The Maese Insurrection » Politics http://www.maeseinsurrection.com Sedition is Beauty Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:41:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Political Priorities http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2012/01/10/political-priorities.html http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2012/01/10/political-priorities.html#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:40:22 +0000 S. Steven Maese http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/?p=203 With the Republican primaries in the news, I must reevaluate my political beliefs.

I was a regisitered Republican for nearly 15 years, until Obama ran in 2008. I’m still conservative (although probably more Libertarian) but I voted for Obama because I believed that whole change thing.

Well, nothing has changed. And this election cycle, I don’t believe Mitt is the answer to my political prayers.

So I ask myself: Who aligns most with my political beliefs?

I tend to rank things. Therefore my political priorities, in order, are:

  1. Freedom
  2. Pragmatism
  3. Charity
  4. Security

 

Freedom is foremost because with it new ideas dies. Freedom is not the same as democracy, not even a democratic republic, but that’s another discussion.

Pragmatism is next because a society should do what is in its best interest from a practical standpoint; above almost everything else, except freedom of course.

Charity is next because society should care for the least among us. Determining who actually is the lease among us is for another post.

And security is last because while necessary, it is the enemy of freedom. For example we could get rid of all automobile deaths, including DUIs, easily. Ban alcohol and aggressively enforce a 30 mph speed limit; even on freeways. But who in their right mind would agree to that?

]]> http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2012/01/10/political-priorities.html/feed 0 My Friend Andy http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/06/my-friend-andy.html http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/06/my-friend-andy.html#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:22:36 +0000 S. Steven Maese http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/06/my-friend-andy.html is getting excluded from the A.G. debates.  Read about it here:

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700264631,00.html

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But here is what it would have cost, courtesy of the LA Times:

bailout

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