The Zombieslayer

I’ve already written an article on this before, but wanted an update on it.  There still seems to be a lot of good folks with good intentions who falsely still believe that George W Bush is a conservative.  I will prove them wrong.

I am not going to talk about social or religious conservatism, but rather fiscal and Constitutional conservatism.  Fiscal conservatism is simply an economic philosophy favoring prudence when it comes to economic spending and debt.

The last fiscal conservative President we had was Bill Clinton, who balanced the budget and gave us a surplus by cutting spending. When George W Bush came to office, he almost immediately gave us a deficit by increasing spending to ungodly levels.  Bush sympathizers like to put the blame on Congress and especially on Congressional Democrats, but the President has the power to Veto any bill Congress tries to get through.

I actually will give him credit for the tax cuts.  I like tax cuts.  But you have to cut spending when you cut taxes.

The problem with President Bush is he almost NEVER used the Veto.  According to the Wall Street Journal (May 15, 2008), Reagan used 78 Vetoes.  George HW Bush used it 44 times.  Bill Clinton used it 37 times.  George W Bush only 9 times.  9 times, folks.  Want to know why the deficit is so bad? There ya go.

Putting it in human terms, it’s like if your parents died and left you a surplus of money.  You go out and spend it all, then pick up some credit cards and max them all out, leaving you in fat debt.  Then you get married and your spouse inherits that debt.  That’s what our next President will get.

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As for Constitutional matters, a true Conservative believes in the Constitution.  There have been numerous things Bush has done that are unconstitutional, from the Patriot Act to continuing the War on Drugs (which in Bush’s defense the next President will most likely to as well).

The one thing that really irks me is when Bush got elected, I was relieved that the 2nd Amendment was safe.  Turns out, it wasn’t so.  I had to fight just as hard protecting Gun Rights under Bush.  Luckily, the biggest attack never made his desk.  The Democrats tried to get Clinton’s ‘94 gun ban renewed and we fought tooth and nail to kill this because Bush promised he’d sign it if it landed on his desk.

Lastly, a true Conservative realizes the damage illegal immigration does to the country.  Bush is openly for illegal immigration, as his record plainly shows.

So, folks, Bush is NOT a conservative.  He is neither a fiscal conservative nor a friend of our beloved Constitution.  Historians and Economists will look back at his eight years unfavorably.

You know how I feel about the Republicrats.  Or sometimes I call them the Democans.  Granted that they get all the media attention, I decided to take the responsibility of bringing to  you Third Party candidates.  Bob Barr will probably be the Libertarian.  I don’t know who the Green person is yet and don’t know if there will even be a Reform candidate.  If so, I’ll bring them too.

Bob Barr’s positions:

Voted for the Patriot Act, but severely regrets it and is now one of its biggest opponents.

One of the four founders of the American Freedom Agenda, an organization that is highly critical of the Bush Administrations’ attack on Freedom and Privacy.  Ron Paul, the guy I was supporting, was one of the other four.

In Congress, Barr was a strong supporter of the War on Drugs, but he’s since changed his stance and considers Drugs a State’s issue, not a Federal issue.  He’s also now a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project, which is an organization for either decriminalization or outright legalization (and taxation) of marijuana.

Is for cutting taxes, for which I give him a huge thumbs up.  You want the economy to take off? Cut taxes.  It worked for JFK.

Is anti-abortion, for which I give a thumbs down.  Abortion is a medical procedure, and something that should be decided by the States, not the Federal government.

Is highly pro-gun, for which I give a thumbs up.

In Congress, it was him who proposed the Pentagon ban the practice of Wicca in the military.  Dumb move, because it’s a violation of the First Amendment.  I haven’t heard if he regrets that or not.

Now is a lobbyist for the ACLU.

Has become a vocal opponent of Bush’s wiretapping.  He said the following:

“What’s wrong with it is several-fold. One, it’s bad policy for our government to be spying on American citizens through the National Security Agency. Secondly, it’s bad to be spying on Americans without court oversight. And thirdly, it’s bad to be spying on Americans apparently in violation of federal laws against doing it without court order.”

Will I vote for him? Don’t know yet.  I don’t like how he has flip-flopped on several key issues.  He is however better on Freedom and Privacy issues than any of the three Republicrat ass clowns still in the race (which isn’t saying much at all).  I will continue to bring information on Third Party candidates since the media won’t.  Someone has to do it.

Lots of people like to bitch, but when asked what they’d do if they were running this country, they’d say “umm…”

This is what I’d do if I were running this country:

1) Work on the energy crisis now. Not later, but now. People talk about getting out of Iraq, but have no solution for the oil crisis. Well folks, if we don’t have an alternative, we have no choice. You want us out of Iraq? Here’s what I’d do.

