If words had meaning -- which they do not, largely thanks to public schools -- you might call me a republican (note the lowercase "r") and a classical liberal. Please do not call me a Libertarian.
I am an advocate of:
- personal liberty.
- personal responsibility.
- honesty.
- careful use of words (a futile effort perhaps, but one I am not willing to abandon).
- a strong, outward-looking military.
- objective law.
- watching the watchers.
- The Constitution of the United States -- all of it.
- guns, guns, and more guns.
- the Space elevator.
I am opposed to:
- slavery in all its disguises.
- the culture of victimhood.
- the lack of education.
- the lack of caring about education.
- the use of education as a political cudgel.
- the alphabet soup of inward-looking federal paramilitary agencies.
- George W. Bush.
- John F. Kerry (worse than Bush, if you can believe that).
- Ralph Nader (worse than Kerry, if you can believe that).
- toadying to the UN.
- the continued existence of California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, France, and the United Nations.
Words to live by:
- Raise your own damn kids.
- Stop blaming other people.
- "Eyes! Muzzle! Target!"
EllisWyatt 03:59, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)