Manning345 wrote:
MALARKEY. I saw your posts that you caged from the thesaurus. Good job! Somehow though, you got the two posts reversed. Let me show you the truth:
Really Simple Conservatism
The essence of Conservatism in government is to preserve and reinforce the good things, good ideas, and good laws in the nation, and to work diligently to eliminate the bad things, bad ideas and bad laws as permanently as possible. The key question is obviously: What are the good things, good ideas, and good laws? Conversely, what are the bad things, bad idea, and bad laws?
The list to follow represents an attempt to define good and bad by specifying a number of good and bad elements in our society, totally from my point of view. It is apparent that the list could be extended beyond the 36 items in each case.
While these things, ideas and laws are not precisely all good or all bad, the tendency is to group them into good and bad lists, with the understanding that in the process of undoing a bad thing, idea or law, its good part will be preserved by government as nearly as possible. As in most cases in life, the Devil is in the details.
So, you are a Conservative if you sign up to:
Good Things, Good Ideas, and Good Laws
1. Truth and Honesty
2. Freedom and Liberty, Including Right of Property Ownership
3. Morality and Moral Rectitude
4. Christian Religion, Charity and Religious Tolerance
5. Natural Law
6. Natural Rights
7, Natural Duties
8. The Declaration of Independence
9. The Constitution of the United States (Read Plainly)
10. The Federal System: A Sovereign Nation with State's Rights
11. Maintaining Checks and Balances on Power in Government
12. An Electoral System as Prescribed by the Constitution
13. Customs, Traditions, and Institutions Designed to Preserve the Nation
14. Individual Responsibility
15. Common Sense and Practicality: Individuals, Localities, States, Nation
16. Fiscal Responsibility and Frugality in Government
17. Balanced Budgets Yearly, with Debt and Debit Reductions Included
18. Prudent Changes to Laws as Needed
19. Prudent and Humane Foreign Policies
20. A Superior and Modern Defense Force
21. Subsidiarity: Make Decisions at the Lowest Level of Government
22. Free Market System with Adequate Regulation
23. Trade and Mutual Defense Treaties with other Nations
24. A Space Policy and Program to Keep the Nation at the Forefront
25. A Judicial System that is bound only to interpret the Laws of the Nation
26. A Legislative System that can extend the Laws at the will of the people
27. The Will of the People is Represented Properly
28. Prudent Stewardship of the Nation’s Land and Natural Resources
29. Strict Maintenance of the Sovereignty of the Nation and the States
30. Participation in Global efforts to improve other Nations
31. Effective and Well-Policed Immigration Policies and Procedures
32. Government Seed Money Properly Used
33. Socially Conservative Principles
34. Just Killing (Death Penalty), and Just War
35. Care for the Poor, the Ill, the Disabled, the Old, and the Handicapped
36. Majority Rule with Minority Protections
Eliminating Bad Things, Bad Ideas, and Bad Laws
1. Lies and Dishonesty in Government
2. Any Further Government Restrictions on Freedom and Liberty
3. Moral Relativity and Indiscrimination
4. Full Secularization and Suppression of Christianity
5. Laws Impinging on the Natural Order
6. Laws Impinging on Natural Rights
7 Shirking Natural Duties
8. Bending the Declaration Improperly
9. Bending or Subverting the Constitution
10. Increasing Federal Power at the Expense of the States
11. Subverting the Checks and Balances
12. Championing a Fully Democratic Election (No Electoral College)
13. Trashing the Existing Customs, Traditions and Institutions
14. Collectivism: i.e. Socialism, or Communism in Power
15. Flights of Do-Good-ism, Irrationality, and Undue Humanitarianism
16. Tax and Spend and Tax and Spend ad nauseam
17. Deficit Spending Year-in and Year-out
18. Imprudent and Hasty Changes that End up Being Counterproductive
19. Uneven or Detrimental Policies towards the World of Nations
20. A Mediocre, Out-of-date or Deficient Military
21. Keeping Decision-Making at a Very High Level Unnecessarily
22. Overregulation or even Collectivizing the Economy
23. Looking Inward not outward: Isolationism
24. Killing the Space Programs
25. Judicial Activism and Allowing Foreign Influences in Decisions
26. Government that Ignores the Will of the People
27. The Will of the People is Actively Thwarted
28. Poor Stewardship of our Natural Resources and Land
29. Allowing Foreign Influences to Impinge on our Sovereignty
30. Ignoring the Plight of Other Nations
31. Not Solving either Immigration Problem: Illegals; or Desirables.
32. Government Takeover of Industry
33. Social Hedonism, Secular Humanism
34. Unjust Killing and Unjust War
35. Minimizing the Care Needed by the Unfortunate
36. Minimizing Minority Protections
MALARKEY. I saw your posts that you caged from th... (
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And from me; well done.
I might add that in the good column you could remove a lot of it by simply stating that conservatives support the Republic. And in the bad column, point out that the Founders abhored the idea of a Democracy, which is the goal of all Liberals because it allows mob rule.