Chaosblade02 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 This question isn't trying to single a particular person or political party, it is directed to the structure of the government as a whole. Don't bring any hate Bush or Obama stuff here. My vote for no confidence is as a result of the government trying to expand itself beyond any measure imaginable. Both parties seem to be for expanding government, and large government doesn't mean better government. It means more bureaucrats running and making choices about peoples lives. Quite honestly I'm pissed with both political parties right now. I think they got no right to tell an adult that he/she has to wear a seat belt. I also believe its none of their business what you do in your house behind closed doors. I believe any person should have the right to consume or put anything in their body that they want. And I sure don't like the idea that I can be wiretapped without a warrant, all they gotta do is label you a terror suspect, they could label anyone a terror suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysus Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 you should have asked: do you have confidence in the US rulers?a government is somin else...and yes i have confidence in them in the sense that thell do what they are supposed to do, just that this "what they are supposed to do" is not what the alleged voters think but what the few that own the FED think it is... :whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosblade02 Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 you should have asked: do you have confidence in the US rulers?a government is somin else...and yes i have confidence in them in the sense that thell do what they are supposed to do, just that this "what they are supposed to do" is not what the alleged voters think but what the few that own the FED think it is... :whistling: Well you see the government as a whole consists of these elected officials as well as people appointed and hired by them or their appointees, and the choices of the government are made by these people alone. So the question still has the same meaning as you suggest. And yes I would have to agree with the point you made about them doing pretty much what they want anyway. The government should fear its people, not the other way around. The US government is more like a corporation, trying to figure out ways to expand its power and make more money than provide protection and services to its people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 You gotta look at it in the same way a parent looks at their child going off to their first day of school. You did your best in telling them what was expected, and hope that they will use their best judgment when problems happen, and maybe ask someone more experienced with a particular thing, and whatever happens, happens. I'm confident that they will do everything within their power to keep their jobs, I'm confident that they will refrain from doing anything which might put their job at risk. In contrast, restaurant workers, I have no confidence in, they can just get another job after they've jacked off in the sauce, spit in your burger, and wiped snot on the bun. But in either case, the problem is proof. Still, people are less likely to suspect that kid behind the counter of doing something bad than their congressman. Go figure. Yep, government is self-serving, but the demon you know is always better than the demon you don't. *I apologize for graphic descriptions. They were necessary to prove the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosblade02 Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 You gotta look at it in the same way a parent looks at their child going off to their first day of school. You did your best in telling them what was expected, and hope that they will use their best judgment when problems happen, and maybe ask someone more experienced with a particular thing, and whatever happens, happens. I'm confident that they will do everything within their power to keep their jobs, I'm confident that they will refrain from doing anything which might put their job at risk. In contrast, restaurant workers, I have no confidence in, they can just get another job after they've jacked off in the sauce, spit in your burger, and wiped snot on the bun. But in either case, the problem is proof. Still, people are less likely to suspect that kid behind the counter of doing something bad than their congressman. Go figure. Yep, government is self-serving, but the demon you know is always better than the demon you don't. *I apologize for graphic descriptions. They were necessary to prove the point. To sum it all up, I think you mean the lesser of evils. Which many times is really hard to determine. Hard to find a politicians true intentions when they do nothing but go around and give every crowd in front of them lip service. Liars, all of them, you can tell when their lips move. Some are better public speakers than others, just consider one thing, their lips are moving..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wikinger9048 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Replying to Do you have confidence in the US government?I must think on Bill Clintons speech after OKC. If you say that government is in a conspiracy to take your freedom away, you are just plain wrong. Pssst ... There is no freedom. ;) Yes, they are doing the right thing. [ 1 ]Ouh Man... You have no Idea what Governments do day after day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosblade02 Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 Replying to Do you have confidence in the US government?I must think on Bill Clintons speech after OKC. If you say that government is in a conspiracy to take your freedom away, you are just plain wrong. Pssst ... There is no freedom. ;) Yes, they are doing the right thing. [ 1 ]Ouh Man... You have no Idea what Governments do day after day. Real freedom only existed for man back in the stone ages. I never did claim that we're a free country, only free within the box they call the law. What gets me is you have people on both sides that think they know whats best for everybody, basically enabling people you disagree with to dictate law and consequences to you for doing things you don't generally believe is wrong. By no means is a foundation like that freedom for anyone. America calling itself a free country is sorta like Fox News calling itself fair and balanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonox Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 how can you have confidence in a government which is contradicting itself. So my vote will be no.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C6Aviation Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I have confidence that the US Government is going to continue to waste money on things it doesn't need while neglecting things it does. It's just how it runs these days, and I can't see it running better anytime in my life. Think of the US Government as an installation of Windows. Fresh after installation and drivers, it runs pretty snappy. Doesn't hoard too much resources, works, is stable, etc etc. It runs fine for a while, but as time progresses, it starts to get a bit more unstable and uses more resources, untill eventually it's so bloated and so corrupted that it can barely run at all. The government is in this phase right now, it needs to be reinstalled as it was 200 years ago. It'd be great if they did shape up, tho...stop spending money they don't have, stop meddling in everyone's affairs, put a large boot up industry terrorist organizations like the RIAA(Who mean well, but fail to even operate legally), and generally stick to making and enforcing laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birrii Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I don't think that Obama will do anything special to make US better. Everything is getting different because now people have TOO many rights. (Don't think that I am crazy, you know WHAT I mean)Seriously, as Bush once said: "In Latin America, people speak Latin." ??? How could a president like that be nominated to be a president at all?I don't think Obama is a tyrant, but I haven't heard about any "heroic" actions in a while that he has done. The only things I've heard that he did was sending emergency-aid (money) to the shops to save us from the crisis, but it sometimes didn't work at all. Do you remember what Lincoln did for America? So, my answer will be, No, I don't have confidence in the US government. But I hope that US will be a good place, so that I WILL have the confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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