Why I Am Not A Republican
I said in my first post that I hate republicans. I don't really hate all republicans...just republicans who are politicians.
I understand that republicans believe in less government intervention, social conservativism (strict limits on abortion, against gay marriage, etc), and economic liberalism (ie free trade, globalization, more laissez-faire style capitalism, etc), and I understand why they would feel that way about things.
I just don't agree with any of those ideologies.
Now, since no one is really looking at this blog, I can feel free to enumerate the reasons why I disagree with republican politicians, without having to offend any of my relatives or in-laws
1. Gay Marriage - I think anyone should be able to marry whoever the hell they want (provided they want to marry a consenting person of legal age). Marriage is a religious institution, and therefore should be managed by churches, not government
2. Abortion - I don't think people should get abortions, but I'm not going to limit someone's ability to get an abortion if they were raped, a victim of incest, or simply are not ready to have a baby. I think children are miracles, but keeping someone from getting an abortion is an abuse of power. The place of government is in borders and civic programs, not in a woman's uterus.
3. War on terror - I believe that more should be done to prevent terrorism by way of education and proper trade terms and the encouragement of societal growth, not by dropping bombs, and killing hundreds of thousands of people. This so-called war on terror seems more like a payback to Bush's oil, defense, and big business friends for all that fat cash they sent his way when he was busy bankrupting corporations and sports teams. The reason that Schwartzkopf didn't take Hussein out of power during the Gulf War was because James Baker in the State Department and Dick Cheney, at the time the secretary of defense, told him it would cause a civil war. It did, in 2004.
On top of that, Afghanistan is in a real bad place right now. Opium/Heroin production is up an astronomical amount.
And the number of terrorist attacks around the world has steadily increased ever since this bullshit war on terror began. I love the troops, I hate the politicians who so readily send them to die for a deceitful, economically driven cause.
4. Globalization/Free Trade - It always astonishes me the way the super-rich are able to convince the poor that movement to a more laissez faire capitalist system is going to improve their lives. We see over-and-over again that capitalism causes poverty. Democracy is the attempt to alleviate the poverty it causes. "Trickle-down" doesn't happen. Money actually trickles up because those with money are in a better position to keep it, and in a better position to negotiate with poor who don't have it.
On top of that, globalization creates adverse terms of trade. Poor countries end up using raw materials to manufacture finished goods, which ends up causing a net defecit, because the money paid to those making the finished goods does not cover the net gain needed for an economy to flourish. Argue with that all you want, sucka'.
5. Lower taxes - I actually believe there is a lot of fat that can be trimmed by government; however, these joker-republicans in congress aren't at all interested in doing that. Any sort of tax cut that has been enacted in the last few years will end up leading to major problems down the road, because spending is so vastly outpacing government income, right now. Defecits are the highest in history right now. That's right, W. beat Reagan in that game.
6. Capital Punishment - There aren't many civilized societies that still engage in capital punishment. I think there's less than a handful. That should tell us something
7. Gun Control - I believe we should have more gun control. Over 10,000 people die in America each year because of guns. That is exponentially higher than basically all of the top 50 countries on the human development index.
8. Stem Cell Research - It's our only hope. I firmly believe that the human race is doomed without it, and Bush's whacky, wingnut ideals are putting us in a very vulnerable situation.
9. Affirmative action - The glass ceiling is real. We need to create a more even playing field for women, minorities, and able-challenged people.
10. Kyoto Protocol - Human-caused Global warming is real, and will continue to get worse. We need to do what we can for future generations.
I understand that republicans believe in less government intervention, social conservativism (strict limits on abortion, against gay marriage, etc), and economic liberalism (ie free trade, globalization, more laissez-faire style capitalism, etc), and I understand why they would feel that way about things.
I just don't agree with any of those ideologies.
Now, since no one is really looking at this blog, I can feel free to enumerate the reasons why I disagree with republican politicians, without having to offend any of my relatives or in-laws
1. Gay Marriage - I think anyone should be able to marry whoever the hell they want (provided they want to marry a consenting person of legal age). Marriage is a religious institution, and therefore should be managed by churches, not government
2. Abortion - I don't think people should get abortions, but I'm not going to limit someone's ability to get an abortion if they were raped, a victim of incest, or simply are not ready to have a baby. I think children are miracles, but keeping someone from getting an abortion is an abuse of power. The place of government is in borders and civic programs, not in a woman's uterus.
3. War on terror - I believe that more should be done to prevent terrorism by way of education and proper trade terms and the encouragement of societal growth, not by dropping bombs, and killing hundreds of thousands of people. This so-called war on terror seems more like a payback to Bush's oil, defense, and big business friends for all that fat cash they sent his way when he was busy bankrupting corporations and sports teams. The reason that Schwartzkopf didn't take Hussein out of power during the Gulf War was because James Baker in the State Department and Dick Cheney, at the time the secretary of defense, told him it would cause a civil war. It did, in 2004.
On top of that, Afghanistan is in a real bad place right now. Opium/Heroin production is up an astronomical amount.
And the number of terrorist attacks around the world has steadily increased ever since this bullshit war on terror began. I love the troops, I hate the politicians who so readily send them to die for a deceitful, economically driven cause.
4. Globalization/Free Trade - It always astonishes me the way the super-rich are able to convince the poor that movement to a more laissez faire capitalist system is going to improve their lives. We see over-and-over again that capitalism causes poverty. Democracy is the attempt to alleviate the poverty it causes. "Trickle-down" doesn't happen. Money actually trickles up because those with money are in a better position to keep it, and in a better position to negotiate with poor who don't have it.
On top of that, globalization creates adverse terms of trade. Poor countries end up using raw materials to manufacture finished goods, which ends up causing a net defecit, because the money paid to those making the finished goods does not cover the net gain needed for an economy to flourish. Argue with that all you want, sucka'.
5. Lower taxes - I actually believe there is a lot of fat that can be trimmed by government; however, these joker-republicans in congress aren't at all interested in doing that. Any sort of tax cut that has been enacted in the last few years will end up leading to major problems down the road, because spending is so vastly outpacing government income, right now. Defecits are the highest in history right now. That's right, W. beat Reagan in that game.
6. Capital Punishment - There aren't many civilized societies that still engage in capital punishment. I think there's less than a handful. That should tell us something
7. Gun Control - I believe we should have more gun control. Over 10,000 people die in America each year because of guns. That is exponentially higher than basically all of the top 50 countries on the human development index.
8. Stem Cell Research - It's our only hope. I firmly believe that the human race is doomed without it, and Bush's whacky, wingnut ideals are putting us in a very vulnerable situation.
9. Affirmative action - The glass ceiling is real. We need to create a more even playing field for women, minorities, and able-challenged people.
10. Kyoto Protocol - Human-caused Global warming is real, and will continue to get worse. We need to do what we can for future generations.
posted by Tim C at 11:06 AM
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