I was watching the Presidential forum and thought the questions were very clear and intelligent. The questions were not softballs at all, they were intelligent and asked about some great topics. I thought that they should have not brought up the names of the 4 morons that did not attend that much.
During the introduction Ron Paul got a loud cheer and I think the directors were shocked about that the first time but did not make that mistake again. I noticed after every answer from Ron Paul the lowered the volume and then when they moved on to the next candidate they raised the volume. This was noticeable a few times because they moved on and raised the volume while the crowd was still cheering.
I was horrified when I heard Hunter say Americans need to be shielded from pornography. Where does he get the gall to say that I need to be shielded from anything let alone people having sex or even the naked human body. If someone does not want to see pornography guess what look away, walk away, and stay in your own little bubble.
I thought Keyes was long winded and Tavis Smiley was getting angry when he said Keyes's time was up and Keyes kept on talking. I do applaud Tavis Smiley for holding Hunters feet to the fire during the question about what reform he would support to make sure people had equal justice in the United States. Tavis seemed to verbally spank Hunter to get him back on point.
For some reason Huckabee thinks that crime is caused by drugs and alcohol cause crime and I was horrified during this answer. The saving grace was Ron Paul answering that the War on Drugs needs to be repealed.
Dr Paul was finally given a question on health care and pointed out the 400 pound gorilla in the room and the problem with health care is the corpritism between insurance companies and the government and the problem with the FDA controlling the drugs that people can use. Also Dr. Paul said a couple times that we need to end the war on drugs, get rid of the welfare, restore property rights, expanding liberty, and letting people keep the fruits of their labor.
Dr. Paul also pointed out the inequities that the War on Drugs has with black people. Ron also reiterated that he is against the National ID cards but would be fine with states requiring identification for people to vote and if Washington DC wanted representation in the House and Senate a constitutional amendment should be submitted to change the constitution.
Overall I think the time was fairly evenly distributed and was fair to all the candidates.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Customs Strikes again
After I finished work and sent some articles off to Free Talk Live I left work and headed for the interstate. I was getting on to the interstate and at the on-ramp there was a man with a sign asking for a ride West so being that I was going that way I pulled over and let the man in and we were off. While on the interstate I asked him how far he was going and he told me this story I have took some of the conversation out but the spirit of the story is still there.
He was trying to get home to Morgantown West Virgina. He was a escort and when trying to cross the border in to Canada the customs officers had him pull off and get out of his car. They took him in and that was when things went terrible. He had some baking soda and the customs thought it was coke. They seized the suspected coke and his car. He told them the stuff was baking soda but they would not believe him and they escorted him back across the border and let him go in NY. So after having his car stolen and being strip searched he started to make his way home. He started walking and somewhere between Niagara Falls and Buffalo he got a short ride from a State Trooper. He got to Hamburg and last night he was stuck there and last night a thunderstorm came through. He told me he found a truck liner and slept under that while it rained and he kept sort of dry. He got to from Hamburg to Dunkirk where I picked him up and the person that gave him a ride gave him $10. I let him off at a truck stop in PA and gave him $15 I told him that he probably could find a trucker at that stop that would give him a ride closer to home.
I have no idea what happened to him but I hope he is almost home. When I was getting off at the stop I was really thinking about taking the guy all the way. I felt bad for the guy because I know personally what can happen at that border I have been harassed similar to the guy I was strip searched (down to my underwear) and had the car that I was driving damaged while they were looking for drugs the customs slit the leather seats and threw everything in the car around.
He was trying to get home to Morgantown West Virgina. He was a escort and when trying to cross the border in to Canada the customs officers had him pull off and get out of his car. They took him in and that was when things went terrible. He had some baking soda and the customs thought it was coke. They seized the suspected coke and his car. He told them the stuff was baking soda but they would not believe him and they escorted him back across the border and let him go in NY. So after having his car stolen and being strip searched he started to make his way home. He started walking and somewhere between Niagara Falls and Buffalo he got a short ride from a State Trooper. He got to Hamburg and last night he was stuck there and last night a thunderstorm came through. He told me he found a truck liner and slept under that while it rained and he kept sort of dry. He got to from Hamburg to Dunkirk where I picked him up and the person that gave him a ride gave him $10. I let him off at a truck stop in PA and gave him $15 I told him that he probably could find a trucker at that stop that would give him a ride closer to home.
I have no idea what happened to him but I hope he is almost home. When I was getting off at the stop I was really thinking about taking the guy all the way. I felt bad for the guy because I know personally what can happen at that border I have been harassed similar to the guy I was strip searched (down to my underwear) and had the car that I was driving damaged while they were looking for drugs the customs slit the leather seats and threw everything in the car around.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
The Fox media spin
After the September 5th debate on Fox Hannity and Colmes I noticed during the Hunter interview Fox was showing the results from the text poll and while the results scrolled through Ron Paul the person doing the graphics put Hunters name up instead of the results for Ron Paul. I thought since the results stopped at R5 they would start up again at R6 which was Ron Paul but they started back at R7.
