Peter's back

Peter Rempel of Rempelia Prime fame is back once again. After seeing him come back and reading Aaron's inspirational comments about finding the hate for hippies and communists that he knows is inside of me, I think my drought will be over. I am joining the college libertarians at school -- I just don't think the republicans are serious about anything. This brings me to my next point:
The republicans aren't serious about shit. The budget is haywire, they have no regard for getting things done in any sort of efficient manner, and of course they are not downsizing the federal government. GW comes out and wants to fix poverty after Katrina! Yay because I thought his philosophy to fix that stuff was capitalism, but I was wrong-- it turns out the answer was government money! I was wrong about conservatism all these days, wasn't I? Stupid me and my free market! IF a company fails, bail it out! Let the weak survive; it's healthy. Republicans with their corporate welfare and lax principles just piss me off.
Even things like No Child Left Behind are starting to piss me off. I think the premise was good - make schools hold teachers accountable for teaching. It definitely is what the education system in this country needs. But what I don't like is the fact that the federal government mandates all the rules. IS that in the constitution somewhere? Is that a power they should be exercising? I think not and I think that if something like that is a problem, it is the state's problem. As soon as big daddy central government tries to fix everything is when big daddy central government screws everything up. I just don't like someone thousands of miles away telling me how my community school should be run. It is a basic principle of this country that freedom means freedom from a big central power. George Bush seems to only care about wielding the powers and not giving them up like a good conservative should. Am I wrong here people?