[Morgeruat]

lol, don't recall seeing Barry's posts, so I can't say whether I should be offended or not, I'll take it as a compliment, lol. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

{edit} after reading most of the reactions to Barry's comments, even if the comments themselves were deleted I find it interesting...

as I believe I've said before, I'm not happy with my national level leaders, primarily the executive department (I've no real quarrels with the congressional, or judicial branches, aside from many of the 9th circuit court's rulings, but that isn't the supreme court).

I think they are in bed far too deeply with elements that would see us destroyed, ie Saudi Arabia whom we are only allied with the royal family, and the country's violent and reprehensible wahabism, I don't like the fact that 15 of the 19 9-11 hijackers came from Saudi, because it was easier for them to get passports, I'm not happy with border security and the government's inability to close, or at least man the largest unguarded borders in the world (Canada and Mexico), such that citizens are forced to organize outside of official channels and round up illegals.

I'm not happy with the amnesty program Bush is trying to push through (essentially if you've been an illegal immigrant for long enough you can have your citizenship, a sort of common law marriage deal).

I'm not happy with government sponsored torture, brutality, etc (germans can't talk on this one because their cops have no laws whatsoever regarding police brutality, as I've heard from many a soldier who was pulled over)

I don't think democracy is the be all, end all solution for every nation, and attempting to force it on a people is as bad as what the russians did throughout eastern europe in the cold war, I do think giving people the choice when they otherwise have no way to enact meaningful change is a worthy goal, but once they're given that chance outside involvement should be reduced to at most an observation role. (ie Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Iraq, etc)

But most importantly, I don't think John Kerry could have done it any better, and likely would be (if he had been elected) mucking things up even worse than Bush is, I voted for Bush because he was the lesser of two evils, and I firmly believe that while as an American you have the right to bitch about the government all you want, if you don't vote, your bitching is meaningless, because you don't care enough to go make your voice heard. {/rant} [img]graemlins/rant.gif[/img]

[ 03-10-2005, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: Morgeruat ]