Now, the did this by disrespecting the Constitution which does not give the government the power to do such things.

Why is it so hard to get people to understand that I do not want the government to “help” me. I don’t want them to tell me how to raise my kids. I don’t want them to touch my guns. I don’t want them to take my money and use it in ways I don’t agree with. I don’t want them to give me anything either.

Can’t we just collectively tell the government to “LEAVE US ALONE”?

I hope you are both aware that “spreading the wealth around” and “disrespecting the constitution” are not aspects of socialist ideology. If either candidate wanted to begin nationalizing all private organizations and businesses, THEN they would be socialist.
Wealth redistribution is a progressive and liberal cause, rooted heavily in social ideology, not in socialist economics

Both of the major party candidates spat on our Constitution when they enacted that monstrosity of Pork known as the Failout.

Article I Section 7 states:
All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

The House REJECTED that particular Bill of Revenue. So, the Senate showed them utter disrespect by taking a previously passed Bill (only about 4 pages long) and “amended” it by striking everything after the enacting paragraph and putting in over 450 pages of pork. It was a totally new Bill in all but name (actually, they changed the name too).

I refuse to vote for EITHER of those socialists or any other Congressman that voted for the Failout.

I would recommend that the Conservatives among you vote for Chuck Baldwin (write-in here in Texas) and the more liberally-minded vote for Bob Barr.

Oh, and in case it matters, I’m actually an elected Republican official as well in case that matters to anyone.

The confederate flag means different things to different people, but because it was the accepted symbol of segregationists for decades it’s entirely fair for the majority of people to associate it with racism.

There was a story last year about an Indian man who painted a symbol that resembled a swastika on his roof—in his culture it was a positive symbol. If you display a symbol publicly you have to be aware of what it means to the larger culture, not just yourself.

I’m happy you guys don’t see the flag as a racist symbol, but it’s naive to maintain that others are wrong to perceive it differently.

The Civil War was a War of States Rights against an oppressive central government. It really had very little to do with slavery. The slavery issue was brought up when Lincoln couldn’t get enough people in the North to join up to fight. It was a piece of propaganda to demonize the enemy (hmm…where have we seen that lately?).

I am in NO WAY justifying the evil of slavery, just trying to get people to understand that there are two sides to every story and most Americans have only heard the winner’s side. Dig a little and teach yourself.

Oh, you mean because YOU view the confederate flag in the background as some kind of racist symbol when there’s tons of people who don’t?