New Year…New Parties?
Dec 25th, 2009 | By David Blane | Category: Featured, PoliticsIt’s too hard to define political parties… and why do we care?
I did some searching for some popular articles today trying to figure out what the major feeling was in America before the new year when it comes to politics and the media. I found some articles that are trying to categorize political parties in America. It seems as though they were generally either trying to defend their parties ideals by assuming that their party hasn’t become lost in the medias propaganda or they were simply finding too many similarities within the major parties. the articles can be found here:
http://www.theintellectualdevotional.com/blog/2009/12/11/milton-friedman-alan-greenspan-and-the-end-of-the-draft/
(In this Article the author on “The Devoted Intellect” found conservative economist Milton Friedman’s words about the Vietnam war to sound somewhat leftest. Saying the forced services were like “slavery”)
http://weeklysift.blogspot.com/2009/12/sifting-sifts-of-2009.html
(The author of this post seems to be very strict about how he sees political parties. Saying Democrats represent people and Republican’s represent corporations.)
For the new year, I think it would be wonderful if America started thinking less about party-ties all together. Trying to define your own party and defending its principles, in this current age, will limit your ability to protect your own ideals. Maybe that’s the goal of our giant news organizations; keywords, phrases and misconstrued understanding of policies that inhibit American’s from actually knowing what they believe.
Well, I know for me personally, that I have to consistently ask myself what my core beliefs are. Here’s how I usually start my deduction. Are these current events important to me? Usually the answer is NO. Why are these stories considered important? Probably because they are entertaining and/or make us feel sympathetic. If, for example, the current event is health care, then yes, it affects me. But what the point in spending 4 months trying to understand MY stance on it? Basically, for me, I have found it confusing to base my ideals off a parties beliefs. For the new year, I have defined my core principle. It is that all humans want their right to life and the only way to strive for that core principle in our world is through a strict interpretation of the constitution.
Happy New Year from Fantasticus!
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