An important observation from revolutionary writer Thomas Paine that is timeless and timely by Billy Joe
(libertarian)
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Feeling your Paine
Tom Paine's timeless observation
"Some writers have so confounded society with government as to leave little or no distiction between them." -from COMMON SENSE
Think about it. You may have even made this mistake yourself. After watching rising star Mike Huckabee in the ABC republican debate, I realized that he has no political ideology at all and his conservativism is limited to creationism and fundemantalist Christianity. He seemed the least intelligent candidate which might explain his popularity with the great unwashed masses. He is on the top of the bell curve. Think about it.
Is a Candidate an anti-Semite because he favors voluntary, personal aid to Israel (or whoever) over involuntary (tax-funded) state aid?
Is a person inherently racist for favoring a policy of free association over forced segragation or desegragation?
Is a person who opposes public schools as a wasteful monopoly anti-education?
Is opposing selective service being soft on defense?
Is the belief in the presumption of innocence, due process, and equality before the law being "soft on crime"?
Is it really heartless to prefer charity to forced wealth redistribution?
Are you anti-healthcare if you think the market provides better treatment options and quality than V.A. hospitals?
Is it ALWAYS unpatriotic to criticize government policies?
Did you like this article? If you did, Thumb It! 2
thumbs so far
The views expressed
in this article are those of Billy Joe only and
do not represent the views of Nolan Chart, LLC or its affiliates.
Billy Joe is solely responsible for the contents
of this article and is not an employee or otherwise affiliated
with Nolan Chart, LLC in his/her role as a columnist.
Want to comment on
this article? Leave your comment
here. Your email address is required to track your
comment. However, we will neither publish your email
address nor distribute it to other organizations or
persons. The only reason we might use it would be if
we needed to contact you regarding your comment. All
comments are subject to our
terms of use policy.
