Devnulled's Blog

Devnulled, I voted for Ross many years ago too. I was sick of the status quo. I felt terrible after learning that a vote for him turned the tide for Clinton. Like you I wanted to make a statement. But 8 years of Clinton far outweighed the "statement" payoff. I like Ron Paul but am a strong supporter of Mr. Romney. Why, because I have know him personally for over 20 years. His example in family and faith are sorely needed in our country. His expertise in business is unmatched in any of his opponents. His knowledge and ability to negotiate and execute deals and his management style are brilliant very powerful. His personality is what you see on air. It's the same off, he is genuine. He loves the constitution and what it stands for, he is at heart a traditionalist. His father George instilled in him at an early age a love of the USA and all it stands for. He had a fantastic mentor in his father. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The real power of change is in the senate and congress, the president can only steer focus and issues in a direction. the houses make the real changes. I think Romneys ability to communicate and negotiate with the senate will surpass the abilities of any other candidate.

D. I see where you are coming from. I felt the same way about seatbelt laws. People are smart enough on their own to buckle up we don't need to be forced by government laws. Health insurance is more complex yet I understand your argument completely it's the principle of freedom that your talking about. Because of health cares complexity and it's unreachable cost for many of our citizens that are self employed under employed and not employed I think he enacted this measure.Too many were sucking on the teat of government on this one. He wanted to force independence on people I think. How can this be, forcing independence sounds crazy. Independent to choose a carrier at a lower cost freeing the taxpayer from an extra burden. He shifted a burden on a sliding scale back to the uninsured and off the tax paying citizen. The free care pool is probably smaller and hospitals are probably paying a lot less out in free care costs lowering the cost of aspirin from 200 bucks a pill back to the 3 cents it really costs. Which helps the consumer. Much more complex than fastening a belt buckle. I see how it can stick in your craw though. But if this is the only objection you have about Mitt then wonderful. Look at all the other good things he is capable of doing, nobodies is going to fit our image perfectly but he comes awful close to doing it for me:)

"Nothing attracts the fringe like a candidate who offers something close to anarchistic freedom."

Anarchy is no good, and your choice of adjectives is very revealing. Some people just want all of the rights in the world with no regard to how such things affect other people. It's called being "SELFISH", and it's really something you ought to be keeping a secret, Devnulled. I mean, I just re-read your post and it really smacks of a guy who's boasting of his selfishness and threatening conservative candidates that if they don't pander to it then they won't get your vote. Guess what? I don't think they care. Some of us out here still have some morals and some gumption...and we certainly don't want a candidate who cares about whether or not you "like porn."

But I'm quite thankful for your post here, actually. I'm going to refer to it the next time I'm arguing with somebody as to why they SHOULDN'T be voting for Ron Paul.

In addition, people have to realize many things in our world are hazardous to some extent. Some things more than others. However, there obviously is a market for these things and therefor, will always be around unless you live under a dictatorship. We don't have one. We have freedom. Freedom of choice. The best we can do is restrict things, but in a fair and reasonable manner so that everyone is happy. Are they doing that with cigarette smoking? No! Instead of allowing a percentage of restaurants in any one area to allow smoking, they ban it altogether. Where is the fairness? Where is the equal rights? Should we ban french fries? Let' ban scissors, anything and everything under a certain size so no one will choke on it. (There goes our nickels and dimes.) Where do you draw the line? I don't like porn, but it must be filling some need, or it wouldn't exist. Better than taking it away from people, would be to allow it only under strict guidelines. We don't do that...maybe because it makes too much sense?

Graham, I understand what you are saying, and that is, basically, that some things in this world are evil and we must get rid of them for the good of everyone.

Well, I'm saying, you aren't going to be able to do it! Things like prostitution have been around since Biblical days and that's because it fills a need for some people. Ask yourself why men go to prostitutes?

Look at the Islamic fundamentalist; do they allow it? No. In fact women can go out unless accompanied by a male. They see it as "evil"...well, they see all women as evil. But, look at how they treat women. Women are raped on a regular basis, and there is little she can do about it. In fact, if she is found out to have been raped, her family will ostricize her or she will be beaten or killed.
That, Graham, is life without prostitution!

Man, generally speaking, is selfish. Selfishness comes from our basic instincts for survival. You and everyone else that wants to get rid of it, are blowing into the wind. It won't happen. The most man can do in a civilized world, is try to control it. Yes, its good to be unselfish, and some of us are able to do it better than others. But, the bottom line is that you can not have what is called freedom, if any one group or culture dictates what others can do in their personal lives. The reason we have laws is to maintain basic civility in order to have some kind of peace in our society. We have laws concerning prostitution, murder, stealing, rape...all those things. And, we the people *made* those laws, not some dictator. Our government, federal, state, a

-- I just re-read your post and it really smacks of a guy who's boasting of his selfishness and threatening conservative candidates that if they don't pander to it then they won't get your vote. -- (Quote from graham cracker)

I could not have said it better myself.

Our country was founded on freedom for the individual and acknowledgment of the rights of the individual. Lucky me because I am my favorite individual.

Selfishness is the ultimate moral. It is a commitment to strive to do what is right for one's self. I would not want to spend my life trying to do what is right for other people.. on their terms and Lord God in Heaven knows they do not want me striving for them by what is right in *my* terms. I want to spend my life doing what is right for myself and I wish to vote for candidates that also share that ideal.

-- "If you republicans act any less than enthusiastic -- (Quote by graham cracker)

I do not care how a Republican acts.

(the system took away a post of mine addressing Romney's forced socialist health care program. I will rewrite it)