Just now at 11:58 they said the final results and Dr. Paul got 33% and is the winner by that poll.
Just now at 11:58 they said the final results and Dr. Paul got 33% and is the winner by that poll.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Casino Gambling
Around Western NY there is a discussion about gambling well not gambling but Casino gambling. Now gambling is all over NY I can drive 1 mile away and gamble my life savings away down at the local convenience store so for the complaints that the Casino is going to suck up people's life savings is insane. Now I would like to state I have never been to a Casino not because they are too far away I could get to one within an hour drive but because I don't see the fun in it but I also don't see the fun in running either but I would not advocate passing a law banning running.
Some people may become addicted to gambling and I think they should have to take responsibility for their addiction and not take any money from me. It is sad that people become addicted to gambling but people become addicted to many things like smoking, alcohol, caffeine, sex, drugs, money, even working out, and eating healthy. Should all these things become illegal because some people can become addicted to them. I don't think so and if they were guess what more people would be imprisoned and killed at the hands of police just for trying to pursue their own happiness which is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence which could be considered the cornerstone of the society of the United States.
OK guess what people are going to do things you don't approve of. Get over it, you don't own them, if you cant stand to see that stay in your home close the curtains and sit in the dark. I am being callous but this is one of the three ideas that our forefathers fought for.
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Some people may become addicted to gambling and I think they should have to take responsibility for their addiction and not take any money from me. It is sad that people become addicted to gambling but people become addicted to many things like smoking, alcohol, caffeine, sex, drugs, money, even working out, and eating healthy. Should all these things become illegal because some people can become addicted to them. I don't think so and if they were guess what more people would be imprisoned and killed at the hands of police just for trying to pursue their own happiness which is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence which could be considered the cornerstone of the society of the United States.
OK guess what people are going to do things you don't approve of. Get over it, you don't own them, if you cant stand to see that stay in your home close the curtains and sit in the dark. I am being callous but this is one of the three ideas that our forefathers fought for.
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Monday, June 18, 2007
The Free State Project
You may be asking what the hell is the Free State Project?
Well the Free State Project aka FSP is a idea currently but can be a reality with you. The idea is to get 20,000 people who want to be free to move to one state in the union and work for freedom. You may be asking why? Well with a mass migration of the 20,000 people moving to a state like California would do nothing but that amount of people moving to a state like New Hampshire the amount of people to bring about change would be much much less. The idea of people moving to one place to bring about changes has been done before take the mormons moving to Utah to congregate together that group of people moved to make a community that respected their religious values, even the pilgrims coming to America could even be considered a migration movement.
The FSP is open to anyone who wants to be free. Democrats, Republicans, unaffiliated, gay people, married people, single people, anyone as long as you want to be free. The only thing that the FSP asks is once you move take action to help bring around freedom. That is so vague almost anything could be considered working toward freedom you could talk with your co-workers and discuss politics, holding a sign in a protest, voting, writing letters to the editor, even running for office.
New Hampshire currently could be considered one of the most free places on the Earth. Right now in New Hampshire and you are over 18 you can choose not to wear a seat belt if you don't want to, you have the choice to not wear a helmet when driving a motorcycle. New Hampshire has passed a law saying the state will not participate in Real ID which is in essence national ID. But there is still a long way to go to make New Hampshire a a free state so if you like the idea of living free check out the free state project at www.freestateproject.org.
Oh and for the marijuana activist the state name means "New Hemp town".
Well the Free State Project aka FSP is a idea currently but can be a reality with you. The idea is to get 20,000 people who want to be free to move to one state in the union and work for freedom. You may be asking why? Well with a mass migration of the 20,000 people moving to a state like California would do nothing but that amount of people moving to a state like New Hampshire the amount of people to bring about change would be much much less. The idea of people moving to one place to bring about changes has been done before take the mormons moving to Utah to congregate together that group of people moved to make a community that respected their religious values, even the pilgrims coming to America could even be considered a migration movement.
The FSP is open to anyone who wants to be free. Democrats, Republicans, unaffiliated, gay people, married people, single people, anyone as long as you want to be free. The only thing that the FSP asks is once you move take action to help bring around freedom. That is so vague almost anything could be considered working toward freedom you could talk with your co-workers and discuss politics, holding a sign in a protest, voting, writing letters to the editor, even running for office.
