Monday, April 2, 2012

Nigel Farage and Inconsitancies

There is a politician in the United Kingdom named Nigel Farage, I posted a link to one of his speeches before. Mr. Farage is one of the very few politicians in the European Union that actively disagrees with it's very existence. I generally enjoy his speeches where he promotes democracy; but, I found he is inconsistent.

YouTube - UKIP Nigel Farage - A message to the Australian Monarchist League, April 2011

Mr. Farage is sort of the English version of Ron Paul. The lone person calling out the banking fraud, counter-productive bailouts and the loss of democracy. Yet, he is a isolationist and believes in austerity measures that are unsustainable. We are provided with no politician who is willing to consider all sides, all or nothing thinking, not moral thinking, cost benefit all or nothing thinking.

Most people who come to this site will not watch the video; but, if you watched the link I posted to another of his speeches then you will see that he still believes having a queen is better than politicians. He is in fact a Monarchist. He worships the queen of England and that is not very democratic.

In the case of Mr. Farage and Mr. Paul, in both cases we only ever hear what we want. They both claim to be for freedom and democracy. Mr. Paul supports the legalization of drugs. I do not consider that a radical idea; however, most Republicans do and he is a Republican. Mr. Paul is also against abortion which is popular with Republicans but loses him Democratic and Independent voters.

Mr. Paul and Mr. Farage are the only ones speaking out for freedom; but, each has things for everyone to hate that they take passionately. If 90% of the people agree with you on one issue and disagree with you on half of your other issues, you never win the big one. The question is, why would you vote for anyone who had voted for the Patriot act? Why would you vote for anyone who voted for the Healthcare bill, the TARP and Stimulus bills? I want you to remember that all of these bill were passed with massive support from both parties.