AMERICAN CONSERVATISM IN 2008 AND BEYOND

And some of those who adopted the hippie style were just the same old wastrels that are around now, were around in the earlier 20th C, the 19th C, the 18th and back in time.

True.
Would you call them "highly productive individuals"?

I have a long drive home from my teaching job, 70 miles in all. I would like to say that beggars can't be choosers in this economy but that statement would not, strictly speaking, be true. A more accurate statement is that older women can't be choosers in any economy. I have worked on behalf of older women since I earned my second master's degree in 1998.

But, that is not the point of this post. After a long trip on the turnpike, it is necessary to exit to an interstate then to a state numbered road. This last leg is nicknamed "the mountain road" because it skims the foot of what passes for a mountain in Massachusetts. The road is narrow, winding and steep. It is often closed during the winter.

Traffic was heavier than usual last night. I could see a flashing yellow light ahead, so I assumed there was an accident. As I moved closer to the site, I realized this was not a tow truck's top light but a lighted sign. A notice that road repairs were imminent? A rock slide? A forest fire warning?

No. A pick up truck with the sign mounted on it had been parked in the fire road off the pavement. The sign advertised the local Tea Totalitarian candidates.

How stupid! Tie up traffic and create a potential

Leftist liberals seek to secure their right to steal wealth others earn.

Rightist liberals seek to secure their right to retain wealth they earn.

FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE USA
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
Amendment V. No person shall be … deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment IX. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Article II. Section 1. The President shall, …
Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Article II. Section 4. The President … shall be removed from office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Article VI. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution.

Article I. Section 8.
The Congress shall have power

To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

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You don't read what you post.

I suggest you inform Hilary Clinton immediately. She will want to register this in her vast right wing conspiracy theory under the subcatagory: Attempts to Kill off old Hippies


JM

It's only because he has problem with comprehension of the English language. Somebody needs to interpret articles for him to the fifth grade level, but, maybe, that's an insult to fifth graders.

I think he is GWB.

Good news for conservatives and the country overall: Given the takeover of the House this coming January The Daily Caller informs us the GOP will wittle down Obama Czars' power.
The relevant congressional oversight committees have not exercised close oversight over the czars and other administration regulatory efforts during the last two years, but [Rep.] Upton (R-Michigan) plans to change that in January by regularly subpoenaing administration officials.



Further, Eric Cantor, Minority Whip of the House, has addressed one of the shortfalls of the Republicans' Pledge (as I pointed out in my criticism of the GOP's Pledge) regarding Congressional 'earmarks' on the Politico web site


Additionally, Sen. DeMint ,quoted in the Washington Times, has said that:

JM

Republicans are handmaidens of Wall Street so they want the reulations stopped so they can carry on fleecing the public.

The whole irony of conservatives is their principle belief in tax cuts that's been in effect since GW Bush's first term that resulted in loss of jobs, and continues on until today. They want more tax cuts for the wealthy to transfer the national debt onto our children, while the fat cats of wall street play with their mansions and yachts.

You gotta love being the rich and famous as a member of the elite who has the support of a whole party machine in this country that doesn't want them to pay their fair share of on-going costs of running our governments. Those same elite make up less than five percent (some estimates put it at 2%) of our population, but some 35% of conservatives advocate for their wealth to continue its expansion into the nether world. They prefer that our growing debt get paid by our children and grandchildren.

The majority of Americans are irrational on both our politics and religion. Some time between 2000 and now, common sense and logic has been replaced by greed and the support of greed. Even the poorest and middle class of conservatives believe in more tax cuts for the wealthy while they support wars and enjoy the social benefits granted by our governments.

They call it a transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor - which is correct, because we're letting the rich get richer, and transferring the debt to our children.

Logic, anyone?

This is basically him saying, 'If you like the way we wasted Taxpayer dollars on frivolous investigations in the 90's, you'll love what we do in 2011!'

Re: earmarks, you're insane if you think that the Republican party is going to handcuff themselves when it comes to the ability to dole out Pork. And even if they do, you know that they'll just try and find another way to do it without you bunch noticing.

Cycloptichorn

Republicans handcuff themselves from pork? Who's the joker around here?

I wouldn't call them hippies.

Do you even have a clue as to what you are typing or is there a monkey sitting at your desk?

That's a contradiction: Anything that is good news for the conservatives is bad news for the nation overall. The most destructive thing this country has ever brought forth has been the conservative movement, a parasite eating us alive from within.

Why don't you watch Jon Stewart destroy Eric Cantor? Just google The Daily Show. Cantor was on Monday.

Conservatives? Rapists and robbers.

Is that so???

I'm a conservative and I have never raped or robbed anyone.

No, you simply bully them.