Let me first (again) apologize for my long silence, I've mentioned before that I'm deployed and while I most often find myself with plenty of time on my hands I seldom spend it the way I was prior to being deployed. Prime example, as part of our morale area in our unit we have a couple couches around a card table and I find myself spending an inordinate amount of time sitting around that table playing spades and smoking. I don't regularly smoke but (only) while deployed I often smoke as I'm sitting around playing cards with my coworkers. Secondly, let me apologize for a change in topics, especially into a realm I'm not very well versed in, politics.
So, many of my facebook friends, at least many of the vocal political ones, are supporters of the Libertarian party, specifically Ron Paul. Now, I know he ran originally as a Republican and didn't get the nomination (I'm told because of that fact he won't appear on many states' ballots this November). But, I've been raised a republican and I've always (more or less) agreed with Republican candidates and voted for Republicans in elections. In fact, when I wasn't sure of what candidate to vote for in a certain election, I would invariably vote for whichever Republican candidate was on the ballot. However, I've been more and more leaning towards the Libertarian party. I recently read this blog that basically echoes the way I feel about many of the issues.
In that blog the only thing that I sort of disagree with isthis, "My views are not dictated by ONE ISSUE or POLICY, but by the over all character of a candidates CAREER." Specifically the part about one issue/policy kind of bothers me. I believe all life is sacred, and that life beginsin the womb particularly at conception. So, I'm not going to vote (if I know the person's policy) for someone that will legalize or loosen the current legislation on abortion. Other than that, I'm not much of a one-issue-voter.
I've been reading the Libertarian party's platform points and I gotta say I haven't seen much I disagree with. I think the reason I've never really looked into the LP before is when I was in high school someone described the LP as anarchists, that believed the government should be completely overthrown. I've since seen that is not true and after thinking about it for a while I think I might vote for a third party for the first time ever.
On voting however, I'm actually not going to be able to vote in this election. I'm deployed and I don't think I got in my absentee ballot paperwork in before the cutoff. One thing I am actually looking forward to over the next couple years of being stationed overseas is, absentee voting. One of my issues in the past has been that I'm not ever really sure who's going to be on the ballot until I actually walk into the booth. Now, as an absentee voter, I'll get my ballot in the mail and be able to search online for each politician's views on a variety of policies and voting history (if he or she has been in office previously).
DISCLAIMER: I am NEVER speaking on behalf of the US Air Force or DoD in any of my political opinion posts. These are just the inane ramblings of a private person in no way associated with the official position of the Air Force or DoD (my employer).
So, many of my facebook friends, at least many of the vocal political ones, are supporters of the Libertarian party, specifically Ron Paul. Now, I know he ran originally as a Republican and didn't get the nomination (I'm told because of that fact he won't appear on many states' ballots this November). But, I've been raised a republican and I've always (more or less) agreed with Republican candidates and voted for Republicans in elections. In fact, when I wasn't sure of what candidate to vote for in a certain election, I would invariably vote for whichever Republican candidate was on the ballot. However, I've been more and more leaning towards the Libertarian party. I recently read this blog that basically echoes the way I feel about many of the issues.
In that blog the only thing that I sort of disagree with isthis, "My views are not dictated by ONE ISSUE or POLICY, but by the over all character of a candidates CAREER." Specifically the part about one issue/policy kind of bothers me. I believe all life is sacred, and that life beginsin the womb particularly at conception. So, I'm not going to vote (if I know the person's policy) for someone that will legalize or loosen the current legislation on abortion. Other than that, I'm not much of a one-issue-voter.
I've been reading the Libertarian party's platform points and I gotta say I haven't seen much I disagree with. I think the reason I've never really looked into the LP before is when I was in high school someone described the LP as anarchists, that believed the government should be completely overthrown. I've since seen that is not true and after thinking about it for a while I think I might vote for a third party for the first time ever.
On voting however, I'm actually not going to be able to vote in this election. I'm deployed and I don't think I got in my absentee ballot paperwork in before the cutoff. One thing I am actually looking forward to over the next couple years of being stationed overseas is, absentee voting. One of my issues in the past has been that I'm not ever really sure who's going to be on the ballot until I actually walk into the booth. Now, as an absentee voter, I'll get my ballot in the mail and be able to search online for each politician's views on a variety of policies and voting history (if he or she has been in office previously).
DISCLAIMER: I am NEVER speaking on behalf of the US Air Force or DoD in any of my political opinion posts. These are just the inane ramblings of a private person in no way associated with the official position of the Air Force or DoD (my employer).
