Dave's Writing Pages |
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I am a Political Moderate: |
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Here are my specific personal positions on a number of significant subjects. |
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Many people believe that a moderate is one that lacks an opinion.
They disregard moderate political thought, and claim the holders are
simply holding their "finger in the wind" before stating
how they stand. Moderates were once the backbone of politics in
America, when politicians sought compromise and consensus, thereby
naturally steering our country to a middle ground. But in the last
few decades, the politics of extremism has lead to multiple litmus
tests and the claim of 50%+1 being a mandate (sometimes 49% or even
47%) with corruptible systems systematically exploited for narrow
individual benefit. Extremists, from both sides, sway much control
over their parties while most Americans share Hamilton's concern for
the "mischief of factions" that has become our two-party
win-lose political landscape. Most American's, myself included, want
government to find a 'middle ground', win-win, half-a-piece solution
for major issues, that maximizes the satisfaction of the greatest
number of compromise oriented citizens, (which will aggravate the
radical, vocal, and ego-centric spokesmen from both extremes).
Here is my attempt to define and publish my personally held beliefs
of moderation. Many positions lean toward libertarian, others to
liberal, yet others to the conservative belief in the marketplace.
That is the very essence of being a "radical moderate". |
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Position Papers by Issue: |
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Regulation of Electronic Media |
Coming Soon |
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Campaign Finance Reform |
Coming Soon |
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Abortion |
Simple Position |
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Euthanasia |
Coming Soon |
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Gun Control |
Coming Soon |
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The War on Drugs |
Coming Soon |
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Electoral College / Primaries |
Coming Soon |
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Compassion and Social Programs |
Coming Soon |
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Public Education |
Coming Soon |
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Free Trade, Jobs, and the Working Poor |
Coming Soon |
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The WTO and Local Control for Environment and Labor Conditions |
Coming Soon |
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IMF, Corruption, and Local Crops for Local Consumption (Link) |
Coming Soon |
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Intellectual Property / the "Fritz" chip |
Coming Soon |
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Monopolies: Oil, Media, Microsoft |
Coming Soon |
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Food and Drugs: Consumer Protection |
Coming Soon |
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Public Use / Public Lands: Zoning, Developers, Speculators |
Coming Soon |
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This page was started on June 4, 2003 and will be under construction
for a considerable period of time |
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Dave is Working
On It |
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Coming Soon: |
Not Started |
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Simple Position: |
Simple Statement of Personal Postion, Not Organized |
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Supported: |
Organized Thoughts with Some Supporting References |
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Finished: |
Formal Organized Paper with Supporting References |
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Catechism of the Catholic Church:
on the evil of pure Communism and pure Capitalism |
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The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies
associated in modem times with "communism" or "socialism." |
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She has likewise refused to accept, in the practice of
"capitalism," individualism and the absolute primacy of the
law of the marketplace over human labor. |
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Regulating the economy solely by centralized planning perverts the
basis of social bonds |
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Regulating it solely by the law of the marketplace fails social
justice, for "there are many human needs which cannot be
satisfied by the market" |
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Reasonable regulation of the marketplace and economic initiatives, in
keeping with a just hierarchy of values and a view to the common
good, is to be commended.
(from the Vatican
archives) |
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LINKS: |
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The Polemic: a
Moderate's webpage publicizing the intolerant idiocracy of the left
and right. |
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SFCG: Search for Common Ground: A
non-profit organization trying to offset political zealotry |
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Original Web Upload: June 2003
Last Update: June 11, 2003 |
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