Campaign For Liberty: georgia tech swagger
 County CoordinatorLocation: Spartanburg, SC Last login: 06/06/11  RSS feedI'm a CS senior at USC Upstate, full time IT Director of a marketing firm in Spartanburg, freelancer, Linux developer, and college sports fanatic. You could say that I am the tip of the spear of the Internet Generation. I do practically everything either online or with a computer in some form. If it deals with a computer ... odds are I can do it. My main issues are: 1) Fiscal Conservatism. It's time to end the banking cartel otherwise known as The Federal Reserve. The simple idea that a private bank would be allowed to issue the currency, and manipulate the interest rates, of our nation is appaling. Congress needs to retake the responsibility it was Constitutionally given in this area. And while we're at it, lets keep following the Constitution with the mandate that only gold and silver should be legal tender. Fiat money lends itself to abuse, because it's far too easy for politicians to just print more to get what they want done. Inflation is the most insidious and regressive tax known to mankind. We should overhaul the entire US federal tax code and replace it with the Fair Tax. 2) Civil Liberties. The real sea change since 9/11 has been the rapid evaporation of our civil liberties. In the public hysteria over terrorism, we gave up far too many civil liberties far too easily. Habeus corpus... gone. The Geneva Conventions... optional. Domestic warrantless search and seizure. Domestic wiretapping without warrant. The Patriot Act. The DMCA. And if you think this hyperbole or hysteria ... look no further than EFF vs AT&T. Or talk to the Japanese Americans at Manzanar. Or read about the newspaper editors under the Alien & Sedition Acts. Or read about Eugene Debs. Above all, we must fight to keep the internet free, open, and neutral. It is the great equalizer, especially when it comes to education. 3) Balance of Power in the Executive Branch. Congress, in the interests of taking a stand as infrequently as possible for relection, has simply given many of its powers to the Executive Branch. Declaring war, issuing currency, controlling spending ... all duties of Congress largely no longer performed by Congress, with the exception of UNcontrolled spending. 4) Transparency and Accountability. Did your Congress Critter read the Pariot Act before voting on it? Odds are that is almost certainly no. The Pariot Act wasn't even available on the Congressional website until mere MINUTES before the vote. Can you read hundreds of pages of a bill in minutes? How is this even allowed to happen? Congress overwhelming approving bills without even reading them? And it's not like it's a harmless bill -- that's our civil liberties they're toying with! The Federal Government needs to be transparent from top to bottom. Transparency means accountability. If you screw up, or screw the public, we'll know about it. When people fear their government there is tyranny, when government fears its people there is liberty. 5) Social tolerance. The Values Voters have taken the GOP so far right that the party no longer represents main street America. It's time we, as a nation, grow up and put our prejudices behind us. That means race, sex, religion, sexual preference, and wealth. You should have the same rights and abilities regardless of where you fall in any of the former categories. We must also realize the war on drugs has largely been a failure. At bare minimum, illegal marajuana is a farce, given the legality of alcohol and tobacco, which are several times more harmful and addictive. Don't take my word for it -- take The Lancet's word for it. (The Lancet is among the foremost medical journals in the world.)
(source: http://www.antiproibizionisti.it/public/docs/thelancet_20070323.pdf ) Please check my personal website for my latest rants and other stuff. In particular, check the page on Thomas Jefferson and the Media page. |
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