New Hampshire currently could be considered one of the most free places on the Earth. Right now in New Hampshire and you are over 18 you can choose not to wear a seat belt if you don't want to, you have the choice to not wear a helmet when driving a motorcycle. New Hampshire has passed a law saying the state will not participate in Real ID which is in essence national ID. But there is still a long way to go to make New Hampshire a a free state so if you like the idea of living free check out the free state project at www.freestateproject.org.
Oh and for the marijuana activist the state name means "New Hemp town".
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Allowing sick people medicine
This is a fairly controversial topic in the world we currently live in and I personally don't see why anyone could condone not allowing people to make their own choices on what substances to use to make them feel better.
This morning I was made aware that Gov. Sptizer has changed his mind on medical marijuana for sick people specifically people with debilitating diseases for example Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, and cancer. With our current medical knowledge we cannot cure these diseases and the people that are stricken with these terrible diseases are in extreme pain. I hope that no one ever has to go through this pain but this is real life and I know that people every day are diagnosed and are suffering with diseases.
As some of you know I am no fan of Spitzer or really any other politician but Spitzer is beginning to realize he made a mistake with medical marijuana but not because he thinks people should be able to make their own decisions on what people can put in their own bodies but because who wants to be on the side saying a dieing person cant take this substance because it could what kill them (I have never heard of anyone dieing from smoking marijuana). The people with these diseases do not have the time or the energy to fight for this that is why people like you and I need to stand up and say let them do what they want as long as they do not hurt other people.
This morning I was made aware that Gov. Sptizer has changed his mind on medical marijuana for sick people specifically people with debilitating diseases for example Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, and cancer. With our current medical knowledge we cannot cure these diseases and the people that are stricken with these terrible diseases are in extreme pain. I hope that no one ever has to go through this pain but this is real life and I know that people every day are diagnosed and are suffering with diseases.
As some of you know I am no fan of Spitzer or really any other politician but Spitzer is beginning to realize he made a mistake with medical marijuana but not because he thinks people should be able to make their own decisions on what people can put in their own bodies but because who wants to be on the side saying a dieing person cant take this substance because it could what kill them (I have never heard of anyone dieing from smoking marijuana). The people with these diseases do not have the time or the energy to fight for this that is why people like you and I need to stand up and say let them do what they want as long as they do not hurt other people.
Friday, June 8, 2007
The 3rd Republican debate
OK I know I am a little late on this but hey I was in the hospital without my computer and Internet access. I was going though Internet withdrawal after the 1st night.
On to my thoughts. The winner of the debate was Ron Paul and that is not just a opinion but is what CNN's online poll said hands down. That poll does not mean anything really the only poll that means anything is on election day.
Dr Paul introduced himself as a congressman from Texas and "Champion of the Constitution" when I heard that tag line I was really shocked. But as I thought about it Ron is that in essence. During the debate I was disgusted with the camera work. The sound issues were understandable with the lightning that was going on but I am sure they could have used different mics and eliminated the sound dropping issue. OK enough with the technical stuff I think I would have noticed it less if I had a PC in front of me.
The best issue I thought that was brought up was what the question about what is the largest moral issue that is facing the United States and Dr Paul said it was the recently policy of preemptive war. I think preemptive war really isn't a new policy. You could definitely say Vietnam was a preemptive war and so was Korea. So that goes back to the 1950's. WWII was a little harder but the Japanese attack could because of the trade blockade and that blockade could be considered a military action. So that could be considered preemptive war that takes us back to 1940's. We could go further but that would take a lot of typing. But I do think that is a great answer to the question.
I would suggest if you have not seen the debate go watch and make up your own mind.
On to my thoughts. The winner of the debate was Ron Paul and that is not just a opinion but is what CNN's online poll said hands down. That poll does not mean anything really the only poll that means anything is on election day.
Dr Paul introduced himself as a congressman from Texas and "Champion of the Constitution" when I heard that tag line I was really shocked. But as I thought about it Ron is that in essence. During the debate I was disgusted with the camera work. The sound issues were understandable with the lightning that was going on but I am sure they could have used different mics and eliminated the sound dropping issue. OK enough with the technical stuff I think I would have noticed it less if I had a PC in front of me.
The best issue I thought that was brought up was what the question about what is the largest moral issue that is facing the United States and Dr Paul said it was the recently policy of preemptive war. I think preemptive war really isn't a new policy. You could definitely say Vietnam was a preemptive war and so was Korea. So that goes back to the 1950's. WWII was a little harder but the Japanese attack could because of the trade blockade and that blockade could be considered a military action. So that could be considered preemptive war that takes us back to 1940's. We could go further but that would take a lot of typing. But I do think that is a great answer to the question.
I would suggest if you have not seen the debate go watch and make up your own mind.
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