Change I could believe in

I appreciate the nice comments from a couple of you about spreading the, or rather, my word, out to more people. Well, this isn't a private blog so anyone that wishes to see my ranting can give it a look-see whenever they want. However, I already feel guilty when I fail to update this blog for the scant 4 of you that frequent here. Imagine how I'd feel if that doubled overnight? Yeah, a bit overwhelmed. So, feel free to tell anyone about this dusty place, but I don't have the time to put in real journalistic standards and as you know, there is a bit much opinion laced in every post.

So, what brings me here today? Same thing as you. Ha! Yeah, I guess we get bored often, eh?

Okay, moving on here...

I read a lot. Used to be books I read. I like books; tangible goods that I can carry around and just look smart because I am holding a book. I wish I had to wear glasses more often just to finish off that presumption.

But these days, I read a lot online. As most of you know, I spend a bit of time at conservative websites such as AmericanThinker, AIM.org, Drudgereport, wnd, and then other places such as CNN, Reuters, politico, factcheck and so on and so forth (I look for the meta-story within the "news"). And after reading so much over the course of the summer, I've come to the conclusion that I no longer care about political parties. That's it. I'm done. Sure, by default I am conservative and as such, align with the republicans because they espouse the closest ideals to the conservative agenda and are able to wield influence because of their power. According to wiki, I am actually a conservative libertarian. But that party will never make it off the ground, especially with the two parties choking anything that even dares to rear it's head towards power.

The problem I have with democrats is that about 40 years ago, they were high-jacked. It happened under the banner of "liberalism" which is now called progressivism. Both are lies. The real agenda is called socialism, communism, even fascism and pretends to be a method of social justice.

Hold on, before we move forward, we need to discuss government ideology before we get to my conclusion about political parties.

For the most part, people tend to agree that the political spectrum is a circle. Or maybe you have heard of the Nolan Chart? Kinda the same... meh, maybe. Anyway, on one end of the cycle you have freedom, and on the other is tyranny or often called its softer form, totalatarianism. Tyranny is utter control by the government. In the vapid sense, you can say anarchy proceeds freedom as anarchy would be completely free of any laws whatsoever. I remember talking in high school about how cool it would be to live in anarchy. Of course, had that happened then, I am sure I would have been subjugated by someone with more power and guns. Quickly. Thus, I have come to appreciate laws and law abiding citizenry as a manner of self preservation.

I said it was typically thought of as a circle because once the house of oppressive cards falls (fascism, communism), anarchy ensues and then, at least in the case of the US, a great nation is formed on the basis of conservative beliefs and values. It was liberating! It took liberal thinkers based on God-given conservative foundations to make it happen. But like I said, the liberals of old are not related to today's people of the same name.

Side note: some often state that socialism/communism is on the left whereas fascism is on the right. That doesn't really make sense, however. The spectrum is based on freedom, and fascism offers about as much freedom as communism. And both employ the ideology that the state knows best, or rather, that the state in its infinite wisdom is infallible.Ergo, in this topic, such things are on the same end of the spectrum.

So here we have today's liberals/progressives/socialist/closet communists all claiming to be Democrats when in fact, they are wolves in sheep's clothing. I've already shown in a previous post that Obama ran on the Socialist Democrat ticket ["New Party"] in Chicago for the state senate. And this past Sunday, Van Jones the "Green Czar", a communist, 9/11 truther (i.e., someone who believes the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks), resigned after a myriad of outings and blunders. Do you know who originally outed him? Trevor Loudon of New Zealand back in April! Then WND picked up the story and Glenn Beck ran with it over the summer. You would think the White House would know the history of birds they flock with, right? Oh yes, they do. And the White House didn't ask for his resignation either, which tells you a lot about the people they want to associate with. Interesting to note that the main stream media didn't mention a flippin' thing about it until Jones resigned Sunday morning. Then it was news...

So the democrats are not the good party they used to be.

As Obama would say, "on the other hand" we have the republicans. Used to be a good group of people. Had their morals, their financial position, and our trust. They emancipated the slaves and sponsored the Civil Rights Act (which Al Gore's father, a democrat, vehemently refused to pass as a Senator). But, in the last 20 years, something happened between "read my lips: no new taxes" and John McCain's liberal republican policies. They are called "RINO's" now, or, "Republican In Name Only" and there are a few of them in Congress, saying one thing and voting another. Sen. Collins, Snow, McCain, and former RINO now (D) Specter to list a few. It has come to a point where I cannot trust any of them at all regardless of the letter following their name, (R) or (D).

So this is where you come into play. Yeah, that's right, I need your help to get me into power. We'll start with the US and then the world. One of you needs to be called "pinky" just for nostalgia sake.

I used to think I would start a third political party and gain influence that way, but lately, I think I've come up with a better idea. I am going to abolish all political parties. Forever. Let's face it, they run on a ticket of being a democrat or republican, and this immediately conjures up beliefs in those parties; pro-abortion, anti-gun, fiscally responsible, national health care advocate, anti-cap-n-trade, immigration reform, etc. And then they get into office and we get screwed because they aren't exactly what we anticipated nor towing a party line.

Look at it this way, I just want candidates to say exactly what they believe in on every issue. No glossing over or ambiguity. Just honest to goodness truth from every one of them. And then we all go home, support the one we like, and then vote on it. That way there is no confusion on what we get. It's all on the table or s/he will lose votes. And if they lie about it, we'll all know.

And there's a bonus! By doing this, we abolish the electoral college! How about that!? We, the people, finally get to elect the president that we voted for, and not these silly redrawn voting districts that cater to voting blocks instead of the masses. It'll also remove the voting blocks for congressmen as well, because once there are no drawn districts, it'll be a crap-shoot for them on guessing where they are likely to get votes from since they'll have to be honest about their personal policies henceforth.

Seriously though, looking at the past few decades, a lot of politics has been self-service rhetoric that has undermined this country. Look at AIG, also known as "too big to fail." Yet Lehman Brothers was allowed to fail. So why did we pump $170 billion into one and not the other? Because Federal Pensions aren't carried by Lehman Brothers, but AIG does. And who knows the amount of suffering these poor politicians would endure if they had to go through what the rest of us already have. Same goes for healthcare. You think the politicians will be on the "public option" they are pushing for the rest of us? Think again. You're not special. Makes you wonder about it if they have no faith in being treated on that plan.

Obama says he's going to "fundamentally transform" this country. That tells me he plans to destroy the foundation this country was built upon -- life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. With Obamacare, there goes the 'life' aspect. With cap-n-trade, immigration reform, hate laws, etc. takes out 'liberty' and the 'pursuit of happiness' could be all that and more, such as higher taxation or lower standards of living.

It isn't too much of a shock to us, after all, we've been in this pot of heated frogs for a while, but will we jump when it starts to boil? There should have been something preventing this from happening all along, which is why I propose the abolishment of the parties now. Too many have hid under a cloak without scrutiny. They served their purpose back in the day, but they have grown fat and useless, spineless, and worse, corrupted by the very enemy we helped defeat 20 years ago. Correlation? Why not...

Granted, there are no promises with my plan, and parties are bound to evolve once again. Still, an honest fresh start would be a welcomed event. I could make parties illegal...

Vote for me! I offer hope and cha-- erm, challenges! All I want is more truthiness, followed by cow bell!