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Regardless, that is why I'm a libertarian as opposed to a Libertarian. I worked for Harry Brown and Bob Barr (an old friend from his congressional years) and many very conservative Republicans, but I'm a Jeffersonian at heart (in America's first act of war we took on the Muslim Barbary Pirates). I believe in individualism, capitalism, property rights, religious freedom, etc, and I also think we should bomb the hell out of anyone who threatens us. I wouldn't put a single boot on the ground in some backwater muslim country.... I'd nuke them. You threaten us, you attack us, we nuke you! I wouldn't make a whole country pay for its leadership - I'd specifically target their president, parliament, etc and just nuke the capitol city. I guarantee it wouldn't happen twice! It really pisses me off that AMerica can no longer fight a war without the left undermining out own troops after a month or two. But, that is the case, so that leaves two options - slowly decay as a world power and accept the consequences or use out nuclear weapons.... be England in the 70s-preasant or AMerica in the 40's and 50s.
Meanwhile, we have to clean house - get rid of the freakin Obama phones! For 20 years+ kids have graduated high school functionally illiterate and incapable of basic math. Everyone "deserves a college education", so they go into remedial programs in college... funded by grants and tax-payer subsidized loans. Over the past 10 years I've lost most of my family due to simple "mistakes" in hospitals caused by people who never learned to reason or think in a linear fashion. Hell, if 1+1 doesn't have to equal 2, then why not give a patient two medications that are contra-indicated and cause their death? There are no consequences. The dollar is being devalued. Everyone has the new gadgets. We're driving off a cliff and taking the whole damn world with us. GRRRR
So, now we have to choose between the National Socialist, Obama and the Mormon (not even monotheistic) moderate Romney. The Libertarian party gives us a guy (or two, since the official nominee isn't the guy most are voting for) who doesn't seem to notice the gun pointing our heads - which is a primitive, radical, pre-enlightenment Islam that has vowed to bathe the world in blood to bring about the coming of the 12th Imam and the end of the world. So, I guess I'm pulling for ROmney and hoping he doesn't do a damn thing but repeal Obama-care, put another decent Catholic judge or two on the Supreme Court, manage the economy and defense and pass the torch on. But, I doubt that will help. As far as I'm concerned, the death of AMerica began about 1850. A few good guys tried to pull the fat out of the fire - Goldwater, Reagan Buckley, Buchanan - but it is pretty much over. Now all we can do is manage the decline.... and keep an eye on the door if there is anywhere to go.