Introduction

[foxglovehp.livejournal.com]

I'm new here.  I was sent an invite, and I appreciate it.  I like this community's non-flaming, non-trolling all-parties attitude.  I have been avoiding posting on most of the political communities because, since I tend to be in both liberal and conservative, (and am thus libertarian) camps, I'll post to all of them if I have something to say.  Of course somebody somewhere will accuse me of trolling.

Anyway, I am a career soldier, now in the US Army reserve, and a lifelong Wiccan.  I am constitutionally conservative, and socially liberal.  Please drop by my LJ profile for more info.  Feel free to friend me as well if you like.  I have a fairly thick skin about most things and appreciate a good, reasoned argument where folks can disagree and not get their knickers in a twist about things.

Comments

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

Also, when I was looking for that and I saw these too. I just have to post them because they make me d'awwwww.

[foxglovehp.livejournal.com]

Libertarian is the only political affiliation I claim these days. I hesitate to say that however because libertarians, both "big L" and "smalll l" tell me I can't be because of this and such.

Whatever.

I used to be a Republican in Reagan. But Reagan wouldn't recognize the party these days, I feel.

I am probably not as familiar with the SCOTUS opinions and terminology you are referring to as I should be. But at 48, I am still pretty young and don't have completely rigid political views (read: I could be wrong). I consider myself a simple soldier with some opinions about things.

And no, I am not a big fan of the New Deal and related programs. I think you have a right to starve in this country and that public assistance should be just that, and NOT a way of life. And I truly have a severe dislike for those who game the system.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

They assume the same about the curvature of space in the universe, but you never know.

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

I don't think this term means what you imagine it means.

[rasilio.livejournal.com]

Which term is that?

I suppose here is where I should note that while I am an athiest I am intimately familiar with the neopagan community having married 2 neopagan women and been nearly constantly associated with one neopagan group or another for the last 15 years and the origin of my statement is the common jokes from WITHIN the community about pagan girls being easy including one of my first wife's favorites...

"Q: What is the easiest way to get laid?

A: Go to the information booth at any pagan festival and have Morgan and Raven paged"

[foxglovehp.livejournal.com]

I have to take your side on this one. We don't have the same taboos about sex, nudity, polyamory, and so on as the mainstream does. Thus, Pagan women can certainly be considered "easy".

Or at least a whole lot of fun!

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

That is actually a good one.

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Married 2 women? OMG, and a polygamist too! :P

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

Oh you...

[rasilio.livejournal.com]

I prefer the term polyamorist :-)

Also since both marriages were not concurrent (even though for a brief term both relationships were) I would not fit the definition of polygamist.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Computer engineer atheist says hi.

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

You're killing the fun.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

I believe it gives us the rights we enjoy.

We grant them to ourselves in this way.

the document itself is not as open to interpretation as most liberals seem to think it is.

When trying to alter any system, good to first understand that system.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

a right to starve in this country

I saw some kids the other day doing just that, east Oakland, CA, living in a car with their mama. A few miles from the mansions.

Or that little shanty town that's cropped up near the railroad tracks in east Sacramento. Lots of hungry youngin's there.

So, the gangs and recruiters can have a field day. I don't have any answers, but that's what I see.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Clearly.

[auntiesiannan.livejournal.com]

Really? Nice to know my husband is an "easy girl". How about you tell him that to his face?

[sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com]

What, prader and I don't make the cut?

It's because he's wiccan isn't it?


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[sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the party It's good to get another grognard in here.

I was active duty Navy for 6.5 years but did most of my deployments on "the Green Side" riding in the back of an H60. I'm now a full-time student and weekend warrior.

[prader.livejournal.com]

Speaking for myself- No. I am not even remotely close to being an 'expert' on anything.

Well, I qualified 'expert' on a few weapons, but that was years ago.

[prader.livejournal.com]

I took it to mean 'fiscally' Conservative, but could be wrong.

[prader.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Reagan wouldn't recognize the party these days

Personally, I don't think those in the Republican party would recognize him. I mean, Reagan was center-right. By that metric, current Republicans are so far right you can't even spot them from Reagan's viewpoint. They're way off in the distance.

I am probably not as familiar with the SCOTUS opinions and terminology you are referring to as I should be.

Eh. A lot of Americans don't pay much attention to SCOTUS & its rulings. I mean, witness Citizens United & the lack of public outcry. I think the one case most Americans can cite is Bush v. Gore.

I think you have a right to starve in this country

So you would go back to the late 1800s or 1929-1940s? I mean, your comment places you squarely in the party of Hoover.

And I truly have a severe dislike for those who game the system.

This is directed toward industrialists, too, I assume? "The rich get richer" is a truism for a reason.

[sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com]

I kid, I kid

[prader.livejournal.com]

But I've been to the Middle East. And Europe. (I wouldn't consider myself an expert on Germany, France, Austria, England, Spain and maybe a few others, either.)

I prefer to leave it at "I've blown shit up in more countries than probably most Americans have ever been to."

;D

[devil-ad-vocate.livejournal.com]

My apologies to you both. I slap my face repeatedly!

From past conversations with him, I think he knows stuff that - should he tell us - he would be required to kill us. ;)