Dear Universe: When I said I didn't want to be bored, this was NOT what I meant.

[lagilman]

Working, working, and working. Juggling half a dozen things, some of which have sharp edges and some of which are slippery. Operation Whoosh continues, and I'm proud that I'm able to laugh rather than shriek as things go sideways and are dragged back onto track...

Meanwhile, can someone with Republican ties explain to me how the party that was once all about States Rights over a centralized federal government is now telling the states that no, they May Not enact stricter laws about emissions within their own borders than the Federal agencies are willing to authorize?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?

(and let's not even get into the bullshit the candidates are pulling this week. Although I do like the backtracking Mitt's having to do. Mitt, honey, I'm pretty sure lying is considered a no-no, and lying about your daddy, even to make him seem more significant, is pretty much counter to "honor thy father and mother....")

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[davidlevine]

And while they're at it, can they explain why the party that tried to eliminate the filibuster just a few years ago has just used the filibuster more in one year than any previous congress has done in two?

[slimequeen.livejournal.com]

Heck, I'm a Republican and I am appalled at what the party is doing. The Patriot Act gives me nightmares. *shudders* I'm turning more into an Independent by the day (and by the hour, sometimes).

[neadods.livejournal.com]

can someone with Republican ties explain to me how the party that was once all about States Rights over a centralized federal government is now telling the states that no, they May Not enact stricter laws about emissions within their own borders than the Federal agencies are willing to authorize?

You don't need to be a Republican to see why, you just have to look at who funds the Republican party. Letting states set stricter rights is bad for Big Bidness on account of it will make them spend money to change things (bad) or see part of their market share go to Someone Else (worse). This is exactly the same reasoning as the Gov't blocking plans of an independent cattle ranch to both test all their stock for mad cow and advertise that they did so - because if one ranch did it, then everyone would have to, and Big Bidness isn't about actually providing better services, it's about bringing in the bucks. And yes, that's happened too, it just hasn't been discussed as much.

Am I the only one who remembers that one of the very first things Bush did in office was fuss that there were too many rules and regulations regarding arsenic in the water?

[lagilman]

You don't need to be a Republican to see why

Oh, this isn't about seeing, it's about acknowledging. Democrats, liberals and Socialists can all say what they want from their own POV, but a Rebublican has to own the party, and take responsibility for what is done in their name, under their banner.

(just as Democrats and liberals and Socialists must, too, but they're not the Party of the President, even nominally, right now)

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

>Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?

Oh, it's quite simple if you understand that the Neocons are not actually "conservatives."

The small-government, balanced-budget, mind-your-own-business conservatives that actually want to conserve bailed out long ago.

Like me.

[lagilman]

Believe me, I know about the difference between a neocon and a Republican. I just want to know why the Republicans have allowed the neocons to continue using the party's name.

Agendas shift -- the Republicans were once the party of Lincoln, after all. But why people who claimed to hold Republican ideals are still sharing a platform with people who are shitting over those ideals...that hasn't been explained to me yet.

(and you say you "bailed out" -- and went where and did what? Not an attack, just an honest question. Where is the new fiscally conservative, states-rightist, hands-off-citizens' private lives political movement going/coming from?)

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Right now, that space seems to be a vacuum. Nature abhors a vacuum. But I don't see it being taken by, say, Hillary or Obama...

Me, I'm officially "un-enrolled" on the voting list. No party affiliation, as the only nonDem/nonRep choice is "Green Independent", and as far as I can see, Ralph Nader is the guy who got Junior elected the first time.

[kradical.livejournal.com]

Pfft. He wasn't elected the first time, he was appointed, and a lot more blame belongs to Al Gore (for running a shit campaign) and the Supreme Court (who just bypassed the process) than Nader.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

*Where is the new fiscally conservative, states-rightist, hands-off-citizens' private lives political movement going/coming from?*

Ron Paul? Liberterians?