Congratulations are in order to fellow LLP’ers Stephen Littau of Fearless Philosophy for Free Minds and Brad Warbiany at The Unreprentant Individual, both of him are celebrating the first birthday of their respective blogs.

Like kids who claim seniority by age, I’ve got seniority over you by a whopping ten days. Now, do as I say, and have a happy day.

Uncle Jack

I don’t necessarily want to debate this point, but I’ll explain. I happen to think that Bush is doing well in the War on Terror, and I happen to think that we have put Iraq on course to a democratic society that can be a lasting improvement to Iraq. I think it can become a beacon to the rest of the middle east; a focal point in transforming the entire region.

Outside of the war, he’s been a mediocre president. He’s increased spending by astronomical levels, while cutting taxes. I hate the former, love the latter, but we can all agree that you can’t do both at once. Outside of spending, he’s been relatively unable to get anything done. I was hoping that he’d have a chance at getting some reform of Social Security, and that didn’t happen. His tax reform panel is a joke, and I don’t think he’ll enact any meaningful change there. I’m not that big of a fan of the agenda of the evangelicals, which I think Bush is pushing. He tried for educational reform, but we got “No Child Left Behind”, a system that adds tests and requires us to label failing schools as failing, but without any vouchers or other meaningful reform to improve them.

So how do I think Kerry would be worse? First, I think he’d lose resolve fighting the war on terror almost immediately. We’d go right back to ignoring the problem and hoping it goes away. But on the domestic front, I can guarantee that his spending programs would be bigger than Bush’s, he would raise our taxes to support it, he would push for socialized health care, would push for more money for education without any additional accountability, and he would further allow government regulation to control our lives.

Given the question between bad and really bad, I chose bad. Had the Democrats put up a better candidate than Kerry, I might be regretting my decision. But given the choice, I’d make the same one again.

Happy Blogiversary! (I must get around to writing the Happy Blogiversary song one of these days.)

As for whether our ideas would ever grab the attention of the average people, I offer a small historical question: Who in the colonies in 1760 would have believed that in less than two decades they’d be living in a republic that embraced life, liberty, and property?

Please explain how Kerry could be worse. I don’t get it…