aka W. 'Ian' Blanton

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 Sunday, March 17, 2002
Decent Left with a Knockout Right
Can There Be a Decent Left?. [via dangerousmeta!] More articles like this and I could almost... almost!... call myself a member of the left... though they still wouldn't have me. :-)
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(On that topic, I've decided to start voting Libertarian, based on my 'tug of war' theory of government; vote not for what you'd actually want to live under, but the direction you want the government to go in. Even if you don't want to live in a fully Libertarian state, which I don't, under the current conditions, I want things to move more that way. So that's how I'll vote.) [iRights]

Yeah, that sums me up. That article IS a good one, though, and it's good to remember that there are voices of intelligence on the left who aren't living in a fantasy world.

My problem with Libertarians is that they get doctrinaire, but hey, as long as you're only voting Libertarian. :)

So far I remain Republican. I just wish there were a few other Repiblicans in the White House, House and Senate. (as of this writing I'm only aware of a few in House and Senate, and sure as hell none in the White House. And I could give a shit what (R) other's are putting front of their names.
10:56:43 PM     Discuss: []


Here's some food for thought: In our civics classes in the US, we are all taught that one of the key differences of our government is that all three major branches of the government have checks and balances on each other.

While true, this obscures the true point, which is that all three branches of government are accountable to the other two.... [iRights]

Quite a nice little mini-essay.
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