Saturday, February 21, 2009

Is there an ajenda here?

the headline is
Anti-Gay Bozeman State Senator Joe Balyeat Wants Bill Passed To Kill More Wolves In Montana

First, what does Anti-Gay have to do with killing wolves? Unless he thinks the wolves are gay this seems to be completely irrelevant to the story.
Second, there is a reason that they kill wolves and it's not because they enjoy killing things. Wolves are predators they kill livestock and pets. Not only that but with more people moving there is a higher chance of wolves taking children as well.
I don't know if that is the reason that this person wants the law passed but you might want to think about it.
Third, and most important, a website called "Stopping the Hate" should consider writing in a style which doesn't promote hate. The message I get from this website isn't Stop the Hate, but hate the people I hate.

Stopping the Hate website

Friday, February 13, 2009

Why do People Want to Control Other People

I don't mean on a personal level, I can understand wanting to have effects and even control them, I mean controlling how complete strangers act when it has no effect at all on the person who wants to control them.
I read debates on the Internet often, and one of the most obvious examples of this was on helium.com, which asked it skin bleach should be made illegal and a vast majority of people said yes. I searched the Internet trying to find some hint of why it was dangerous, but I couldn't find it. So far as I can tell these people wanted skin bleaching to be illegal because they didn't like the idea.
I don't like it either. There is no reason that someone should have to use bleach on their skin to feel better about themselves but I don't have to agree with people to believe that they should be allowed to make their own decisions.
Most people would agree to the same thing if you put it that way, but the next time they are given the opportunity to tell someone how to live their life they will do so and not just giving opinions they will force that opinion.
Many of the ways people do that seem benign but they are symptoms of a bigger problem. Tax exemptions for example seem completely benign on the surface but that they really are is the government telling you that if you spend the money in they way they want, act the way they want, they won't charge you so much.
Freedom must be the ability to make mistakes or it isn't anything. I want my freedom and I want other people to have theirs.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Ronald Reagan's Birthday


On his birthday I would like to remind everyone of just how hated Ronald Reagan was during his time as president. I know that it may seem like the constant attacks on the president are a reaction to bush but that is just untrue. the only difference is that for whatever reason the constant attacks have worked against George Bush.
There are of course still those who hate Reagan as much now as they did then, but many more have decided that perhaps he wasn't as bad as as they had thought. I don't claim that George W. Bush is going to become a beloved president, I don't even claim that Ronald Reagan has become popular. There are still many who hate him.
It doesn't matter what any president accomplishes, if he is conservative, or even moderately conservative like Bush, he will be constantly attacked, but on Ronald Reagan's birthday I would like to remind everyone that a president can be popular even if constantly attacked by the media.