q. Government Lies and Subterfuges: The Obama Administration used many nefarious tactics to gain power and votes. We have recorded many lies, half-truths, and the tactic of stating they favor some legislation, but in fact do not support it and allow it to fail. They demonize those who oppose them, and even those who might later oppose them, just in case! They stonewall issues that are unfavorable and refuse to hand over documentation to the Congress when requested.
As is somewhat usual, they make campaign pledges that they have no intention of meeting, and false promises that they never intend to make good. They always seek the opposing position, or to move the goalposts in their favor, in order to make points with their voters, and, perhaps worst of all, they buy votes through the use of generous benefit programs, green cards, and citizenship to their prospective supporters large and small.
These tactics demean the office they were elected to and demean the nation itself in the eyes of other nations, especially our allies. We need honest and direct people in both the Presidency and the Congress to begin to undo the damage done to the nation by this sleazy, partisan and progressively nuttier crowd.
 

r. Constructive Changes: Far from being change-adverse, conservatives desperately want changes in several areas. It is easily seen that each of these changes are of high impact and complexity and require substantial study and deliberation before executing the changes. Here is the list:

1. Congress---Rules, Terms, Committees, Earmarks, Ethics, Lobbying,
2. Campaign Financing, especially from foreign sources
3. Revise and restrict tort law
4. Fix the health system without destroying market freedom
5. Education System needs to be overhauled and largely removed from the Federal Government, except for block grants to states.
6. Proscribe Government Unions and strengthen right-to-work laws
7. Tax System--total revamp, flat or fair tax.
8. Better and larger military organization and equipment
9. Drill and pump! Energy production (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, sun, wind, tides, hydrogen)
10. Consider National Service for all high school graduates--two years.
11. Return laws to the original plain Intent of the Constitution insofar as possible.
12. Prevent justices from legislating from the bench. Instead, they must interpret the law and not extend the law: that is the job of the Congress and the President.
13. Reduce the national debt
14. Reduce overall spending
15. Fix Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
16. Departments--Revamp and streamline all government departments, especially State, Labor, Agriculture, Intelligence, Homeland Security, Commerce, Treasury, Health and Welfare, Environment and Interior.
17. Agencies, Boards, Committees, and Commissions--Revamp all 1,177, and force all of them to justify their existence, budget, and manpower.
18. Break the hold of unions, especially government and educational.
19. Rescind Roe vs. Wade, and devolve abortion to State control (it is not a federal issue)
20. Define marriage as being between a man and a woman and bar same-sex marriages.
21. Consider how best to qualify candidates for President and Congress (a quality test?) What must a candidate know before running for office?
 

s. Multiculturalism and Diversity: The ideas of Multicultural Diversity and Political Correctness stem from several liberal beliefs, namely: moral relativity, which says that no ethnic group or nationality is better in any sense than any other; and to voice slurs against an ethnic group or nationality is very poor form and should be suppressed strongly, because no group is better than any other group.
My strong belief is that in America we have created a cultural identity that transcends any former identity, and it is the norm for all citizens, and for all immigrants to emulate and assimilate. While there is nothing wrong with maintaining a private inherited culture, there should not be any impediment to assimilating into the American norm.
Moral Relativity is a false belief since it defies the reality of superior cultures and superior individuals and merges the exceptional with the stupid, the athlete with the couch potato, the independent with the dependent, and the gifted with the ordinary. In real life, such differences matter a great deal!
As for Political Correctness, the root of it is in being polite to all ethnic groups and individuals, which is a fine thing. However, PC can be carried much too far, thus preventing one to call a spade a spade.
Our citizens live in a meritocracy and should recognize that they must make every attempt to both assimilate and progress economically, as the opportunity is there for them to take.

