Waiting for the death threats!

[dariusiii]

All right chillins I guess its time for a bit of the old daristic wisdom. Let me first point out something I am not a republican, that sounds important so I will repeat it “I AM NOT A REPUBLICAN” I am in fact a libertarian and am registered as such. And everything written here is my own thought process and not what my party wishes me to think,

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[hly_drgn_swrd]

Very well said, really. ^^

Although the Government cannot stop you from following your religion, it also cannot force a religion upon the people. Thus, the Constitutional Ban on Gay Marriage cannot happen, since it forces A religious belief upon the people, not to mention discriminates.

Separation of Church and State, you know.

The slippery slope

[dariusiii]

While I must first applaud you for simply stating your point and not engaging in name calling and the like I must say that i disagree with your assumption for a few reasons. these reasons i state now

[dropdeadgothic]

O.k., for not being a Republican, you seem to hold up their end of the argument pretty well. Now playing devil's advocate(no offense to the devil intended)...I think it is far from simple, and "just being a market correction". The Republican party is no longer the party of fiscal responsibility, but instead, subscribe to a borrow and spend philosophy. If I spend MORE than I take in(taxes) where do I get the money to continue financing services, and wars, etc? I BORROW, or I raise taxes. If I borrow, I'm paying someone good interest to use their money AND they would necessarily have a voice in policy as it affects the recouping of said moneys. If I tax and spend, I live somewhat better within my means. I spend my check, and put a little on the credit card(Dems). If I blow my whole check at the beginning of the month, and put everything else on the credit card, I'm pretty well fucked.(Republicans) If I refuse to raise taxes, but instead give out tax refunds in the midst of record borrowing and spending = recipe for disaster. It is kinda

[dariusiii]

In order to properly respond to your comment I would first need to know a few things about you.

1)Do you own a house or parcel of land
2)Do you own a profitable business
3)Do you make more than $60,000 a year
4)Do you have a profitable investment portfolio

[dropdeadgothic]

yes,no,yes,yes

A good point but...

[dariusiii]

The Democratic Philosophy of tax and spend is a dead end, self fulfilling prophecy. You raise taxes on those who are working and making money and give to those who are not. While the money you make in tax revenue does go back into the economy (those who collect it rarely save), the people who are carrying the new tax burden, in general, tighten their belts and spend less. Since you have effectively cut their discretionary income, they cease to buy the products that make the economy run, i.e., they postpone or cancel purchases on big ticket items like cars and, you slow the housing industry as what was an affordable mortgage is no longer one. As the indicators that drive investment, new home sales, consumer confidence, etc., fall, investors shift their money to safer investments. This cripples new business and even hurts established ones, as the money for upgrades and or expansion, cease to be available

[dropdeadgothic]

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

I agree

[dariusiii]

I have no problem with everyone one being able to pray in their own ways. I say start each day with five mins for prayer, self-reflection, ritual sacrifce, you know the whole nine. What I do have a problem with is the fact that the democrats have adapted a national religon. That is a religon of secularism. I exclude no one in my ideals of freedom of religion. They however exclude everyone who belives in anything. Once again I am not saying that ever democrat takes this postion but that has been the partty's platform for many years.

Re: I agree

[rev_hicks]

"I say start each day with five mins for prayer, self-reflection, ritual sacrifce, you know the whole nine"

I know you were being sarcastic about the whole ritual sacrifice thing, but i know a guy who got expelled from school for sacrificing a chicken in the lunchroom. Pretty extreme, i know, but thats the kind of can of worms you get when you combine religion with goverment. Coming from a rural part of georgia, i can say pretty effectively that if there was prayer in schools it would do alot to harm secular and non christian people. It would not be hard for me to imagine the idea of admenstrative punishments for people refusing to take part in prayer, and it would serve to marginalize these people in one of the most important endevors in there life, education. I say, let schools teach, save religion for church.

[dropdeadgothic]

Addressing point number 2

[ollenj]

wow... I thought I was the ONLY libertarian in Mississippi... but then again, I ma a transplant from Ca. (I managed to make it over the wall during the Jerry Brown Admin.)