Comment Re:I'm gonna get flamed, but... (Score 1) 88
As a Texan, I can speak to Gov. Bush's record on personal liberties. He backed the right of individuals to own guns, the right to carry a concealed weapon (which has helped reduce violent crime by over 25%), land use rights, and on and on. He has supported smaller, less intrusive government, and a hand UP -- not handouts.
Shall we observe the record of Clinton (and other Liberals) in the same vein? Babbit (Interior) has fought to deny people the right to use their land. [cases on point: Texas ranchers prohibited from use of their own grazing land, 80 yr old woman prevented from building a house on her land (which the government has "agreed to buy", but has no funds -- effectively taking her land without compensation!)]. Clinton and Gore demand that we give keys to any encryption to the government. Clinton wants our medical records. And a hundred or so more invasions of privacy and tramplings on civil liberties.
The problem is that Liberals truly BELIEVE that they are so amart that they can create a utopia -- but they are actually so naive that they cannot see that the things they seek to take away are more valuable than the "security" they wish us to believe they are giving! Conservatives, like Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, believe that the BEST government is the LEAST government. It is true in EVERY government of EVERY form that government does NOTHING well!
It is possible to help people UP only by treating them with respect while building them up. When you demean people by doing for them what they could (and should) do for themselves, you only tear them down and take away their dignity.
Shall we observe the record of Clinton (and other Liberals) in the same vein? Babbit (Interior) has fought to deny people the right to use their land. [cases on point: Texas ranchers prohibited from use of their own grazing land, 80 yr old woman prevented from building a house on her land (which the government has "agreed to buy", but has no funds -- effectively taking her land without compensation!)]. Clinton and Gore demand that we give keys to any encryption to the government. Clinton wants our medical records. And a hundred or so more invasions of privacy and tramplings on civil liberties.
The problem is that Liberals truly BELIEVE that they are so amart that they can create a utopia -- but they are actually so naive that they cannot see that the things they seek to take away are more valuable than the "security" they wish us to believe they are giving! Conservatives, like Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, believe that the BEST government is the LEAST government. It is true in EVERY government of EVERY form that government does NOTHING well!
It is possible to help people UP only by treating them with respect while building them up. When you demean people by doing for them what they could (and should) do for themselves, you only tear them down and take away their dignity.