t. Discrimination has its uses. Universal Non-discrimination is Blarney
We use our powers of discrimination daily in a wide range of situations. Let us begin with some simple examples. We use discrimination to tell:
--Good versus bad
--Trustworthy versus untrustworthy
--Smart versus dumb
--Conventional versus radical
--Honest versus dishonest
--Clean versus dirty
--Well-spoken versus poorly-spoken
--A sensible course of action versus an errant course
--Likeable versus unlikable
These simple uses have often been combined to discriminate as a judgment call against individuals, groups, and whole nations at various times in our history. A few examples will show the way here:
--Stalwart citizens versus fanatics
--Friends versus enemies
--Honorable purposes versus dishonorable purposes
--Lawful behaviors versus unlawful behaviors
--Prudent versus imprudent behaviors
--Passive versus aggressive acts
--Judicious versus injudicious acts
--Forgivable versus unforgivable acts
--Truthfulness versus untruthfulness
Such acts of discrimination are necessary for the preservation of comity, the existence of our way of life, and at times, our personal safety or the safety of our family and friends. Thus discrimination serves a highly useful role in our lives, and it must not be curtailed arbitrarily.
 

There are public acts of discrimination, however, that must be proscribed, such as for race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, and the like. But private uses of discrimination will still be made on a case by case basis, which is the right of free persons and free assemblies of like-minded citizens to exercise their judgment and state their beliefs in clear language.

u. Elitism: We recognize that there are individuals with unusual talent and skills, that there are people with exceptional mind power, and that there are people with significant wealth in the nation. That does not mean that they are destined to govern or to significantly influence government, that they must be treated with undue respect, or that they must be accorded a status of citizenship any higher than any other ordinary citizen. In fact, many of the suggestions and directions supported by the so-called intellectual and public elites have been terribly harmful to the nation. Thus, it is important that such elitists not be given governing powers or major influence over government beyond their just deserts as ordinary citizens.


Conclusion: In order to make these beliefs and actions effective, we must elect legislators that are like-minded conservatives, and a President that is also dedicated to our belief system, beginning in 2022 for legislators and 2024 for a conservative President.
 



Appendix A. Natural Law, an Outline

Natural Law
--inalienable duties
--Habeas corpus
--Limited government
--Separation of powers
--Checks and balances
--Self-preservation
--Right to contract
--Justice by reparation
--No taxation without representation
--Beneficence & Benevolence
--Duties to husband or wife, parents and elders
--Duties to children and posterity
--Good faith and veracity
--Mercy
--Magnanimity
--God’s Word--as given in the Holy Bible. These are the Devine Commands.
Natural Inalienable Rights
--Self-government
--Bear arms for self-defense
--Own, develop and dispose of property
--to make personal choices
--Free conscience
--to choose a profession
--to choose a mate
--to beget one’s kind
--to assemble
--to petition
--Free speech
--Free press
--to enjoy the fruits of one’s labor
--to improve one’s financial condition via barter and trade
--to contrive and invent
--to explore the world
--Privacy
--Personal security
--to provide necessities: air, food, clothing, shelter, and water
--Fair trial
--Free association
--to contract

Natural Duties
--To obey natural and human laws
--To honor the laws of the creator and to obey them
--Not to kill except in self-defense
--Not to steal or destroy property of others
--To be honest in all transactions
--For children to honor and obey their parents
--For parents and elders to protect, teach, feed, clothe, and provide shelter for their children
--To support law and order and to keep the peace
--To reject covetousness
--To aid the helpless, the sick, the crippled, the impaired, the injured, and the poverty-stricken
--To honorably perform contracts and covenants with God and others
--To be temperate
--To become economically self-sufficient
--Not to trespass on property or privacy of another
--To maintain the integrity of the family structure
--To perpetuate the race
--To reject vices
--To perform civic responsibilities
--Not to aid criminals in their activities
--To promote standards of common decency
--To follow the rules of moral rectitude
--To obey civil, positive laws of society

All right. I read V first as was my way of going through OPP. Then went and found I, II, iII, & IV. I just did a quick read and not a through Point for Point analysis and probably would never have the time. But I will change my total support comment to High 90s. If this is your personal total work, it is a well produced piece and a good model for most in understanding what Conservatives are about. Conservatives or those that would like to understand what we are about, despite my personal minimal concerns, would do well in studying that work and seriously trying to follow as much of it as possible. .

Well done.

Logically Right