"Mostly though, we are independent because we reject the idea that one ideology, devoid of the merit points of the other, are good for this country."
That's great. However, the number of "independents" must be so small as to be meaningless. The political divide in this country is growing, not shrinking, so the number of "independents" at best is holding steady. "Liberalism or conservatism unchecked is BAD. " I won't disagree with this. I really do dislike the term liberalism though. Modern liberalism is nothing like classical liberalism. The word has been co-opted. I like progressive better. Statists is okay. " Tethering yourself to either and then blindly attacking 'the other side', is a dimwitted way to go about things, in my opinion." Wow. You are stepping on some toes of some cf-community regulars with that statement. I doubt they even realize it though. J - Those who have been once intoxicated with power and have derived any kind of emolument from it can never willingly abandon it. - Edmund Burke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355020 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm