When did the left become crook bootlickers? (1 Viewer)

[rockaction]

I read where Christie said if elected he'd crackdown on pot. So I guess he's good with perpetuating an unjust law and the many issues it creates especially for minorities

Republican moderates have been great at increasing the reach of authority since the '50s, so this is no surprise.

 

[rockaction]

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about/trying to say in like 80% of your posts.

So much better than 100%.

 

[NCCommish]

To be fair though using a judge imposing a sentence he wouldn't otherwise as your example is disingenuous. As I recall it was the right that led the charge to take sentencing discretion away from judges.

 

[NCCommish]

So I assume our good friend Rock is for jury nullification?

Well on that we agree

 

[rockaction]

To be fair though using a judge imposing a sentence he wouldn't otherwise as your example is disingenuous. As I recall it was the right that led the charge to take sentencing discretion away from judges.

Yeah, that's true, but it's not disingenuous. Mandatory minimums came from the law-and-order right, which is a little different than the right from which I come. It's also a great point: That's why I'm surprised by the American left's movement toward the acceptance of lower due process standards and other authoritative trappings that go along with administrative and regulatory enforcement.

I'm talking this current generation. The millenials -- and those that came before -- seem to love themselves some centralized authority. You can't really quantify it, but it's in the air, IMO.

 

[Drunken Poster]

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about/trying to say in like 80% of your posts.

So much better than 100%.

One might even call it impressive

 

[rockaction]

So I assume our good friend Rock is for jury nullification?

Well on that we agree

I think the political process has become so divorced from the individual -- and individual communities -- that it's a legitimate, viable, constitutional check on the legislative process.

 

[NCCommish]

To be fair though using a judge imposing a sentence he wouldn't otherwise as your example is disingenuous. As I recall it was the right that led the charge to take sentencing discretion away from judges.

Yeah, that's true, but it's not disingenuous. Mandatory minimums came from the law-and-order right, which is a little different than the right from which I come. It's also a great point: That's why I'm surprised by the American left's movement toward the acceptance of lower due process standards and other authoritative trappings that go along with administrative and regulatory enforcement.

I'm talking this current generation. The millenials -- and those that came before -- seem to love themselves some centralized authority. You can't really quantify it, but it's in the air, IMO.

Not this member of the left.

 

[NCCommish]

So I assume our good friend Rock is for jury nullification?

Well on that we agree

I think the political process has become so divorced from the individual -- and individual communities -- that it's a legitimate, viable, constitutional check on the legislative process.

Preach

 

[eoMMan]

Broke #####s stand to the left
My rich #####s stand to the right
Lil' mamma, she keep looking at me (lil' mama!)
I'm a knock the ##### out like fight night

 

[joffer]

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about/trying to say in like 80% of your posts.

 

[rockaction]

I think I'll post this so Tim can smile as he reads it. You have to love yourself some Fukuyama. God, I can't stand it.

http://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/12/08/the-decay-of-american-political-institutions/

 

[Jack White]

I read where Christie said if elected he'd crackdown on pot. So I guess he's good with perpetuating an unjust law and the many issues it creates especially for minorities [SIZE=11.9999990463257px]innocent people of all races. [/SIZE]

 

[timschochet]

I think I'll post this so Tim can smile as he reads it. You have to love yourself some Fukuyama. God, I can't stand it.

http://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/12/08/the-decay-of-american-political-institutions/

 

[rockaction]

Thanks to Dr. Oadi for the impetus and the link.

Bootlickers.

 

[Despyzer]

You have to love yourself some Fukuyama.

Please don't try to circumvent the language filter.

 

[cstu]

I read where Christie said if elected he'd crackdown on pot. So I guess he's good with perpetuating an unjust law and the many issues it creates especially for minorities

Republican moderates have been great at increasing the reach of authority since the '50s, so this is no surprise.

Is it too much to ask for a Republican who supports individual rights and understands the need for reasonable taxes?

 

[McGarnicle]

I read where Christie said if elected he'd crackdown on pot. So I guess he's good with perpetuating an unjust law and the many issues it creates especially for minorities

Republican moderates have been great at increasing the reach of authority since the '50s, so this is no surprise.

Is it too much to ask for a Republican who supports individual rights and understands the need for reasonable taxes?

Sure, they're called Libertarians.

 

[rockaction]

I read where Christie said if elected he'd crackdown on pot. So I guess he's good with perpetuating an unjust law and the many issues it creates especially for minorities

Republican moderates have been great at increasing the reach of authority since the '50s, so this is no surprise.

Is it too much to ask for a Republican who supports individual rights and understands the need for reasonable taxes?

Sure, they're called Libertarians.

I think so. I also quoted McGarnicle because I think he's correct in one sense. I think that Republicans long ago accepted the libertarian idea that taxation and the means with which to collect it was itself an infringement on individual rights.

I think you're looking for pre-Goldwater stuff, like Ike, really.