Lady Justice stands with a balanced scale and a blindfold?  Why is this?  The scales have often been relegated to the balance of justice while the blindfold has been stated to represent that the court is blind to opinion and only open to fact. 

Fact is objective

Opinion is subjective

How many GOP folks understand this difference?  We already know liberals don't.

Sure they can espouse that those who want freedoms beyond the GOP personal values and morals are nothing more than Libertarians. 

If that’s true, why is that such a bad thing?

Moreover, what does it say about the GOP’s rigidity?  My way or the highway?

All values and morals are personal and subjective.  If they weren’t then we’d all live by the same values with the same morals and none of this would cause discourse.

Reality is that each person derives his or her values & morals from whatever source they subjectively decide.  No doubt that any true American would stop you.

A “shared” value doesn’t make it right or wrong.  Germans “shared” the value that Jews were inferior – we know how that turned out.  Americans once “shared” the value of subjugation of women and absconded their right to vote – we saw how that went over.  Humanity thought that blacks were inferior and ought to be enslaved – we can’t live that one down.

A “shared” value or moral doesn’t make it anything other than you happen to agree with another individual.  If Tim McVeigh agreed that bombing a building was moral, found someone who agreed, does this make it right since they agreed?

If Californians took a vote to bring back slavery and it passed, would that make it right?  This is why we vote Representatives who uphold the Constitution and not a “majority” vote of citizens, each with self-interest in withholding freedoms of others. 

No in both cases.  Why?  Because we don’t infringe on the civil liberties of others to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 

Did anyone actually define life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness in the Constitution? 

Apparently a lot of Conservatives want to define a lot of things right now.  Careful the lighting rod you make for your own back. 

So, did anyone define HOW life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ought to be sought out? No, and why is that?  Because it’s subjective and each American needs to be afforded equal opportunity by which to pursue that happiness without government’s interference.

Problem is that the GOP gets on their soapbox and screams about gay marriage and abortion to the extent that they have alienated the millions of centered Americans who are socially liberal (live your life as you wish) and fiscally conservative (stop spending my hard earned tax dollars on your junk).

The GOP think that because they have a religion and their subjective version of god tells them what their values and morals are that it is their RIGHT to impose those values and morals on others, to the expense of this election, the one in 2006 and others to come.

Our Founders were brilliant.  They created a Constitution that was BLIND to subjectivity and sought BALANCE through the checks/balances system of government.

Arguably the issue of abortion is a hot button.  To understand that all life is equal across the board and that subjectively we determine which life holds value to the extent that we keep it alive or allow it to die needs to be assimilated. 

Perhaps your god/religion determines that the value/moral of taking a life means (fill in the blank), every decision to kill is rationalized for safety (jihad), comfort (animals), sport (polar bears & caribou), sustenance (chicks & ducks and geese better scurry) among the top ten or more reasons. 

All reasons that each person applies value. 

Killing jihad is good.  Killing your neighbor because you disagree is not good. 

Killing rabbits for coats; good.  Killing your dog because it used your rug for a toilet; not good.

Killing caribou with a license for fun is good.  Killing your cat for fun; not good.

Killing chickens for sustenance is good. Killing your prairie dog for sport; not good.

You get the point…hopefully.

Those with the self-interest of said scenarios must determine subjective opinion of good and bad, thus act in self-interest for safety, comfort, sport or sustenance.

The GOP had determined how each of those situations listed above must be decided, either by god, religion or some other source.  Somehow they have a shared value with others and thus think themselves “right”.  If they’re right, everyone else is wrong.

It is at your own risk and at your own peril to keep thinking this way.

You make a lightening rod for yourself when you do because at some point in a future situation your shared value/moral will be considered wrong and overruled, likely in a minority.  It will be at that time you will turn to your Constitution for protection.  Having determined that your subjective opinion previously imposed was “right” how would you expect a jury or judge to look upon this change of scene?  

Libertarians often get it! They understand balance and objectivity which are the very foundations of our Constitution.  Who would oppose such clarity except those who think they know how the rest of the world ought to live. 

Strangely sounds like jihad, doesn’t it?  Convert, subjugate or die.

Why not bring a greater number of people onto your side of this election by stepping out of the liberal controls of other people’s lives and into the world of freedom and choice.

Yes, abortion is distasteful to a great many people.  Yes, many of us would like to end it.  For now we must understand that until personal accountability and responsibility for choices made hits home to the extent that we actually hold others accountable, we’ll need some things in place to manage it…for now.

For many, gay marriage is against their religion or distasteful in thought.  However, if freedom is your end game then why not get government out of the business of marriage altogether.   Secular ceremonies can be performed for those that are not religious.  Church ceremonies can be had for those who want their religion. In addition, all who choose to engage in a contractual agreement regarding bequeathment of assets, hospital manageability, children and a host of other details will make contracts. No religious or secular ceremonies are considered legal, only symbolic.  Done. 

No disrespect to religion.  No disrespect to others who choose “happiness” unlike our own. No issue with contracts since they can be between whoever and how many.  Goats and bigamists will have to find a special church.

This is objective and government is out of our business.

Is this Libertarian or is this just smart?

Are you against liberty?  If so, how do you live in this nation then when its tenets are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

Is the pursuit of happiness only possible if it agrees with your personal subjective view of what is “happiness”?

Liberals are anything but liberal; the GOP is starting to look more like liberals everyday they want to enforce restrictions to freedoms and imposing their personal values and morals on others.

“Imposing” anything on people is inherently taking away their freedoms. 

If you want to know how to win this election and every single one after, then start talking about pluralistic issues that create more freedom and choice while not imposing on others.

Start looking to utilizing pluralistic tax dollars for pluralistic issues regarding freedom.

Start overturning laws and regulations that seek to hijack these freedoms.

Start allowing freedom and choice without infringing on the civil liberties of others.

Start speaking to freedom of choice in healthcare, marriage, schooling and a host of other subjects.

Look for the most objective component of an issue and if the decision to make a move creates more freedom then you’re most likely on the track of upholding our Constitution.

Too many GOP voters and clearly too many liberals have to come “believe” that their subjective opinions are actually facts to behold and abide.

Freedom, baby! That’s what we want more of and less imposing of personal values and morals. 

Not giving someone a choice is attempting to control and manipulate.

Arrogantly thinking you know how others should or ought to live is more liberal than you know.

GOP and Libertarians UNITE! 

Independents are independent for what reasons? Because they don’t agree entirely with either side; more often than not, they’re balanced (remember Lady Justice and her scales?).

Let’s get it done; let’s respect our differences the way the Constitution was set forth to do. Let’s stop judging personal decisions, subjective opinions and choices while not infringing on another’s freedoms & choices to create that personal pursuit of happiness we all want in our lives.