Loki wrote:
I am a Liberal in the original sense of the word. So are you. Check out John Locke, the "father" of Liberalism, and his definition of Liberal and Conservative. The current definitions did not start being applied until about 50 years ago. This change began even earlier, in the early 20th century, with the rise of various C*******t and Marxist type political movements in this country.
AS far as being liberal I believe in personal freedom.Things like chooseing where you live what kind of work you do and who you v**e for. I believe in our constitution and never want to see one thing changed. I am dismayed that we now have to use a passport to travel to Canada and Mexico because I believe a person should be able to go any where they want to. People want to smoke pot and I'm ok with legalization. It doesn't cause any where near the traffic accidents and social or health problems like alcohol which can be as bad as heroin. I believe in reasonable enviornmental rules and I believe people and buisnesses should follow them. Take care of the land and you'll always have food and a place to live. Things that bother me is lack of support for schools and police protection also job creation. Coos county is turning into a retirement destination for people from other states . They had their good jobs and they have the money for fine homes here. These same people try to take over our county commissioners and city councils. They protest every single industry that wants to locate here. They v**e down every single school levy but they'll approve a multi million dollar boardwalk along the bay with inadequate parking so nobody uses it. Mean while the city says there is no money for maintaining the streets that everybody uses. Shows what kind of damage can be done by moneyed people who are by and large Republicans. At least that's how it is working here.