Tag Archives: Tea Party

The problem with Libertarians

Posted on April 12, 2011 by captainchaos104

 This article was emailed to me but I wasn’t able to find a source for it. I do like the way it articulates the arguments against all de-regulation. People like Ron and Rand Paul would have you believe that all government … Continue reading →

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Ah yes, the Good, Old Days

Posted on April 2, 2011 by captainchaos104

I just watched a documentary about the history of the Ku Klux Klan on the History Channel (see excerpts here). Like many people, I knew a little about the KKK on an abstract level but didn’t realize how old the KKK … Continue reading →

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Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Posted on March 22, 2011 by captainchaos104

I recently received two emails that started me thinking about how our federal government works. One was a modified version of an old Orlando Sentinel article by Charley Reese about how 545 people are responsible for the whole federal government. The other email was a short … Continue reading →

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Deport Everyone! (Except the People Helping Me…)

Posted on March 4, 2011 by captainchaos104

Just when I think I am starting to understand the conservative argument, they do something so bizarre it feels like my head is going to explode. In the frantic competition to see which conservative state is the strongest proponent of … Continue reading →

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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

Posted on February 24, 2011 by captainchaos104

The quote “I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman … Continue reading →

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Tea Party is Anti-War…Who would have thunk it…?

Posted on February 20, 2011 by captainchaos104

A friend of mine just sent me the article, Tea Party Voters Worry About Afghan War Price Tag from anitwar.com written by the Afghanistan Study Group which the web site says is a bipartisan ad hoc group of public policy … Continue reading →

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