Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Warning! BORING (old school) POLITICAL POST!
Maybe I should give a little background as to why I decided to post about this. Just so it doesn't seem COMPLETELY of the wall. (Why the hell is this crazy girl posting about Reagan's presidency, for f*ck's sake?) I was thinking about the political campaign and how the way I see things going doesn't seem to be the way America was meant to be. This is supposed to be a free country. As in "Free to make your own decisions". But how can it be free when you have one man in charge of the whole country who, if he had his way, would strip from women their right to choose what to do with their own bodies and award marriage only to those who are heterosexual. This country is supposed to be about fairness and equality and liberation and (most importantly) freedom, so how the hell did Bush get into office? (Other than cheating and/or his daddy getting him a job, that is.) Either way, Bush is a twat! And I thought it most fitting to use someone who was of the same political party to give him a little slap in the face. (I'm not dillusional enough to think that he would ever read this or if he did, that it would matter much one way or the other, but lets just pretend for a second that he is reading right now... (just cause it's fun) YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN AWAY MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH YET, F*CKER!) The bad thing is, the competition is starting to look less superior by the day, so I'm kind of worried about what's going to happen in November. I mean, ANYBODY BUT BUSH! no matter what, but... where are the options that we as Americans deserve?
Um...I got a little off track there. Anyway....
So without further ado, my post that I shall entitle: "A Few Things That Bush Should Know "
Sure, Reagonomics (Google search) totally screwed America by the time R.R. was done with his term(s), but the guy had some good stuff to say... occasionally. Just read them.
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1970
It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success -- only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, progressive, and free. Trust the people. This is the one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development. September 29, 1981
Government has an important role in helping develop a country's economic foundation. But the critical test is whether government is genuinely working to liberate individuals by creating incentives to work, save, invest, and succeed. October 30, 1981
Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid. Address to the New York City Partnership Association, January 14, 1982
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. Normandy, France, June 6, 1984
Government growing beyond our consent had become a lumbering giant, slamming shut the gates of opportunity, threatening to crush the very roots of our freedom. What brought America back? The American people brought us back -- with quiet courage and common sense; with undying faith that in this nation under God the future will be ours, for the future belongs to the free. State of the Union Address, February 4, 1986
Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things. It is the continuous revolution of the marketplace. It is the understanding that allows to recognize shortcomings and seek solutions. Address to students at Moscow State University, May 31, 1988
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. Attributed Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, "What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power." But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector. Address to the nation, October 27, 1964
Quotes found HERE. Though, I should say that I do NOT agree with most of the quotes on that page. He wasn't really all about the Democrats or the Liberals and he made that opinion very clear. Everyone that was not a Republican was just plain wrong. So let me ask you this... Doesn't that pretty much go against everything he claimed to be for? The ultimate freedom and equality and such? Why, yes... it does. Hmph.
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We hang the petty thieves, but appoint the great
ones to office
- Aesop
Don't steal, the government hates competition.
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