Away with the Two Party System

The United States' two party system has become a distraction to the American people. People are too concerned about which party they connect themselves with. Most individuals that sit down and really contemplate all the issues find that they are actually somewhere between being conservative or liberal; what's classified as a 'moderate'. I feel that the nominees running in this presidential campaign are merely puppets that do as they are told to win votes. Once a Republican is determined, he will be 'supported' by the republican party and they will do and say anything to win the most votes as possible. All except Ron Paul has changed their platform to please the voters. He is the only one that has not budged on his views and how he wants government to perform. There are many others like Paul, but they will not receive the attention they deserve because the big two parties control politics. The only way Paul was able to receive the public recognition that he has, was because he ran as a 'Republican'. I just do not understand the party system. I do not understand how a man with completely different ideas can be 'a part of the same party' with these other guys running for the republican party. I believe that citizens should not choose a party to win an election, but instead elect the person that has the potential to change this nation into something great. We should do away with the two party system. I have hope that if Ron Paul is elected it could spark the beginning of what the U.S. should be.


"It serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration....agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one....against another....it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption...thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another."
                                                              - President George Washington

Open Carry Makes You As Dangerous as John Wilkes Booth, Tim McVeigh, Sharon Angle, and Ted Nugent?

 Sasparilla at FreeRepublic.com posted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2856940/posts
on March 9, 2012.

In the blog Sasparilla is responding to an Anti firearm advocate that wrote last week that those who openly carry firearms make a political statement just like John Wilkes Booth, Timothy McVey, Sharon Angle, and Ted Nugent. He explains that this is an absurd concept, and that it is attitudes like this that send people fleeing to their local gun shops in fear that tomorrow the government will try to take away their constitutional rights. I agree with the author that citizens should not be stripped of their right to carry a firearm around with the proper license.

Budget watchdog: Most GOP hopefuls would increase debt

Acording to an organization that watches the U.S. government's budget, The national debt will increase dramatically with the policies of the leading Republican candidates. The group claims that with taxes and spending plans of Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Mitt Romney that the national debt would increase to over 96% of the nations economy. This is because they each plan to decrease tax rates although the government spending that they propose will not obtain adequate funding. I agree with what they are saying here. These candidates are gaining public support for decreasing the tax rates yet the policies that they are proposing are very near sighted. They are saying what the people want to hear right now in hopes of their votes, but not what needs to be done to fix the problems we as a nation are facing. According to the research done by this organization Ron Paul is the only one that would keep the debt in check. This is due to his cutting of a great deal of Government spending.

Budget Watchdog

On February 23, 2012. USA TODAY published an ariticle titled Budget watchdog: Most GOP hopefuls would increase debt which was written by Richard Wolf.

Global Development Council

        The Global Development Council is a new commission that President Obama has created. This council will draw together nonprofit advocacy groups, charities, colleges and also businesses for the purpose of promoting "global development."  They will begin to advise and support the President in his attempt to help protect national security and further American economic, humanitarian, and strategic interests in the world. Funding for this new council will be provided by USAID.
         Personally, I feel as though this is just another unnecessary commission for our financially damaged government. It is my opinion that our government sends an excessive amount of taxpayer dollars overseas. The politics in Washington need to realize that our country has problems that desperately need to be fixed before we use our funds to aid other nations with their problems.

Global development council

Actual Executive Order