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Don't vote for 'the lesser of 2 evils'
Josey1
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Don't get fooled again
Posted: August 22, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern
c 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
I've been advocating voters refuse to support any candidate for office who does not acknowledge the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and the principles of self-governance America established in the War of Independence.
This is often tough to do because the two major parties have such blatant disregard for the concept of limited government.
The last mayoral election in New York City is a textbook example of what I mean.
People who want government off their backs may have cheered when Michael Bloomberg was elected over his opponent, Mark Green. Bloomberg was, after all, "a Republican," who ran to the right of Green.
Yet, it turns out, Bloomberg was actually a lifelong Democrat who merely switched parties to avoid a crowded and difficult primary race.
And, since taking over Gracie Mansion, Bloomberg has revealed his true political stripes.
Recently, he unveiled a sweeping anti-tobacco bill that would ban all smoking for the first time in bars, restaurants, bingo parlors, bowling alleys, even private offices.
Now there are many anti-smoking zealots out there who are probably cheering this draconian plan. But it is 100 percent anti-freedom, anti-choice and a serious blow to private property rights and the free market in the nation's largest city.
If government has the authority to ban smoking in private offices or in privately owned bars or restaurants, then it has the authority to ban smoking in private homes. There is no difference. It's tyranny, pure and simple. In fact, in making the announcement, Bloomberg hinted about where this anti-smoking crusade might ultimately lead.
"In your own home you have a right to behave as you want, although it's not hard to see some day, some child suing their parents if the child comes down with cancer," he said. "That's probably going to happen."
And, you can bet, the day it happens, Bloomberg and his government-knows-best cronies will be there with a new ordinance banning smoking in private homes.
No one is forced to be a patron of an establishment where smoking is tolerated. No one. That's the beauty of the free-market system. It allows us to make individual choices. Top-down, command-and-control governance creates a one-size-fits-all system that removes choice, removes freedom.
I don't care if it's the most popular legislation ever written in New York. It is beyond the scope of government's authority to tell private property owners what they can and can't do with their establishments.
On the heels of that announcement, Bloomberg said he would support a bill by the City Council to recognize homosexual marriages in New York - making it the only city in America to change the definition of marriage in this odious and insidious way.
In other words, this man is a maniac. He is not only unfit to be mayor of the nation's largest city, he is unfit to be dogcatcher in the nation's smallest city. Yet, he wins because voters participate in this perennial ritual of supporting the perceived lesser of two evils.
As I am fond of saying, the lesser of two evils is still evil. Americans must stop this practice if they have any hope of retaining the basic character of American self-governance. It may be too late already.
But, for those reading these words, take this advice to heart in this election year. It's time to say "No." It's time to resist. It's time to boycott an election fraud that gives us no choice. It's time to raise the standards of political debate in this country. It's time to demand better choices. If that means not voting, so be it. If that means voting for a candidate who has little chance of winning, so be it. If that's the price of a clear conscience, it's hardly a price at all. And, I believe, non-participation in an evil system may be the only action that can help us take America back.
Not voting for a Democrat or a Republican is not a sin. In many cases, it is a moral obligation. It's the best way to create new political competition. It's the best way to restore our choices. It may be the only way to restore our freedom.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28688
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Posted: August 22, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern
c 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
I've been advocating voters refuse to support any candidate for office who does not acknowledge the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and the principles of self-governance America established in the War of Independence.
This is often tough to do because the two major parties have such blatant disregard for the concept of limited government.
The last mayoral election in New York City is a textbook example of what I mean.
People who want government off their backs may have cheered when Michael Bloomberg was elected over his opponent, Mark Green. Bloomberg was, after all, "a Republican," who ran to the right of Green.
Yet, it turns out, Bloomberg was actually a lifelong Democrat who merely switched parties to avoid a crowded and difficult primary race.
And, since taking over Gracie Mansion, Bloomberg has revealed his true political stripes.
Recently, he unveiled a sweeping anti-tobacco bill that would ban all smoking for the first time in bars, restaurants, bingo parlors, bowling alleys, even private offices.
Now there are many anti-smoking zealots out there who are probably cheering this draconian plan. But it is 100 percent anti-freedom, anti-choice and a serious blow to private property rights and the free market in the nation's largest city.
If government has the authority to ban smoking in private offices or in privately owned bars or restaurants, then it has the authority to ban smoking in private homes. There is no difference. It's tyranny, pure and simple. In fact, in making the announcement, Bloomberg hinted about where this anti-smoking crusade might ultimately lead.
"In your own home you have a right to behave as you want, although it's not hard to see some day, some child suing their parents if the child comes down with cancer," he said. "That's probably going to happen."
And, you can bet, the day it happens, Bloomberg and his government-knows-best cronies will be there with a new ordinance banning smoking in private homes.
No one is forced to be a patron of an establishment where smoking is tolerated. No one. That's the beauty of the free-market system. It allows us to make individual choices. Top-down, command-and-control governance creates a one-size-fits-all system that removes choice, removes freedom.
I don't care if it's the most popular legislation ever written in New York. It is beyond the scope of government's authority to tell private property owners what they can and can't do with their establishments.
On the heels of that announcement, Bloomberg said he would support a bill by the City Council to recognize homosexual marriages in New York - making it the only city in America to change the definition of marriage in this odious and insidious way.
In other words, this man is a maniac. He is not only unfit to be mayor of the nation's largest city, he is unfit to be dogcatcher in the nation's smallest city. Yet, he wins because voters participate in this perennial ritual of supporting the perceived lesser of two evils.
As I am fond of saying, the lesser of two evils is still evil. Americans must stop this practice if they have any hope of retaining the basic character of American self-governance. It may be too late already.
But, for those reading these words, take this advice to heart in this election year. It's time to say "No." It's time to resist. It's time to boycott an election fraud that gives us no choice. It's time to raise the standards of political debate in this country. It's time to demand better choices. If that means not voting, so be it. If that means voting for a candidate who has little chance of winning, so be it. If that's the price of a clear conscience, it's hardly a price at all. And, I believe, non-participation in an evil system may be the only action that can help us take America back.
Not voting for a Democrat or a Republican is not a sin. In many cases, it is a moral obligation. It's the best way to create new political competition. It's the best way to restore our choices. It may be the only way to restore our freedom.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28688
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
As far as the cigarettes go-I was in Europe last week. I brought a carton of butts with me, 'cause the last time I was there, they cost so much money in European countries.
This time, they were actually about a $1.50 less than here in PA, which incidentally, is one of the cheaper states you can buy cigarettes.Does anyone realize how ridiculous it is, that I would be paying more for a US product in Europe.
This is all due to the ridiculous taxes the states are imposing on cigarette smokers. Im sure most would say "well thats great", but in reality, state legislature raise cigarette taxes whenever they face a deficit, or whenever they want to afford more intrusive government programs. They count on the fact that the only ones who would be irate with these taxes, are smokers. But what non smokers fail to realize, is that the governments are not living within their means, and are using the tax to make up the diference. The role of government will continue to expand, and whenever government needs cash, rather than raising "taxes for all"(they wont do that, 'cause they will feel the wrath of the electorate on election day)they just focus on taxing a small group. This isolated tax scheme is great for politicians, 'cause they will not feel the wrath on election day, and it will allow them to continue spending recklessly.
Unfprtunately, most people figure they dont smoke, and therefore do not have a problem with this.
However, if some of you who shoot all of a sudden had to pay a gun or bullett tax, you would be up in arms. If that did happen, considering the fact that MOST people do not shoot, and most who do, might buy a box of shells every hunting season, you can count on the fact that society as awhole WOULD NOT OBJECT.
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