Unfortunately the War of Terror has no end. It has no clear objective (other than stop terrorist attacks and punish terrorists), the enemy has not been defined, nor do we know what victory would like if we get there. The Constitution mandates that war must be declared by Congress, this way we define the enemy, our goals, what victory would like like, and make a specific plan of action to accomplish the goals. But because Washinton DC no longer cares about the Constitution, war was not declared. Now we have the most vague and open ended war ever fought by the United States. Now, war is the norm.

Yes they all Lie. They do what is politically convenient. Obama, Hillary & Bill Clinton, both George Bush's, Ried, Boehner, Pelosi. Government, especially those in the federal government, routinely cover their tracks, block Freedom of Information requests, lie, promote misinformation, and twist the truth. It makes not much difference what party they are from. Many of our representatives in DC are not truthful.

And people wonder why Ron Paul's libertarian platform was more appealing to college kids than Obama's big government platform. The GOP could learn something from Ron Paul, that libertarianism (Conservatism in its most basic sence) is the key to its winning ticket. The platform of the establishment GOP is flat out not appealing to young people. Its just not. The GOP can take this advice and grow the party, or it can reject this advice and continue to support only minor reductions in spending, a foreign policy that is too expansive and expensive, and continued violations of the Civil liberties.

It would be interesting to know if there is ANY country in the middle east inwhich Cliff May does NOT believe we should militarily intervene (or atleast supply weapons to). I'm sure it is a very short list if it exists at all. Thanks for rationalizing the need for yet another middle east war. Our bankrupt country thanks you for it.

It is no secret that the system is gamed in favor of the Republicans and Democrats. The media hardly covers anything other than the establishment R's and D's during election time. Candidates from any third party have to fight like hell to get their names on a ballot. It would be better if the D's and R's represented opposite poles of political identity. However, they are both complicit in furthering along the erosion of the Constitution, they both spend money like it grows on trees, neither really believe in free markets, both want to maintain an empire abroad, and both are disconnected from the American people. Third parties are most definately oppressed so the 2 major parties can keep their control. A third party president would be...

Making a product and selling it to free individuals who voluntarily choose to make the transaction because it is worth it to them is not a scam. Thats how the free market works.

Neoconservatives (not to be confused with authentic conservatives) will always advocate for more military occupations (because its easier justified when not called 'war'). They don't understand that our Constitution doesn't allow us to take military action without a declaration of war as approved by Congress. They don't understand that war is expensive in both blood and treasure. Our military is stretched thinnly across the globe. They don't realize our foriegn policy is partially responsibile for our massive debt. They don't understand that some of our actions in the middle east cause more antiAmerican sentiment than it solves thereby helping terrorist recruitment efforts.

Fortunately, studies have shown people under the influence of THC are not more dangerous behind the wheel than than non-THC drivers. Just because marijuana has been prohibited for a while does not mean we can assume it is dangerous to drive with like alcohol. In truth, driving while under the influence of Nyquil, certain pain killers, or certain prescriton medications is much more dangerous than marijuana. Marijuana is by and large a mild stimulant, which is why some people are prone to paranoia using it. But people are not more wreckless, uninhibited, and distracted while using marijuana. Being wreckless, uninhibited, and distracted is what alcohol does to you.

US defence against jihad should also recognise how our foriegn policy encourages retaliation in some cases. People like Cliff May see this from only one perspective. They see us getting attacked and advocate more military action over seas. But then we get attacked some more. Should we continue to ramp up our foreign opperations? OR will this predictably lead to more jihadist activity. I don't claim to know the magic formula for the perfect foreign policy, but this much I know. Some of the terrorist attacks suffered by the United States is not the result of having insufficient military spending or over seas occupations but rather from too many alliances, too many foreign occupations, getting involved in too many civil wars.

There is this thing called the 'Fog of War'. It means it is difficult to know all the facts in the chaos of war. If you somewho believe that everybody that was sent to Gitmo was a bonafide terrorist, no doubt about it you are fooling yourself. How on earth could any group of people correctly capture and imprison every militant without error in the chaos of a Middle East fire fight in the middle of a city? If we want to stand as a leader for justice on a world scale (be the policemen of the world), then we ought to afford captives some kind of a fair trail to weed out the guilty and innocent. To imprison them indifinately would be to go against everything we stand for.