Politics

Getting caught up on my reading.
Doc sums things up pretty well.

My own politics tend towards libertarian and I have no truck with the right wing religio-control freaks.

I believe in safety nets, but not redistribution, cooperation not confrontation and demonetization.

Personal freedom's and modest government, a government to provide essential and community services, but not one that is a parent, a government which is of the people, not over the people.

Doc Searls Weblog : Back to real conservatism:

"Somewhere between Barry Goldwater and Sarah Palin, conservatism changed from a philosophical anchor — what Goldwater called a “conscience” — into a pure partisanship, defined at least as much by what and who it’s against (Liberals, Democrats, Hillary, Obama) as by what it’s for. The latter now includes a list of causes (opposition to abortion and gay marriage, religiously-defined “family values”) that bear no resemblance to Goldwater’s essentially Libertarian philosophy."