KingCondanomation
New member
Back from the dead, just some thoughts I figured I would share.
1. The recovery is unlikely to succeed, we have seen in Greece, Spain, Portugal and now France that high amounts of government spending and the debt that always goes along with it (despite higher taxes), eventually drain an economy and really a nation of money, talent and opportunity. There is no special reason why the same policies that the Democrats advocate would yield any different results here. If anything they would be excacerbated because America is so much more integrated in the world economy and people/companies are more mobile here.
2. Because of this, people will be far more accepting of change in parties in the next election, thus the Republicans would be wise to elect a very staunch Conservative and Paul Ryan would be a great choice. There will probably never be a better chance at cutting government. We don't need another Romney or Bush who pretends to run as a conservative and really grows government.
3. There is an expediting death of moderates in both parties, this has some good and bad. Bad is that some of it is largely coming from redistricting gerrymandering and it results in more hate and division. But good is that it helps people more clearly define where policies are coming from - few things made me more crazy than seeing moderate Repubs join with Dems in voting for certain spending and then having the whole Republican party take the blame.
4. The Dems should be most proud under Obama of closing out the Iraq occupation, but why not use that as justification for making some military spending reductions as was done in the 90's? Why the focus on tax increases?
5. The most ironic thing I have seen in my generation is young people advocating for a president, party and philosophy that will and has yielded staggering debt that, in all honesty, THEY will be the ones paying for and seeing this as change, hope or whatever other positive emotion they think is happening.
6. Democrats should really stop using fear; whether over abortion, race, immigration or education to try and get the votes of women, blacks, hispanics and young people. Is it not enough their party goes into elections with the advantage of tens of millions of votes from people who are dependent on government for handouts and know who to vote to sustain/increase them?
7. Republicans like birthers, Libya obsessors and others who denigrate the president with either lies or wild beliefs are hurting their party far more than any slanderous leftwinger could do. Knock that shit off, there's far more than enough real things to criticize Obama and the liberal Dems in power of than having to resort to conspiracy bullshit that most could care less about.
8. I find it fascinating and expected that the Green movement is largely moving in turn with the economy and how people are doing. It is really a movement based on sacrifice and it's nothing new in human history that material sacrifice is more done in good times than bad.
Largely unnoticed was that the US with increasing oil development is on its way to energy independence and being a much larger producer of oil.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/12/us-biggest-oil-producer
Why do we continue to listen to the left over false warnings about oil running out?
9. Too many people are not seeing governments role in terms of limitations, either explicitly by legal means or implicity by numbers and facing reality, they are seeing it more in terms of government continually taking care of people, but there is no limit to that kind of thinking...
10. I swear if all I hear is a few "Welcome Back!"'s and then this thread dies, then why the fuck am I wasting my time here, I came here for the above not to check in.
1. The recovery is unlikely to succeed, we have seen in Greece, Spain, Portugal and now France that high amounts of government spending and the debt that always goes along with it (despite higher taxes), eventually drain an economy and really a nation of money, talent and opportunity. There is no special reason why the same policies that the Democrats advocate would yield any different results here. If anything they would be excacerbated because America is so much more integrated in the world economy and people/companies are more mobile here.
2. Because of this, people will be far more accepting of change in parties in the next election, thus the Republicans would be wise to elect a very staunch Conservative and Paul Ryan would be a great choice. There will probably never be a better chance at cutting government. We don't need another Romney or Bush who pretends to run as a conservative and really grows government.
3. There is an expediting death of moderates in both parties, this has some good and bad. Bad is that some of it is largely coming from redistricting gerrymandering and it results in more hate and division. But good is that it helps people more clearly define where policies are coming from - few things made me more crazy than seeing moderate Repubs join with Dems in voting for certain spending and then having the whole Republican party take the blame.
4. The Dems should be most proud under Obama of closing out the Iraq occupation, but why not use that as justification for making some military spending reductions as was done in the 90's? Why the focus on tax increases?
5. The most ironic thing I have seen in my generation is young people advocating for a president, party and philosophy that will and has yielded staggering debt that, in all honesty, THEY will be the ones paying for and seeing this as change, hope or whatever other positive emotion they think is happening.
6. Democrats should really stop using fear; whether over abortion, race, immigration or education to try and get the votes of women, blacks, hispanics and young people. Is it not enough their party goes into elections with the advantage of tens of millions of votes from people who are dependent on government for handouts and know who to vote to sustain/increase them?
7. Republicans like birthers, Libya obsessors and others who denigrate the president with either lies or wild beliefs are hurting their party far more than any slanderous leftwinger could do. Knock that shit off, there's far more than enough real things to criticize Obama and the liberal Dems in power of than having to resort to conspiracy bullshit that most could care less about.
8. I find it fascinating and expected that the Green movement is largely moving in turn with the economy and how people are doing. It is really a movement based on sacrifice and it's nothing new in human history that material sacrifice is more done in good times than bad.
Largely unnoticed was that the US with increasing oil development is on its way to energy independence and being a much larger producer of oil.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/12/us-biggest-oil-producer
Why do we continue to listen to the left over false warnings about oil running out?
9. Too many people are not seeing governments role in terms of limitations, either explicitly by legal means or implicity by numbers and facing reality, they are seeing it more in terms of government continually taking care of people, but there is no limit to that kind of thinking...
10. I swear if all I hear is a few "Welcome Back!"'s and then this thread dies, then why the fuck am I wasting my time here, I came here for the above not to check in.
