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Welcome to my blog. I am an independent (free-thinker) and tend to be a social moderate and and a fiscal conservative. I reside in the very conservative west Michigan area. I chose "Live Free of Die" as my blog name because Americans seem to have forgotten the reasons for forming our federation.
We've witnessed the taking of our rights at the state and national level. I am not speaking of guns and abortion, I am speaking of our rights to free speech and privacy. I am speaking of our right to movement without the threat of police intimidation or questioning. I am speaking of taxation without real representation.
Our elected officials no longer represent us. They represent their own self-interest and that of special interest groups.
If we do not break this cycle of corruption and the stripping away of our rights, our democracy will die.
We've witnessed the taking of our rights at the state and national level. I am not speaking of guns and abortion, I am speaking of our rights to free speech and privacy. I am speaking of our right to movement without the threat of police intimidation or questioning. I am speaking of taxation without real representation.
Our elected officials no longer represent us. They represent their own self-interest and that of special interest groups.
If we do not break this cycle of corruption and the stripping away of our rights, our democracy will die.
posted by sentinel at 7:25 PM
3 Comments:
Wee! this is getting fun!
A moderate, the world needs more moderates. Of course the fiscal conservative part generally follows as part of any moderates' speech. Of course I am waiting for someone to tell me they are a moderate fiscal liberal.
I beieve it was a moderate fiscal conservative that invented the coffee can on the counter at the local gas station. A good deed to be sure but hardly an answer to complacent behavior by those that will not consider a national healthcare fix.
On the other hand , you now have an open forum to prove me wrong!
I hope you can do that!
Peace.
I wish comments had spell check!
I have been neglectful. Monkey, I think the election in November has proved me wrong in part. Its unfortunate what it takes to bring out voters in this country. Albeit, still small numbers of voters compared to other democracies. Six years of dictatorship allowed by a neglectful, rubber-stamp congress should have been nipped two years earlier. The same could be said of our state legislature which has sucked the state dry and delivered nothing but lost time and opporutnity in return.
Agno, I consider myself a moderate also in being able and willing to listen to another's opinion and perhaps be won over on an issue by a good case. You can paint yourself into a political corner at either end if you wish, but you will find yourself having to make a hypocrite out of yourself at some point. The conviction espoused by the far right and left leave no room for compromise on their narrowly defined issues.
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