2) That said, pull us out of Iraq. HUGE waste of both American lives and money. It’s the main cause of our financial problems right now.

3) Speaking of economics, enact a huge tariff on Chinese goods. You want cheap crap? Fine. Buy it from Mexico instead. Let’s build a Middle-Class in Mexico. While China has nukes pointed at us, screw China.

4) All children will have to learn all 10 Bill of Rights, the Preamble to the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence. It’s time we started teaching Civics again. I’m tired of talking to Americans about Freedom and they have no idea what I’m talking about. I’m tired of explaining the difference between a Right and a Privilege, and explaining that Rights are something you’re born with, not something the government gives you.

5) Get rid of the Patriot Act. Legalize pot. Legalize prostitution. Get rid of 99% of gun laws. And start looking at other laws that encroach on our Freedoms and get rid of them. I’m sure I can find hundreds. Actually, screw it. I’ll just hire a bunch of Libertarians to look over our laws and see what we can do away with. We got too many freaking laws in this country. I’m tired of people looking over my shoulder and telling me I can’t do this or can’t do that. Buzz off.

6) Cut government spending. I’ll look at ways we can cut spending because whether you like it or not, we need to balance the budget. If Bill Clinton could do it, so can I.

That’s enough for now. It’s Mother’s Day and I have to take Mrs. Z and Junior out. It’s too nice of a day to be inside on this laptop. I already practiced guitar for two hours and it’s 12:20 PM, Junior’s playing videogames and Mrs. Z is changed and ready to go.

Happy Mother’s Day, folks. If you haven’t already, call your mother if she’s still alive. If she’s not, my condolenses, but give some appreciation for some mother out there who doesn’t get enough appreciation.

If I were running the country, my first focus would be fixing the economy. Here’s what I’d do:

1) Pull out of Iraq. Osama bin Laden is not in Iraq. He is either in Afghanistan or Pakistan. I want his head on a pike and would be a nice ornament for the White House lawn. Also, it will show future terrorists that we mean business. Bush doesn’t mean business. He’s just another chickenhawk, you know those people who talk tough, but carry a little stick? Plus, the Iraq War is a HUGE drain on the economy.

2) Tax outsourcing. We cannot continually outsource jobs outside this country. This country needs more jobs, not less.

3) Go after folks who hire illegals with heavy fines. Work should be done by Americans, especially when the economy sucks and unemployment is high.

4) Limit the H1-B visa program. H1-B visas are bad news for American tech workers.

5) Lower taxes on the Middle-Classes, Working Class, and poor folk. We pay too many taxes in this country. You want to see the economy take off? Well, lower the taxes on the Middle-Classes, the Working Classes, and the poor folks. With high taxes, none of them have the money to spend.

Today’s politicians, besides Ron Paul, are too vague. They say vague things that mean nothing, like “I’m the Candidate for Change.” What the **** does that supposed to mean? Or, “I want to be known as the Education President.” Ok, fine. What will you do to be the education President? Make kids take more stupid tests?

Here are real solutions. If you want me to go into more details, please say so in the comments section and I’ll answer with more specifics.

As we speak, in San Francisco, it’s a mess.

As you may know, the 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing.  The torch right now is supposed to go through San Francisco, but protesters are blocking the streets.

The Chinese have brought in special paramilitary police (and of course our pussy President Bush gave them the ok) to “protect the torch carrier.”  The paramilitary police are acting like Nazi thugs (and you know me, I don’t say those words lightly).

The protesters are protesting for various reasons - from the dismal Chinese human rights records to the cultural genocide they’re committing in Tibet.  There have already been clashes between both pro-China and pro-Tibet protesters and the streets are filled with people.

It is unlikely that the torch will be passed as the original route is literally blocked with people.  They’ll try to re-route but once again that will be blocked.

Two things I have to say about it - 1) Go Protesters! I may join them.  2)  Bush is the worst President we’ve had in decades.  He’s a pussy, and as America falls into Third World status, remember who was running the country when it all began.

You got to love how President Bush talks all day about fighting evil, and meanwhile he’s giving his nation away to China by continuing Clinton’s most favored nation status and looking the other way as our manufacturing base is all going there.

You wonder why the economy sucks.  Well, let’s see - 1) manufacturing base goes to China.  2) Middle-class goes to India.  3) illegals undercut farm labor.  And no, Bush’s tax cuts are not going to work because there’s nobody left to pay taxes except for the super rich whose taxes have been cut and the super rich, assholes like Bill Gates, are sending the jobs to India, not to Americans.

Maybe this will wake some people up.