First Entry at “Homeland Stupidity”
Michael Hampton over at Homeland Stupidity asked if I would like to become a contributor to the site, which focuses on government stupidity with an emphasis on individual freedom. The government’s stupidity and malice have become too massive for one man to document. I’m happy to help keep the magnifying glass focused.
My first article, “Why I cannot continue to vote for Republicans as the lesser of two evils” is now up.
An excerpt:
On paper, Republicans are easily more favorable than Democrats to a libertarian-minded person such as myself. On paper, they support lower taxes, less socialism, limited government, a rigid interpretation of the Constitution, property rights, parental rights and gun rights. In practice, they do little to permanently relieve the tax burden, they support wealth redistribution in a variety of forms, they’ve bloated the government to an unprecedented degree, they’ve made a mockery of Amendments One, Four, Six, Eight and Ten, they’ve been slow and inadequate in their response to the Supreme Court’s eminent domain decision. That leaves parental rights and gun rights. So if all you want to do is to teach your kid that God created the world in seven 24-hour periods or shoot empty beer cans for fun, the Republican Party has your back. Otherwise, it’s time to wake up and realize you’ve been duped.
If you see something (stupid), say something.
[...] Like Mark Jaquith, I was asked if I would like to become a contributor to Homeland Stupidity a little over a week ago. Last night I was asked to pen a post regarding Memorial Day and my feelings regarding its commercialization. [...]
Yeah I agree, stupidness is everywhere these days…
[...] The Department of Homeland Stupidity is a site I just discovered a couple of days ago. Most of it good, some of it a little off–like their running debunked stories being recycled by Rolling Stone. Anyway, more interestingly, by coincidence I ran accross a web developers blog who mentioned the Tempus Fugit Blog who has a post [now we are getting to it] about his first post to The Dept. of Homeland Stupidity. And in his excerpt of his own post, he is spot on: On paper, Republicans are easily more favorable than Democrats to a libertarian-minded person such as myself. On paper, they support lower taxes, less socialism, limited government, a rigid interpretation of the Constitution, property rights, parental rights and gun rights. In practice, they do little to permanently relieve the tax burden, they support wealth redistribution in a variety of forms, they’ve bloated the government to an unprecedented degree, they’ve made a mockery of Amendments One, Four, Six, Eight and Ten, they’ve been slow and inadequate in their response to the Supreme Court’s eminent domain decision. That leaves parental rights and gun rights. So if all you want to do is to teach your kid that God created the world in seven 24-hour periods or shoot empty beer cans for fun, the Republican Party has your back. Otherwise, it’s time to wake up and realize you’ve been duped. [...]
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As a disaffected Republican and newly minted libertarian-ish type (actually, it’s been a gradual change over the last 15 or so years), I must say that you’ve absolutely hit the nail on the head. Good work and I’ll be bookmarking Homeland Stupidity, too!
Haven’t voted for 44 eligible years, and now I don’t get an upset stomach until congress is back in session.
My advice to others is believe all those negative ads and never vote for any evil (i.e. lesser, more, or just the same).