Jay Knight » politics http://jk3.us ...or something along those lines Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:22:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Vote For Someone Else (.com) http://jk3.us/2008/09/12/vote-for-someone-else-com/ http://jk3.us/2008/09/12/vote-for-someone-else-com/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:28:54 +0000 Jay http://jk3.us/?p=77 Continue reading →]]> Ever since it was pretty clear that Ron Paul would not be the Republican nominee, I’ve planned on voting for someone who is not John McCain or Barack Obama.  I’ve learned enough over the past year and a half to realize that neither of those represents the kind of change this country needs, and in fact are exactly the same in all of the important fundamental issues that we face.

The other day, Dr. Paul held a press conference with all most of the “other” national candidates and urged voters to reject the two-party system by voting for someone else.  He came together with those four candidates to agree on four principles that set them apart from the established candidates.

So, in light of that, I’ve thrown up a new site: voteforsomeoneelse.com.  It’s a blog-type thing where I’ll be posting news and thoughts that will hopefully convince a few people to not vote for the status quo.   Let me know your thoughts and suggestions.

Special Thanks to: The very fitting theme is by an old colleague, thanks James!

]]> http://jk3.us/2008/09/12/vote-for-someone-else-com/feed/ 0 And to the Republic http://jk3.us/2007/09/05/and-to-the-republic/ http://jk3.us/2007/09/05/and-to-the-republic/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:07:43 +0000 Jay http://jk3.us/2007/09/05/and-to-the-republic/ Continue reading →]]> My fairly recent newfound interest in politics has led me to read up on and follow things that has always either bored or saddened me (much of it still does). In the course of keeping up with the latest goings on, I ran across this little blog post noting the differences between a democracy and a republic. The line between them has been blurred into invisibility in today’s culture, but the founders understood the contrast very well and warned against a democratic government.

So, I’ll have to learn more about this: It’s nice to have a good, simple, definition-based way to express some of the things that have been swimming aimlessly in my head. It’s also funny to juxtapose these terms with our political parties that claim them as namesakes. I’m finding it hard to figure out exactly how they justify calling themselves either.

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Ron Paul caught my attention after the last Republican debate. I started reading up on him and watching videos of some of his speeches. Basically, he believes in the things that make this a great country, specifically the Constitution. To be honest, there are things that the government has been doing that I didn’t know went against the Constitution: the Federal Reserve, income tax, going to war without it passing both houses of Congress, etc. Why didn’t the media alert me to these things?!

But really, if we don’t have and uphold the Constitution, what do we have? Not much. I urge you to watch the debate tonight (8 pm Central on Fox News, I think) and pay attention to Dr. Paul. Until then, go to his campaign site, and search Google Video, Blog Search and Technorati for more info.

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