Recent content by ErikBlack

Rope a Dope? I hope Ron Paul is is conning the media and everyone else into paying attention to him thinking that, much to their delight, he is finally admitting defeat. But then instead of dropping out of the race he announces a 3rd party run and throws a big fat wrench right into the middle...

If you, the driver, fear that the passengers in your car may pose a threat to you, or themselves, by not wearing a seatbelt then it is your right to instruct them to wear a seatbelt while riding in your car. If you, as a passenger in someone else's car, feel that you would be safer wearing a...

The failure of this campaign has nothing to do with lack of effort by supporters or lack of understanding by voters. It has entirely to do with the personality of the American electorate. For the past 100 years the people have been conditioned to accept big government and they have become...

That is a sure-fire way to dissuade liberty and privacy-minded candidates from running for office in the future. Just because a man runs for president does not mean he is no longer entitled to his privacy. In fact, it would be better for us as a nation to have a president who values his privacy...

The government is not "the people". The government is the corporations. People elect government officials, then they do whatever they feel like it because the people do not monitor their activities closely enough to understand when they are being screwed, and the corporate controlled media does...

How can that apply to single mothers? It applies the same way as it does to all non-married people who are in romantic relationships. If a single person wants to visit their significant other in a hospital they don't have any more right to do so than a gay person does. So gay people aren't...

The gay marriage argument is taken completely out of context. It is assumed by liberal proponents of gay marriage that the government is denying gay people certain benefits that are available to everyone else. That is not correct. Marriage benefits are only available to one specific group of...

Media should not be restricted because the motivation for doing so is "saving people from themselves". The argument is that most people (not us of course because we are so superior) are ignorant and being taken advantage of by the media and in order to save them we must use the power of...

I would imagine that most libertarians are not listed in their local phone book. I know I'm certainly not. And I despise receiving communications from businesses, politicians or any other unsolicited source. The only people I want to hear from are people I know and people who I sign up to hear...

Nader won't have an impact this time around. Most liberals are staunchly anti-bush and anti-republican. This last 8 years has left a really bad taste in their mouth. They would vote for Mickey Mouse before they would let another neo-con Republican in office. Nader was able to act as a spoiler in...

Why does being a "war hero" carry any weight in this country in the first place? I can understand why the Vikings would want a war hero for their leader. If you are a barbaric, conquering, war-like race you need a good leader. But the United States (supposedly) is a nation of peace, diplomacy...

So let me get this straight. Before Jesus comes back to get all of his children and bring them back with him to heaven where they will live an eternity of bliss beside their creator some really bad stuff is gonna go down here on Earth, and your position is that Christians here on Earth should do...

You just described our current system. The government doesn't actually build anything itself. It taxes the people and then hires private corporations to do the work. The people who own the corporations and the people who work in the government are in bed with each other and many times they are...

Either the FED is an economic trainwreck.....OR.....it functions perfectly and most people don't understand its true purpose ;) The fed is designed to manage the economy. Based on the fact that economic swings continue and it is no secret how to prevent them we must assume they want them to...

Did Ron Paul do well in your district in the primaries? If not then there is little point in running on his platform in that district because the voters obviously aren't onboard. Your best bet of getting elected is to simply target the districts that Ron Paul won in, move there and run for...