My Latest Column

[3inSlugger]

Finally sat down and wrote something. This is my first column in several months...

Please...enjoy and argue:

http://www.ocolly.com/opinion/columns/article_f436ea3a-19b2-11e2-868f-0019bb30f31a.html

Be as critical as you wish.

 

[okietool]

If you get any creative death threats, please share. 👻

 

[Lurker66]

It reads good and its your opinion.

Heres my rub. Your a Libertarian yet registered as a Republican. While you claim 50% GOP values and 30% Dem. values. Kinda leaves on 20% for the Libertarian cause.

The way our system is supposed to work is for our elected officials to represent their district. That doesnt happen anymore, because our Gov must govern in spite of the ignorant masses.

The real problem isnt so much political parties, rather, its the citizens themselves. When people stop treating women, gays, christians and minorities as special intrest groups to be catered too and treat each other as equals under the Constitution, many of the problems go away.

Fiscal issues should be negotiated and compromised on with some semblance of balance. What works in NY might not fit in OK.

Lastly always remember this, since the civil war, it is the Fed. Gov's job to protect the citizens rights against the whims of a particular states population. It is the state and local government that affects us tge most, yet it is our own Officials we hold least accountable. Think of the "sharia law" debacle and recent immigration laws.

Anyway, strive to be objective and aim for the mean.

 

[3inSlugger]

It reads good and its your opinion.

Not to diminish from your other comments but this means a lot to me. You obviously disagree with some of what I'm saying, but still like the flow. That is one of the hardest things for me to accomplish is a "good read". Thanks for your critique and objectivity.

 

[jfssms]

It reads good and its your opinion.

Heres my rub. Your a Libertarian yet registered as a Republican. While you claim 50% GOP values and 30% Dem. values. Kinda leaves on 20% for the Libertarian cause.

The way our system is supposed to work is for our elected officials to represent their district. That doesnt happen anymore, because our Gov must govern in spite of the ignorant masses.

The real problem isnt so much political parties, rather, its the citizens themselves. When people stop treating women, gays, christians and minorities as special intrest groups to be catered too and treat each other as equals under the Constitution, many of the problems go away.

Fiscal issues should be negotiated and compromised on with some semblance of balance. What works in NY might not fit in OK.

Lastly always remember this, since the civil war, it is the Fed. Gov's job to protect the citizens rights against the whims of a particular states population. It is the state and local government that affects us tge most, yet it is our own Officials we hold least accountable. Think of the "sharia law" debacle and recent immigration laws.

Anyway, strive to be objective and aim for the mean.

Luker, these two paragraph's are spot on!

 

[Lurker66]

Luker, these two paragraph's are spot on!

the others are too, lol.

Slugger, i really dont disagree much with what you wrote. If we were politicians we could easily find some common ground and resolve any issue.

 

[vvvvvvv]

Lastly always remember this, since the civil war, it is the Fed. Gov's job to protect the citizens rights against the whims of a particular states population.

It was already the federal governments job at the very beginning of our current Constitution. The issue was the courts neutered that part. That's why part of the Fourteenth Amendment is directly based on that part of the Constitution and directly intended to override the prevailing opinion of the court system. But that was neutered again within a fairly short period of time.

In McDonald, we had a chance to address that. The SCOTUS even said the precedents neutering the privileges and immunities of being a United States Citizen were deeply flawed and merited revisiting. But the Court can't revisit those precedents unless the parties involved argue that those precedents are flawed and that provision applies. Rather, our so-called pro-2A groups went for the Due Process route and supported a position that 2A rights should be infringed until the Court declares otherwise on every minor issue.