Thoughts on Today's Political Landscape

[tslust]

Originally Posted by paladin68

Yes, it appears that the 10th amendment is being ignored, especially by the current administration.

Between the recently passed (I'm not sure if it's been signed into law yet.) National Deffence Authorization Act and the upcoming Stop Online Piracy Act, there's not much of the Constitution left.

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by tslust

Between the recently passed (I'm not sure if it's been signed into law yet.) National Deffence Authorization Act and the upcoming Stop Online Piracy Act, there's not much of the Constitution left.

Yeah, well America had a pretty good run didn't she?

[tslust]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Yeah, well America had a pretty good run didn't she?

A study of history shows that no power (nation) stays on top of the world forever. World power will always balance out, usually at the great misfortune of the former "superpower". We [the US] are not the exception to this rule.

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by tslust

A study of history shows that no power (nation) stays on top of the world forever. World power will always balance out, usually at the great misfortune of the former "superpower". We [the US] are not the exception to this rule.

The sad thing is that there's no reason America can't continue its status. Apathy is our only downfall. Just plain old laziness.

[tslust]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Apathy is our only downfall. Just plain old laziness.

That's the biggest reason for the fall of the Roman Empire. The people stopped caring. They didn't care about the political corruption, they didn't care about their declining economy, they didn't care about illegal immigration (yes, it was a problem back then too), they didn't care about maintaining the army, they didn't care about the rule of law.

It's amazing how little people learn from history.

[TracyCoxx]

We all know how great Obama is, but did you ever realize he was THIS GOOD?

If the Republicans pick Ron Paul as their candidate (which I strongly doubt), I'm switching parties. "Insane" foreign policy, my ass—his is the most rational I've ever heard of! As for his economic views, well...regulation or not, there seems to be negligible difference. The federal government might as well itself be a Fortune 500 corporation. And as much as I'm for states' rights, I worry that it might merely result in state governments intruding on liberties instead of the federal.
I dunno, though...I smell hypocrisy on him somewhere. That's how things work on Capitol Hill. Even if he's as honest as he seems, as President, he'd be hard-pressed to get things done with Congress and the S.C. jerking him around and the media smearing him. We'd have to follow up by voting more independents into the other two branches when the midterms come 'round, and there aren't many. Cleaning house just isn't that simple. The bastards could impeach him on some trumped-up charges if they had to, but it'd be easier to just tie his hands. The greedheads aren't gonna let one guy upset the applecart, no matter how many people support him.