an appropriations bill allowing $100 Billion dollars to be spent expanding our nation's free speech concentration centers, including the reopening of Alcatraz which is conveniently located

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I don't think people are getting it. Imagine, for just a moment, that you wake up one morning and discover that your car runs endlessly without gas. Great! Now imagine a few weeks later a few gas station owners come over and nicely ask you to fix that problem with your car. What will your answer be? Wouldn't they need to be a little more forceful to get you using gas again? Wouldn't you have to

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Are we nuts? What is going on here? I think I made a grave error when I joined the "accept it and move on" premise that most Americans seem to be slipping into as if this is just another election outcome. If I hear or read one more progressive talking about how we failed to reach America, or how we need to do better next time to convince people to vote our way I'm going to fucking puke. We won

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I've had a full day to reflect and grieve. You know what? I'm sad right now, yes, but I think this is a blessing for several reasons. One, the party of blame has no one to blame anymore. They can't say it was the previous administration's fault, and they can't say it's another party's fault. They have full control of our government and they are pursuing an agenda that just doesn't work in the

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My fellow Americans. Today we face a growing trend of corporate power in the World leaving unprecedented wealth in the hands of the few while an alarming number of average hard working people are surly and steadily working harder and harder for less and less capital and opportunity. This global corporate trend is striping governments of power and its citizens of wealth. Never before, in modern

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There once was a little boy, age 6, walking toward an ice cream truck with a tattered old dollar bill. A (somewhat) clever 14 year old walked up to him and said, "Hey kid, how would you like to have 4 shiny new sparkly pennies for that one measly old tattered dollar?" The boy's face lit up. The prospect of more money and newer money excited him and he immediately took the deal. Of course, he

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Now it's time for a little humor. These are few debate conditions that Bush couldn't get through, but really tried. His most excellent and honorable President Bush shall be addressed as his highness the magnificent Bush. Kerry can be addressed as Kerry or Flipper. Moderators must "mistakenly" refer to Kerry as "Mr. McGovern" or "Mr. Dukakis" at least three times, and let out a "Dean scream"

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The supporters of the Iraq war often say it is "the central front in the war on terror," and "we're bringing the fight to them instead of waiting for them to come to us." How many of you out there have thought about these statements closely? What is really being said here? Let's be clear. What they are saying is that the Iraqi citizenry, along with our brave men and women of the US military, are

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The time has come to stop pretending you're running against Gentlemen. These are no Gentlemen. You are running against a criminal cartel, and you need to treat them as such. The media, needing a close race to boost their ratings, will not help you here. This is up to you. Go for the jugular. Expose the crimes and scandals of this illegally installed regime. These people have no respect for

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Although I've always had political leanings, and have been interested in politics, it was only recently that I really started to understand government, the inevitable formation of governments, and what the foundation of the various forms of government are. What is Communism? What is Fascism? What is Capitalism? Do we need any of this? Why can't we just live without a government? Hopefully, I will

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Today I learned that US officials are pondering a policy that would give the Bush administration the authority to suspend elections this year in reaction to a terrorist attack. Of all the scary things coming out of the Bush administration, this is the scariest. This is worse than the electronic voting machines created by a Bush partisan and lacking voter verified paper trails. I guess once you

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I've been listening to right wing radio on and off for about a year now. There are times it's funny, there are times it's scary, and there are times when it's so frustrating I just need to turn it off. One thing I have consistently noticed is that the various shows seem to be getting their marching orders from the same source (or they just follow each other's lead). Their methods of attacks, and

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Now don't get me wrong here, terrorism is real, and there are real terrorists out there who want nothing more than to kill Americans. But personally I'm getting sick and tired of only getting warnings when Bush's approval ratings go down. Seriously, every time in the last year that Bush's numbers have taken a dip, the terror warnings have come out. What's worse and so blatant is that they don't

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NOTE: The following is authored by an anonymous source known only as "Spinmaster." I've invited Spinmaster to contribute on occasion, and this is reprinted with permission. -- Jason "Off I go into the desert like a wild arse." Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart expertly delivered this line in the movie "Dune" before he took the helm of the Enterprise. The statement took the viewer by surprise,

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John Kerry has begun to fight. He has come out strong this week to let the American people know that he has dedicated his life to service of this Nation. An honorable record, and a tireless fight for every American, present and future, can be seen. Bush's attack machine is fruitless. All it did was put a temporary stay on the revelation of Kerry's true record. And naturally, Kerry's best offense

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NOTE: The following is authored by an anonymous source known only as "Spinmaster." I've invited Spinmaster to contribute on occasion, and this is reprinted with permission. -- Jason Short answer, nobody. No person could have. While campaigning, George Bush made no references to the majority of his so-called 'accomplishments'. He was to be a "Compassionate Conservative", on the LEFT of Ronald

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The Bush administration's official claim about Kerry's voting record is that he "voted for higher taxes 350 times." Sean Hannity, the idiot blowhard and official "no accountability" mouthpiece for the Bush Administration often says "Kerry raised taxes 350 times." One of these statements may be true from a certain perspective (we'll get to that) and the other is a blatant and outright lie (Hannity

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Remember, just before the fall of Baghdad, when the Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, was saying things like, "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" while American tanks could be seen rolling by in the background? This was considered by many to be his personal dark sense of humor in the face of obvious defeat. It subsequently made him an instant cyber star. Just

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Dear readers of the Common Man Politics, I had a deeply moving experience recently. It made me just sob and sob. It made me feel helpless, sad, and utterly lost. And it was only a series of images, and a dialog on a message board. It made me ever so much more serious in my resolve to do whatever it takes to unseat this evil, brutal, regime that has hijacked our great Nation. I was on a right

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My fellow Americans, the time to unite has come, the time to take action is here. I'm not a Democrat or a Republican, and I tend to support candidates that run outside of those parties. But this year is too important. Kerry may not be the leftist I want him to be, but he clearly aligns himself with mainstream America. He clearly takes radical changes slowly. I must admit that I don't like his

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A few days ago I was thinking long and hard about the World, America, and what’s going on all around us. I’ve been feeling frustrated lately. I’ve been paying as close attention as I can to World politics, and in particular my great country, the United States of America. I have a deep and heart wrenching sadness right now. We’re hurting in America. All of us are. We are probably more divided as a

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OK, are you ready for this? The latest excuse being pimped upon the public for Bush's loss of public support is -- because he's been such a successful President. Stop laughing, this is actually what they're saying. I've heard this one a couple of times before so I want to hit on it directly because it's wrong and it sends a few wrong hidden messages. Dick Moris, of the conservative New York

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The same sex marriage ban amendment is a new strategy that doesn't have anything to do with same sex marriage. The Bush administration doesn't like the decisions they get out of the courts on these (and many other) issues. So they've code worded their disagreement with judges' decisions as "activist judges" and began a strategy that effectively cuts the courts out of the checks and balances

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Imagine this scenario for just a moment: Osama bin Laden releases a statement stating that the September eleventh attacks were the idea of an extremist advisor in his organization. The statement goes on to explain that his advisor had perhaps exaggerated the need, and lied about some facts in order to sell the idea to bin Laden. It ends with an assertion that this advisor may be fired and

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Hello. Soon I will be here sharing political views. My perspective is one of the everyday North East middle class life. I earn my bread and butter as a software engineer. I've recently taken a bigger interest in politics because I've noticed how asleep I was about our government. A month or so ago I read the Constitution for the first time in my life (at 32 years of age). I was amazed at what a

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