Towne for Congress Goes International!!!

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be invited for a live interview on Russia Today, or RTAmerica.  The show aired only in metropolitan areas like NYC and Washington, DC and was shown internationally as well.  The interviewing was done remotely, so this was the first time to hear questions coming in my ear and then responding by looking into a camera, and believe me interviewing live is quite different from private conversations. 

Please see the clip below, the fact that their color is green and today is St. Patty's Day is, I am sure, purely a coincidence :)  The Open Office plank is here, my full stance on the Afghanistan War here, and the Iraq War here.

At Monday's Towne Hall, a bunch of the attendees had just heard of the campaign via the front page article in the Morning Call, which was published that day.  Several commented that after meeting me, they were no longer convinced my views were "all over the map" as written in the article, particularly after reviewing my stances on the wars (above) and my income tax plank where I highlighted that not only is this tax immoral, it is also UNNECESSARY.

The mouthpiece for the incumbent Republocrat stated: "It is such a mish-mash of political philosophies, it is hard to say.  I can't tell if he's conservative or liberal.'' 

Now, I do agree that many of my positions are difficult to understand at first until one has a grasp of the facts, and the current political spectrum does not contain my views as I view the collective actions of Republocrats as TYRANNY and my stance is simply "for liberty." For instance, understanding the facts on military spending and bases as outlined in "Guns or Health Care?" is key to understand before examining the current endless, nation-building wars aboard.

As I wrote in "An Hypocrisy of Terms: Liberal and Conservative," Americans tend to be divided by hypocritical terms like "conservative" and "liberal."  These terms are adjectives misused as nouns.  For instance RTAmerica, which, believe me, thoroughly researched my positions, originally called my interview with them as "Liberals make noise at the polls."  Many apply these words as nouns to themselves, instead of using them properly as adjectives:

Conservative is derived from the Latin "conservare" - to keep, to guard, to observe, to maintain the status quo.  Perhaps where I am the most "conservative" is towards the resurrection of the rule of law and the Constitution.  Most modern-day "conservative" politicians spit upon the Constitution by their words and deeds.

Liberal is an adjective that means to favor change from the status quo.  I suppose my platform is quite "liberal" in this respect as I believe the Republocrat status quo is ruining our country and instead offer solutions.

I am very careful to not identify myself as either term, nor do I identify myself as "libertarian" which has yet another host of interpretations.  This has been a good thing for my campaign, as if you identify yourself in a conversation as a "liberal" to a "conservative" - or vice versa - the most likely result is a shouting match.  The amazing result if these silly labels are not used is often a respectful conversation with learning on both sides.

A short video entitled "The Philosophy of Liberty" was first used by the campaign last July to highlight my political philosophy, which is not a "mish-mash" by any stretch of the imagination.

Since I started writing in 2008, I've always simply said that I am "for liberty," and against tyranny.   I ended my first recorded public speech with the following words:

"America was conceived in liberty, and I will not let our Republic fall to the cowards who defile her without a bitter fight. These cowards will do whatever they can to remain in power, to control us by debasing our money and throwing away our liberties as if they were garbage. Our Republic was not established by cowards, and cowards have no chance of preserving it!

Their favorite strategy is "Divide-and-Conquer." They will prey upon our differences in Race, Skin Color, Gender, and religious creeds in attempts to turn us upon ourselves. They will try to set our Citizens Senior against our country's young people. They will try to set the Rich, the Poor, and the Middle Class at each other's throats for this is the ONLY way they can stay in power.

We must act together, we must recognize that we are all Americans, we are all on the SAME SIDE. As our founders signed the Declaration of Independence, Ben Franklin said, "We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately."

The Republocrat Establishment must use tools to divide us since this is the only way to maintain their power over us all.  My message today is to stress that not only should our skin color not divide us, but neither should labels like progressive, liberal or conservative.

We are all Americans.  Happy St. Patty's Day!!

In liberty,

Jake Towne

March 17, 2010

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