It has come to my attention that some who claim to be liberals but are actually communists have recently expressed dismay that Dick Cheney, the current holder of the Office of Vice President of the United States of America, survived an apparent attack on his life in the Middle East.
This disgusts me. Anyone who calls themselves an American should be disgusted by an endorsement of an attack upon this Nation.
I too disagree with Dick Cheney's policies, especially with regard to the war in Iraq. However, he is still the properly elected Vice President of the United States, and his office deserves honor regardless of my opinions about the policies of the current office holder.
Make no mistake, an assassination of the Vice President would be an act of war against the United States, an act to which said Nation would and should respond in kind.
On behalf of the true liberals, I respect the Office of the Vice President of the United States.
Also on behalf of the true liberals, I condemn any attack of any kind against the national security of the United States.
I endorse the War on Terrorism. I endorse the effort to bring Al Qaeda, and other terrorist groups threatening the United States, to justice, by whatever means necessary.
Finally, I wish all the best for Dick Cheney and his family.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Liberalism is not communism
Liberals believe in liberty, the word "liberal" being derived from the Latin libre, meaning freedom. The Federalists were liberals. We believe in a strong central government, but we also believe in individual freedom. Thus, socialism, "single payer health care" etc., are not liberalism, as they detract from the freedom of the individual.
Liberalism is not communism. These two words are not interchangeable. People who are communists do not speak for all liberals.
Communism is left wing extremism, the left wing equivalent of the Nazis. The governments of China, Cuba, Venezuela, and North Korea are examples. International ANSWER is another example. So are Workers World Party, Communist Party USA and the Green Party.
If you say "George Bush is the ultimate terrorist", not only are you anti-American, but you are definitely not a liberal.
I did not support the war in Iraq -- though I did support our actions in Afgahnistan -- but I am clear on who the good guys are and who the bad guys are. Osama bin Laden is a terrorist. George Bush is not. George Bush is the properly elected President of the United States of America, a right glorious and civilized Republic. Osama bin Laden deliberately targets non-combatants, including the 2,000+ non-combatants who were callously murdered in The City of New York on September 11th, 2001. The United States, as a general policy, does not deliberately and knowingly target non-combatants. Furthermore, our President cannot go to war without the consent of the Congress: it is a civilized and democratic process. Osama bin Laden kills Westerners because we do not wish to live by his theocratic, fascistic ideology.
Hence there is a clear distinction between the President of the United States, the tactics of the United States Armed Forces, and those of terrorists.
Any sympathy for Al Qaeda or their motivations cannot be associated with liberalism. Their theocratic fascism is a threat to freedom and thus an enemy of true liberals.
People who claim to be liberals but are actually communists often claim that there is something wrong or immoral in profit or corporations. As Karl Marx said in The Communist Manifesto, "In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property." Yet, a true liberal supports individual liberty, one expression of which is the accumulation of private property. Hence, criticism of capitalism and the suggestion that somehow things would be better were the State to own all property are not liberalism but communism.
As John Locke, one of the founding philosophers of the philosophy fundamental to Western civilization, said, the ultimate aim of government is protect three things: life, liberty, and estate (or as they worded it more eloquently in the Declaration, "the pursuit of happiness"). Chevron, being an owner of oil and a seller of petroleum, has a right to sell said property at whatever price the market will bear. To suggest otherwise is to intrude upon their private estate and is associated with communism, most definitely not liberalism.
As we expect right wing philosophers to reject fascism from the Christian Coalition et al., left wing philosophers should reject communism from the Green Party, Communist Party USA, International ANSWER et al. It is best to be moderate, not to fall into extremes.
Liberalism is not communism. These two words are not interchangeable. People who are communists do not speak for all liberals.
Communism is left wing extremism, the left wing equivalent of the Nazis. The governments of China, Cuba, Venezuela, and North Korea are examples. International ANSWER is another example. So are Workers World Party, Communist Party USA and the Green Party.
If you say "George Bush is the ultimate terrorist", not only are you anti-American, but you are definitely not a liberal.
I did not support the war in Iraq -- though I did support our actions in Afgahnistan -- but I am clear on who the good guys are and who the bad guys are. Osama bin Laden is a terrorist. George Bush is not. George Bush is the properly elected President of the United States of America, a right glorious and civilized Republic. Osama bin Laden deliberately targets non-combatants, including the 2,000+ non-combatants who were callously murdered in The City of New York on September 11th, 2001. The United States, as a general policy, does not deliberately and knowingly target non-combatants. Furthermore, our President cannot go to war without the consent of the Congress: it is a civilized and democratic process. Osama bin Laden kills Westerners because we do not wish to live by his theocratic, fascistic ideology.
Hence there is a clear distinction between the President of the United States, the tactics of the United States Armed Forces, and those of terrorists.
Any sympathy for Al Qaeda or their motivations cannot be associated with liberalism. Their theocratic fascism is a threat to freedom and thus an enemy of true liberals.
People who claim to be liberals but are actually communists often claim that there is something wrong or immoral in profit or corporations. As Karl Marx said in The Communist Manifesto, "In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property." Yet, a true liberal supports individual liberty, one expression of which is the accumulation of private property. Hence, criticism of capitalism and the suggestion that somehow things would be better were the State to own all property are not liberalism but communism.
As John Locke, one of the founding philosophers of the philosophy fundamental to Western civilization, said, the ultimate aim of government is protect three things: life, liberty, and estate (or as they worded it more eloquently in the Declaration, "the pursuit of happiness"). Chevron, being an owner of oil and a seller of petroleum, has a right to sell said property at whatever price the market will bear. To suggest otherwise is to intrude upon their private estate and is associated with communism, most definitely not liberalism.
As we expect right wing philosophers to reject fascism from the Christian Coalition et al., left wing philosophers should reject communism from the Green Party, Communist Party USA, International ANSWER et al. It is best to be moderate, not to fall into extremes.
Introduction
I am neutrino78x. I am a human, a male, and a citizen of the great Nation of the United States of America. I was born there, I grew up there, I currently live there, and I served as a sonar technician on two nuclear submarines in the Navy of that Nation.
This will be a blog about my life, my musings, and my philosophies. My political philosophy is classical liberalism. My religious philosophy is Deism.
This will be a blog about my life, my musings, and my philosophies. My political philosophy is classical liberalism. My religious philosophy is Deism.
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