Foreign Policy

What calling do we have to determine the governance of other states? Why are we deciding what is right and proper for other peoples, other lands? No matter how directly such decisions affect us, we have no damned right to decide for any other people how they should govern themselves. If they're against us we can't force them not to be. We can only try to convince them to like us. We've fought wars to allow other nations to decide for themselves who they want to be; why have we wavered from that choice?

The Essence of Government

The current philosophy on government seems often to boil down to passing laws to get people to behave as they should; sadly, the government to a large extent cannot legislate behavior. It cannot legislate tolerance, it cannot legislate charity, it cannot legislate pride in small businesses and America, it cannot legislate virtue; it cannot condemn all crimes. Thus when it tries to do so it fails nobly, and thus when it fails nobly our beloved country, our beloved world, keeps going down the shitter.

Seriously, guys?

Does Terry McAuliffe seriously think Hillary Clinton beats John McCain on national security? Are you serious? Does anyone not being paid by or endorsing Hillary Clinton believe that?

Also does he seriously believe the "world changed on 911" rhetoric that's been used to justify torture?

honestly