I am not a Democrat, because I have no idea what their economic policies are; And I am not a Republican, because I know precisely what their economic policies are.

Indeed, the entire left/right debate is false, an artificial framework for analyzing policy. In my mind, the real debate is the corporatocracy versus the individual.

And right now, the individual is losing . . .


(Does this mean I would have to go to work naked? ? ?)

This explains a great deal. . .

Angelo Codevilla has really done a job.  A hard, sometimes distasteful one that, in the end, fails to answer all questions, solve all problems, or radically disrupt the prevailing paradigm.

But he did a difficult job, and did it as well as anyone could.

The job he did was to attempt to lay out the basic clash that is reaching its denoument in these days, and years coming up.  Almost no one will whole-heartedly like it.  Everyone will find something incomplete, or slanted, or simplistic within it.  If, however, we ignore it, and fail to take up the spark it ignites, then we will have nowhere to turn as preventable disaster overcomes us.

You don't have to read it.  You should, though.

America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution

By Angelo M. Codevilla from the July 2010 - August 2010 issue

Another take on why you should Vote Libertarian

This discussion is a simple analysis of the two branches of the One Party Rule so beloved in Utah County.

Of Variety, and Life.

It's official.

The Republican Party in Utah County absolutely cannot tolerate anybody, especially teenagers, going up the canyon to get away from strip malls and planned real-estate development.  Apparently, it's far preferable that our children be contained in malls or convenience stores, where they are 'contributing to the economy'.

How will they halt this growing scourge?  By making everything you can do suspect and/or illegal.

That's right.  Now, anybody under the age of 35 will be subject to being detained and interrogated by the Sheriff's office anywhere outside of incorporated municipalities.  And they will base their reasonable suspicion on the possibility of the use of SPICE!!!!!!!!!!!!! (did you notice how scary that word is?)


Since Spice is not a schedule drug, and its 'high' is a dismally short version of what happens when you drink a Red-Bull, or a Super Big Gulp, everyone will be a suspect.  You can't actually tell when somebody is using it, but now, police will be able to stop you, request your identification, require you to speak in order to invoke your Constitutional right to remain silent, and if they don't like what you look like, they will justify the stop on suspected Spice use, and then arrest you for possession of a substance that was specifically designed to be harmless.


Oh, yeah, and Spice doesn't show up in metabolite tests, so there can never be any evidence one way or the other that you used Spice.


Is this what Utah County wants its very expensive law enforcement resources spent doing?  Rousting our kids out of the canyons?


I'm wondering why the County Attorney's office is supporting this grab for more police-state powers? (You might recognize a police state by its resemblance to old good-guy/bad-guy cold war movies: Bad guys have thugs who walk up to innocent non-government-connected citizens and demand, "Your papers!" Which are never in order. . .)  I'm guessing that the County Attorney's Office can't find enough to keep themselves busy.  Apparently, there aren't enough murders, thefts, assaults, oh, and frauds that they care to prosecute in the county to keep them occupied in a professional manner. . .


If you like the idea of a government that can say that anything enjoyable is illegal, then you probably ought to validate and encourage the past decade and a half of Government For the Rich, By the Connected, and Of the Authoritarian, and vote Republican.  If you want to take back your government -- your LOCAL government -- then say, "Enough!" to the unelected (remember, it's not an election if there's only one candidate. . .) One Party Statists that have been making your county a national laughing-stock, and vote for Hullinger for County Attorney.


I guess if you say there's nothing wrong, or you like the way things are, or you think somebody ought to do SOMETHING!! well, maybe you've been smoking a little too much Spice. . .