Sometimes, some of the better thoughts this ordinary schlub might have is "off the blog" and it is worthwhile to post some of them here. Sometimes, it shows a reasonable line of thought, and sometimes, it is a stubbornness to not let something go to waste (after all, if I’m writing THERE, I’m not writing HERE). Thus, as an engineer, I like "double-purposed".
The comment from someone I respect greatly, who is supporting Dr. Ron Paul:
I will never vote for Obama. But I will also never vote for Romney.
Of course there was much more. And my response (slightly edited) was:
And then the realpolitik of numbers comes into play – in which numbers are apolitical. It simply comes down to numbers and this is the hardest part of the argument that I have had to come to terms with (since becoming politically involved). We ALL hate the idea of having to "vote for the least worst" and in this example, it would be Romney over Obama. Except, the commenter would not vote for Romney.
LIKE IT OR NOT, an "absent" vote is the ballot version of "silence is complicity" (that…
I had written a while ago out of a frustration of Obama becoming the Imperial President that Richard Nixon was accused of, and of the seemingly walk down the path of The Rule of Law to the Rule of Man given the actions of the Executive Branch’s Departments and Agencies:
I do hope so. I have had great concerns as School Administrations have incrementally increased their reach and control far from the schools from years ago to the point where it seems that the Edu-Industrial Complex believes it is responsible for their students (vs Parents for their own children). Witness the growth of pre-school day-care, post-school day-care, breakfast / lunch / dinners provided 365/year, health clinics, abortions when needed, and daycare for the kids’ kids. With the advent of the Bullying laws, that reach was extended to any speech any where in real space and cyberspace.