Comments on: Welcome to the USSA

By: Shtetl G

Shtetl G — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:31:50 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I was never a one issue voter but the fact that our country seems hell bent on becoming a surveillance state has elevated civil liberties as the top issue for me right now (next would be shrinking the size of our leviathan government because I don’t think we can afford it and also to diminish the power that is concentrating around DC).

Here is a link from overlawyered about not trusting email:

http://overlawyered.com/2013/08/if-you-knew-what-i-know-about-email-you-might-not-use-it/#comments

I wonder if we can put the genie back in the bottle?

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:05:59 +0000

Shtetl G: I’m not a one-issue voter. If I thought Rand would bring this country back on the right path, I would vote for him. And frankly, if he cut aid to Israel, I wouldn’t have a problem with it. Nor would Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s only a fraction of Israel’s budget, and it will shut up the people who say Americans shouldn’t pay for Israel’s army (they don’t, but that’s not the point).

Do I think he hates Jews like his daddy does? I don’t get that vibe from him. But I don’t know him personally.

I don’t think that Paul is going to get the nomination, but then again, I didn’t think anyone should buy Yahoo! stock, either.

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 04:05:05 +0000

Of course Obama and his consiglieri believe the American people are morons. They elected him to the presidency twice. What more proof does he need?

By: Shtetl G

Shtetl G — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:33:53 +0000

Both parties are very weak when it comes to civil liberties. President Obama’s actions with the NSA and IRS make a mockery of his lofty rhetoric and very few Democrats seem willing to cross the president on this issue. Mainstream Republicans are little better. Governor Christie has been busy demagoguing 9/11 to try to de-legitimize anyone that questions the limits of the state’s ability to spy on its own citizens.

Personally I’m leaning towards Rand Paul in 2016. I am worried about his views on foreign policy(he seems to be trying to differentiate himself from his father) but at this point we seem sliding into a soft totalitarian state and I think he is the best bet to reverse it out of anyone with a real chance to win the presidency. At the very least he seems to take civil liberties seriously and that is my # 1 issue right now.

Do you have any thoughts Meryl? Is Rand too much like his father with regards to Israel for you to vote for him? I think a strong America is important in a dangerous world but I think a free America is more important at this point. There is little point in being strong if we give up our core values to get there.