180° In 180 - Don't Ask Don't Tell - Nuclear Treaty - New Tax Bill - Lame Duck

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First of all I'd like to point out that the bill on the tax cuts and the subsequent stimulus that came with it was in fact funded by cuts made elsewhere.

As far as DADT most of what you said is true. "It doesn't matter what people do as long as they don't infringe on you," or I also like "The right to swing my fist ends where your jaw begins." However, blaming the slow action on the "statists" is a little fallacious. Society is always slow to change and large power structures are even slower, and the fact is that the acceptance of homosexuality is a very recent phenomenon in our current history. Sure, other cultures in our past have been openly tolerant, but our culture has centuries of anti-homosexuality to undo. This isn't exactly an overnight process. And without the government to lead the way it probably wouldn't happen - just like without the government those blatantly anti-homo, anti-black, anti-immigrant, anti-whatever would turn to violence in order to enforce their beliefs on those around them. Just look at the Tiller case - a man murders an abortion doctor in a church, then admits it, then assumes he will be acquitted because he was 'saving hundreds of unborn lives.'

This will segue me right into the START treaty. Everything you said about this was also true. I don't trust my government and I damn sure don't trust the Russian government. But the solution isn't to simply throw your hands up and say 'fuck the government.' What we need - and what we've seen more and more people calling for - is an open government. If we know exactly what the government is up to then it becomes exceedingly difficult to corrupt as society generally views corruption as abhorrent and invariably rails against it. Some people argue that in order to keep the peace we sometimes need to keep state secrets, but if something needs to be concealed from the public at large then it is probably not something we should be doing.

Ultimately the way the government works and how well it works is dependent on the society it governs. A government that governs without the consent of the people doesn't govern for long, which means that our government as it stands today is the government that we asked for and it won't change until we get a tipping point of people demanding better. The only way to do that is to get involved.

When your demands and rhetoric are inherently anti-government and anarchist you relegate yourself to the fringes of society and separate yourself from that government. Then you truly lose your control over it.

Happy Holiidays, Mike! You still rock!
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Nice Mike, it is great to see so much truth and discussion of truth coming out. thanks for all the hard work you and your friends do for humanity, we both know there are many that need it. cheers.

Good stuff and happy xmas everyone.

happy festivas everyone.

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Voted up keep them coming. Its always good to hear a different perspective and I like what you have called your videos 180 awesome.

Great job voted up, cant wait to see more of this.

Right on, as always.