tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post5334507945168140851..comments2024-03-28T03:00:07.229-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Is There a Rational Reason Why We Blog?Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-90089824154932210872011-02-04T00:36:32.151-05:002011-02-04T00:36:32.151-05:00JMJ - Please understand one thing...
I have never...JMJ - Please understand one thing...<br /><br />I have never made any bones about being an Independent Conservative AND Classical Liberal. As in the vein of Thomas Jefferson {our third President} and James Madison {our fourth President} among other early American Patriots.<br /><br />Perhaps a more accurate term to describe my independent beliefs would be.... "an independent preserver of our constitutional republic." Or something like3 that.<br /><br />The difference between myself and most progressives {and sometimes conservatives} is they see only one side of any issue. Usually the side someone tells them they should see. <br /><br />I am in a good place JMJ as I am my own man. As it has oft been said, "I am who I am and I'm damn comfortable with that."<br /><br />Or something like that.<br /><br />Actually I am more Libertarian than I am conservative at this stage in my evolutionary political journey.<br /><br />Ayn Rand however continues to be a powerful and proper influence. <br /><br />We are indeed fortunate we have Objectivism as a rational guide to a p;roper and ethical life.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-51742841037406355282011-02-04T00:11:50.992-05:002011-02-04T00:11:50.992-05:00The 11th reason is why I blog.
And that get's...The 11th reason is why I blog.<br /><br />And that get's to the other ten points you brought up...<br /><br />1) You can't have "Limited government" with a massive military state.<br /><br />2) You can't have a "true free market economy" without rules to the game. <br /><br />3) You can't have a "judiciary (Supreme Court) that interprets law from a strict constructionist view" without contextualism and realism.<br /><br />4) You can't have a "legislative branch that recognizes their responsibility is to the people and not their own corrupt political interests" unless only individual citizens, and not corporations and other abstract entities, are allowed to participate in their elections. <br /><br />5) You can not have a "government that recognizes the rights of the individual always, and by necessity exceeds the rights of any collective" unless you obey my version of rule number four.<br /><br />6) You can not have a "government that views its mandate to tax the citizenry as limited to funding the proper role of government, not every flavor of social program that happens to come along," period. We live in a republic. Not a dogmatic theocracy or some other such thing. <br /><br />7) You can not have a "government that recognizes the value of borders, language, and culture and insures we do not lose ours through multiculturalism" unless you want to live in a closed society.<br /><br />8) You can not have a "government that recognizes the only appropriate use of deadly force is in the defense of our borders and our people" if we abide a colonial empire.<br /><br />9) We can not have a "government that protects the rights of everyone to free thought and speech, not just those that agree with the government" if we have a corporate media that can buy a corporate government.<br /><br />10) We can not have a "government that insures it's citizens are protected from crimes against their person or property, and when necessary administers proper and effective punishment" until we agree to define these crimes as infringing on each other's rights, instead of enforcing law against victimless "crime."<br /><br />You sound like a liberal here. Good for you! ;)<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-65839843951097546922011-02-03T23:15:19.810-05:002011-02-03T23:15:19.810-05:00We've all got our own reasons, I guess. Mine w...We've all got our own reasons, I guess. Mine were purely mercenary. While the sought-for results have been disappointing, there have, indeed, been pleasant surprises along the way.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com