One thing I really pride myself on, in the fact that I’ve gotten smacked down by both sides of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n
Bleeding Heart Liberals make me puke.
\nBrownshirt Neo Conservatives make me laugh.<\/p>\n
To me, they’re both the same. They’re unrealistically extreme. Detatched from any form of reality that I know of. They want to hang a label on you if you disagree with them. They hang on their party’s core beliefs even when it’s clear as day that they’re wrong in a particular issue.<\/p>\n
They try to silence you rather than address the issue you brought up.<\/p>\n
I’ve heard arguments that the President is not to blame for the current economic conditions, yet we all can look on the Carter years with disgust for the same reasons.<\/p>\n
Can’t we all just agree that some people just sucked as Presidents?<\/p>\n
I liked Reagan *AND* I liked Clinton. I believe a large portion of their success was the fact that they had a legistlative branch which was dominated by a different party to answer to.<\/p>\n
Balance, people.
\nDo you see the point I’m driving at?
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\nLiberals believe in abortion, Conservatives believe in capital punishment.
\nCome on… either life is sacred or it isn’t.<\/p>\n
Me? I don’t think human beings are worth the 38\u00a2 of chemicals it *takes* to make human beings. And I think human history (particularly anywhere organized religion is involved) proves that point over and over.<\/p>\n
If I support Israel being a separate state, why can’t I believe the Palestinians should have a homeland of their own too? Am I naive to think that there are good people on both sides that would love nothing more than to be peaceful neighbors… but there are extremists on *BOTH* sides that are too stubborn to let it happen?<\/p>\n
If I call Hamas a pack of assholes… I’m a racist.
\nIf I offer even the slightest criticism of the IDF’s tactics, then I’m anti-semitic.
\nCan’t win there, can I? <\/p>\n
Last memorial day I was REALLY going to stir the shit and post a memorial to the U.S.S. Liberty (Wild stuff. Look it up).<\/p>\n
The server went down that whole weekend. I took it as an omen that the trouble it would cause would not be worth it.<\/p>\n
The fact is… it’s not always black and white.
\nYou *can* be a good American and not be happy with the way things are going.
\nYou *can* support our troops and be against a war.
\nYou *can* mourn the loss of September 11th, *and* question why we haven’t strung Osama bin Laden up by his balls yet (or dare I ask why he’s no longer a priority?)
\nYou *can* be a patriot and wonder why we haven’t had an “Orange Alert” since we got the ok to invade Iraq.<\/p>\n
As much as I’d love to join in on the “bitchslap the warbloggers” trend as their paranoia and lack of education becomes more evident with every Fox news broadcast…<\/p>\n
Well like I said, Liberals make me puke.
\nI’ve had harsher treatment from them over the years than I ever got from warbloggers… on a wide variety of topics.<\/p>\n
…. so I’ll just sit here. Dead center in my politics….<\/p>\n
…Laughing at all of them, as they flush any kind of credibility they have down the toilet for years to come.<\/p>\n
There’s more people like me than they realize. And our numbers are growing.
\nBalance, people. Balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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