Ur right Greg, but thanks to fascist like you who can't read anything the gov wants to do you guys support under the commerce clause.
Oh really?
Why do you guys think I support the government position all the time?
Is it because I bring a bit of reality to some of these posts where the OPs are bringing nothing but BS to the forum and other like minded people jump in there and they all act incredulous when someone brings an opposing point of view - I think they can't see the forest for the trees.
The one thing that bothers me when people are b*thcing about their freedoms or how the government is taking their freedoms away but don't offer any frikn' solutions. A number of people miss the history of our country and think that we have been so d*mn free that we are now seeing an encroachment of our freedoms for the first time - hate to break the news to you all but between 1913 and 1920, we had a lot less freedoms and the Wilson administration did more damage to our constitution than any president before and since.
I will explain again what I stand for - liberty and freedom. It sounds odd for you to read that after calling me a fascist but I don't believe in the conservatives version of liberty and Freedom, and surely don't believe in the liberal version but I understand two important things - that there is no real difference between those two versions and many who claim to be liberal and conservative actually fall into the group I am in because they see and experience the same things I do.
Being fascist isn't what people think, I can count a bunch of liberals who fall into that category but I also can see a large number of public conservatives slanting toward the ideology. McCain is one, Bush is another in a few regards, Obama as much as he is a Marxist he too has implemented fascist ideas (auto company bailout anyone?) and Hillary who is the closest thing we have to one in government.
What is being a fascist is having a government take over a company and make millions for those freinds who are in power that took the company over. Case in Point is GM and the millions the goldman people made while other goldman people were involved in the administration to make sure that it goes their way. People in congress think the same way, the very ones who are claiming to be conservatives.
Me?
I truly believe in small government, not the "small" government that conservatives want or Reagan preached but one that is actually small. I believe in our national defense when it is national defense and I believe that we should be able to regulate firearms but only when it comes to felons AND NO ONE ELSE. I have no problem with a 16 year old going to Walmart and buying a shot gun for hunting or allowing someone to buy a gun out of Shotgun News without a dealer's license.
I believe that Kelo vs. New London was the biggest threat to our freedoms, not just property ownership but other things that have a fallout because of it and am critical of those who preach Reagan conservatism but do not want to do a thing about fixing Kelo - a very big issue for me. Along with that, I believe in absolute property rights, without interference from city, state or federal governments - which including building permits, permission to build and environmental controls.
Unlike real fascist, I don't believe in government help for things that can be done by the people. Helping others get back on their feet is not a fascist quality, to be exact the rugged individual stuff I keep hearing from a lot of conservatives can't be true because many who preach it seem to not want to get involved helping others out at the same time seem to justify government programs to help out those out.
I believe that we work in an regulated industry that is a constitutional mandate from us, the people to regulate interstate commerce. THIS includes issues like HOS and drug testing but also includes California not having the right to refuse my truck entry into their state to conduct interstate commerce, the reason for the commerce clause. I realized that there is a two fold problem, if you want freedom to run your truck outside of you state, someone has to make sure you can run your truck outside your state and it isn't your state.
Speaking of the commerce clause, here is my take - there have been abuses that have taken place using it, but those abuses can be changed only if we want to fight to change them, which really means we need to clean our house every once in a while. I would like to have people more involved with a common cause than to see them just b^tch about issues. I would like to see them engage their representative, even in mass, to get things done so if you think I'm a fascist, I guess that's being a fascist is all about.
Oh ... and no I am not consistent for a reason.
