4.14.2005

Primer

Let me start by giving a breakdown of my current observations:

1. The Republicans are out of control.

2. An oil driven economy is bad.

3. Freedoms must include that of ideas and information.

Now I'll rant:

I remember when I used to actually dig some of the republican rhetoric. Small government ... good. Fiscal conservativism ... good. Responsibility ... good. Morals ... good.

Then something happened. We came under the rule of a one party government. Oh, boy, did we ever. As soon as the Dems didn't have the clout to get in the way, all pretense of decorum was tossed aside with a gleeful giggle. The neo-cons found their manchurian figurehead and while the party was figuring out what to do with its new found power, the party was given a hard crank to the right. You know that spot way over there to the right where it's almost left again. The rest of the repubs didn't notice or care that much as long as they could put through their favorite flavor of pork. And so here we sit.

The government is growing way to big, we cut taxes while increasing spending, Delay and the whitehouse cast aside all accountability, and given the indicators lately it seems that several of the "moral" causes are fueled by closeted self-loathers.

The Schiavo case show this viral ends-justify-the-means-and-any-means-at-that mentality where, as Reid put it, any amount of rule changing, rule breaking, intimidation, lying, cheating, and misrepresenting is ok as long as you are an evangelical christian.

Put simply, there are certain pet causes for the "new repulicans" (neoreps) and there is absolutely no weight given to the rule of law, ethics, morals, or anything as long as their goal is met.

If repub ideals would hold fast and true regardless of circumstances, I would be able to get on board. But unfortunately, they only pay those ideals lip service.

I'll save oil and information freedom for later posts.

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