The Unwasted Life

Knowing that I am not a heretic, I decided to review my standing on The Political Compass.

Back in 2005

Economic Left/Right: 3.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.56

Today, Feb 20, 2008

Economic Left/Right: 3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.36

So it looks like I am basically consistent here, although slightly more authoritarian.

What bothers me however is where I fall in comparison to the 2008 Presidential Primary field. Can the individuals behind The Political Compass really get an accurate score from speechs, policy papers, and voting records? I am really that different than most Republicans? I know that I have very little in common with the Democrats. I wish there were concrete scores available for the candidates. None of the candidates that I know of has taken the test and posted his/her score on the web. Maybe Lessig can post his if he decides to run for Congress.

How can I be closer to Hillary than Huckabee, let alone my preferred candidate Fred Thompson? Something is not right here. I just cannot figure out where yet, I dug through my Camino cache and printed out my answers to all the questions. Maybe I can learn something by reviewing them again. Who knows.

What about you, where do you score?

The Obama camp is claiming that they had no part in creating this video. Clearly, the video is borrowed from Apple and re-mixed for Obama v. Clinton. Looks like it could be a user-generated mash-up to me. There is no way the Obama campaign would stoop so low so as degenerate the socialism Hillary would bring to America if allowed to!

Regardless, this video could mean huge changes in the 2008 President Election campaigns. Just think of money candidates could save by not running so many TV commercials when they can run them on the net for free. No need to high production costs if your base can put compelling commercials together for you. Are you paying attention broadcast media? Do current election laws handle this?

I heard the tail end of Mike Gallagher’s segment with Tom DeLay this morning. Looks like he is going to make a come back via the blog and his Grassroots Action and Information Network (GAIN). Welcome to the blogosphere Tom. I wish more of our leaders were involved here.

In Tom’s own words:

In all honesty, I did not fully realize the impact or potential of the blogosphere until very recently, when Red State gave me the opportunity to post some of my observations in the wake of the recent midterm elections. The response I received was overwhelming, and I would like to again thank the fine people at that site.

This experience brought me to the immediate realization that I needed to become more directly involved in the blogosphere. TomDeLay.com is the product of our latest effort to find new ways to connect, unite and organize conservatives from all over America into a real grassroots political force.

Looking at the GAIN application (you might want to convert this to PDF format) I notice the requirements for two references who can vouch for one’s past in grassroots efforts. Are newcomers unwelcome in GAIN? The “impact and potential of the blogosphere” will bring many to want to get involved for the first time, only to be turned away. (Mr. DeLay, please correct me if I am wrong about GAIN membership.)

• Why I am a Christian Libertarian speech at Trommetter Times.
• Back to Iraq
• Jeremy Hedley’s Antipixel weblog
• Anders Jacobsen. Home of great tips on MT and Googlejuice
• Reductio Ad Absurdum: A Conservative Review of Politics, Books, and Culture

From John Palfrey:

The American Revolution, Bailyn tells us, was really about the preservation of political liberty. Blogs, no doubt, are about the preservation of political liberty in the online environment, in a digital era.

via Dave

We live in a pretty messed up world. So many on the left are incensed about Operation Iraqi Freedom where we are working to free an entire nation from tyranny. Some have taken to documenting the unfortunate side effects of war — innocent civilian deaths.

Others are strongly opposed to capital punishment and work to change the justice system.

The people behind Iraq Body Count and NCADP are held up as mainstream by American media, but those of us who hold to the sanctity of life and oppose abortion are branded as radicals. Let’s look at the numbers:

• Iraq Body Count: Min 877 Max 1050
• NCADP executions since 1976: 843
• NRLC total abortions since 1973: 43,358,592

So where is the real crime being committed? 43 million Americans murdered before they took one breath outside their mother’s womb. Oh, we know the argument, “those fetus’ are less than human.” Yeah and once upon a time we considered slaves to only three-fifths a citizen as well.

Hey all you crazy liberals, an injustice is an injustice. You can’t have it both ways. If you are against the loss of life in war or punishment, you cannot logically be pro death when it comes to the unborn.

Now that we’ve got Freedom Fries and Freedom Dressing, what products do we need to boycott based on French-ownership? CNN/Money provides a list of some of the big names in French products.

French’s® Mustard wants to remind everyone they are a British company.

While you are looking for alternatives to your favorite products be sure to look at Star Spangled Ice Cream: Ice Cream with a Conservative Flavor.