Blowtorch
Member
I'm a libertarian. I lean more with conservative issues, though my gripe with them is, everything they bash liberals over concerning big government, they are now just the same concerning security. Conservatives are big government security wise, liberals are big government economically/welfare wise. I detest both ideas.
As far as protecting our country, I certainly don't want another 9/11 to happen, and I think we should be proactive in preventing another one from happening. I am reluctant, however, to willingly give the CIA and Dept. of Homeland Security unconditional authority without any consequences. Can the tactics we use on suspected terrorists, ever be used on ordinary citizens when under penalty of the law, for the sake of protecting our country? That bothers me. While I understand the conservative mentality of security at all costs, I'm not quite sure I want to sacrifice my privacy (or have everyone else sacrifice their privacy as well) for the sake of preventing another 9/11. At the same time, I'd hate for a conservative to label me as a weak, cut and run lib.
The media frustrates me. I hate how Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and others like them don't care about being fair. Even though there are many principles I agree with them on, I don't agree with their tactics of how everything a democrat does is wrong. At the same time, Keith Olbermann drives me mad, because he makes fun of Hannity and Rush and Fox News, but he does the same thing as all of them, except for the "other team."
I'm 24, one year into my career after graduating college, live with my parents while saving to buy a house or condo by the time I get married in 2011. I've been observing this board for the better part of two years now, and signed up under two other names in the past, but only posted under those names once or twice before not posting again... simply because I figured it was useless to give my two cents because the thread was filled with hate. I'm giving it another try.
I look forward to reading other viewpoints, and honestly learning more about my current beliefs, and developing an understanding of the things I haven't quite figured out yet (i.e. abortion, stem cell research, teach safe sex vs. abstinence).
As far as protecting our country, I certainly don't want another 9/11 to happen, and I think we should be proactive in preventing another one from happening. I am reluctant, however, to willingly give the CIA and Dept. of Homeland Security unconditional authority without any consequences. Can the tactics we use on suspected terrorists, ever be used on ordinary citizens when under penalty of the law, for the sake of protecting our country? That bothers me. While I understand the conservative mentality of security at all costs, I'm not quite sure I want to sacrifice my privacy (or have everyone else sacrifice their privacy as well) for the sake of preventing another 9/11. At the same time, I'd hate for a conservative to label me as a weak, cut and run lib.
The media frustrates me. I hate how Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and others like them don't care about being fair. Even though there are many principles I agree with them on, I don't agree with their tactics of how everything a democrat does is wrong. At the same time, Keith Olbermann drives me mad, because he makes fun of Hannity and Rush and Fox News, but he does the same thing as all of them, except for the "other team."
I'm 24, one year into my career after graduating college, live with my parents while saving to buy a house or condo by the time I get married in 2011. I've been observing this board for the better part of two years now, and signed up under two other names in the past, but only posted under those names once or twice before not posting again... simply because I figured it was useless to give my two cents because the thread was filled with hate. I'm giving it another try.
I look forward to reading other viewpoints, and honestly learning more about my current beliefs, and developing an understanding of the things I haven't quite figured out yet (i.e. abortion, stem cell research, teach safe sex vs. abstinence).
