It's only you and me and we just disagree

He has some good ideas, I guess. The 'war on drugs' is a ridiculous waste of money and, if a person wants to fire up a joint at the house, who is the government to say they can't? Marijuana is a natural plant with useful medicinal properties as well and I think that, as a doctor, he recognizes that as well. However, as a cantankerous old man, his musing that the Civil Rights Act is unconstitutional and if a redneck asshole wants to bar Blacks from his crappy diner, his individual, sacred right to do so supercedes any rights that society in general should have.

Remember when democrats/liberals used to be the nit-pickers? The one's who, to protect the rights of the athiest or Jewish kid got prayer in school banned? (Ferrerman's note: This also is rumored to have something to do with the "separation of church/state" also in the constitution and, currently underfire as well.) Remember how outraged some folks were at this? And, 'Affirmative Action'? Why, they demanded to know, were minorities given preferential treatment over the majority?

Well, because if we, as a society, do not look after our rights, who will look after ours?

There is no smaller minority than you, the individual. However, you are also the majority at least as far as you are concerned in your everyday life. This is where it gets complicated. You are all about you but, your neighbor (let's call him, 'Fred'- Hi Fred!) is all about Fred. We are, in fact, a nation of you's and me's. There's 300+ million of us you's and me's. Simply, we can't all make up our own rules as we see fit as we go through life being you's and me's. This would be chaos and anarchy. It's already tough enough that some individuals amongst us choose to end others lives because they  don't like them or they refused to hand over money that you wanted. Society has laws to deal with these issues. It's not perfect and it's usually after the fact but, it's the best way of doing things. The idea is to encourage others to not do criminal acts. It's a good idea.

I'm not saying that a Ron Paul presidency would be anarchy but, it would be a huge step in that direction. It's a step that we as a society do not need to take. We already have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and that's neither constricting or wide-fucking-open to interpretation as some would have you think. It's common sense. You live here, you play by our rules. The architect does not own the building and neither does the janitor. We all do have an interest in it though. Yes, some more than others. That's the way it is, was and always will be.

WE THE PEOPLE, not ME THE PEOPLE.