XXX Loc: Somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon

I don't see either what is meant by making ends meet. I am making out good with a part time job! And then a quarter of my paycheck still goes into savings. I guess a person who works for minimum wage won't be able to make it.

youngwilliam Loc: Deep in the heart

You must be single, no children, no mortgage.

XXX Loc: Somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon

Got that right! I still hate Biden.

son of witless

Whether Trump becomes our next President or not, this is his last go around. I remember how much you guys demonized Nixon, Reagan, GW Bush, and now my boy Donald J. Trump. My question is, who is the next Anti Christ for you guys after Trump fades into history.

I desperately want to know, so that I can vote for him/her in 2028. Take your time. I have 5 years.

XXX Loc: Somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon

Secret78

There was a time when the US allowed saying prayers and the pledge of alliegance in schools, events that promoted respect, loyalty, commitment and moral values based on what our country was founded on.

It is very hard to comprehend why US immigration politics has forced US citizens to abandon our US customs to accomdate immigrants who rarely forfeit their countries customs while living on US land.

XXX Loc: Somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon

Welcome aboard opp! I love your post and look forward to future ones. Now since there are some people who can't put two and two together on here it might help them out if you use the quote reply button. That way even the dumb will know who you are replying to. Hope you enjoy your days with us.

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

Howdy, howdy & welcome aboard. It's always good to find kindred spirits.

manning5 Loc: Richmond, VA

You need to get around more! By far the majority of conservatives are center-right and right, not far right. Both parties have far wings of reactionary dufuses not to be trusted with any power of office. Ignoring these puts you closer to the far left wing in your thinking.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

WTF? Are you trying to say because our founders revolted against tyranny and won our independence, they are leftists? Well, isn't that a hoot. How could you be so freaking wrong about something like that?
You must be like super 'woke'.

Projecting guilt, denying responsibility, and refusing accountability is the MO of the democrat party.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Think a moment blade the very definition of a conservative is that they do not want change. We see thise every day in the varied rants of the current right wingers.. Back in the day of our revolution, the conservatives did not want to change from being part of the most powerful nation at the time.. they wanted to stay with King George.. and so the ran away, hid, did NOT fight the king..

WEBCO

Your "very definition" is wrong. We don't want a change from our traditional American values of freedom and equality, not equity

manning5 Loc: Richmond, VA

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In contradiction to your thesis that conservatives abhor change, that is not, and has never been the conservative outlook at all. The following lays out some of the main points of the conservative idea on changes.
1. We are all for changes that prove to be necessary and desirable for the nation and the citizenry.
2. We ask for some form of proof or analytics that better define the necessity and desirability.
3. We ask for model efforts, trial runs in for instance one of the states to be able to see the change in action and make corrections before expanding the change to the nation as a whole.
4. We are cost-conscious and do not wish find we have bought a pig in a poke, so realistic cost analysis is in order.
5. If it is an emergency situation, we cut a few corners to fix the problem, but want to revisit the whole thing real soon to set it properly.
6. We deeply reset the number of programs that have been slammed through the congress and the presidency, only to find it to crash and burn inside a few years at a great loss to the taxpayer . Some of us resent the whole idea of uncontested, undebated funds earmarked for constituencies by the billions.
7. We have supported the military very strongly, believing that we reach peace through strength.
8. We support having a budget and sticking to it as best we can.
9. We listen to the people and what their needs are not what we decide to do on our own.
10. Recognize that we are a minority within the Republican Party, and cannot move things along without the full support of all republicans, which limits the conservative agenda seriously. I am NOT talking here about Republicans but real conservatives. They are not synonymous. Much more can be said, but this sets the tone.

When we look at the social side, all we can do today is shudder. We list PC, Woke, Trans, CRT, dumbing down the schools, and quite a few other tax and spend mistakes of the left as totally irresponsible and contrary to our values as Americans. These kinds of changes are not uplifting for the people, they are confrontational, sexist, and immoral. Conservatives want none of that! We will change back!

Ever think that ideas and people both evolve over time? A conservative today is not the same animal as those of even just 10 or 15 years ago, and as for King George's time, big evolutions. I dare say no one is the same as their early adulthood now!

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

That is absolutely untrue.
Conservatives welcome change, but it must be a change that will benefit all the people, not just a select few.
This is a world of duality, bubba, good and evil, right and wrong, left and right,
light and dark, up and down, black and white,
MAN and WOMAN.

There are changes that reward and changes that punish, changes that sustain freedom and changes that oppress.
There are changes that bring glory and changes that bring shame;
changes that bring victory and changes that bring defeat.

And right now, the changes are leading us to punishment, to oppression, to shame and defeat.

Hell ya, we conservatives welcome change. And we pray to our living God for it.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Your last paragraph is correct.. but as for back in the day.. NO..

The conservative Americans in the Revolutionary time were Royalists. Conservatives preserve the status quo.

The Revolution was anti-authoritarian, egalitarian and liberating. The proof is in the Declaration of Independence of the United States and the U.S. Constitution.

The reason the revolution is sometimes called conservative is because the written documents did not call for vengeance.. that would have been "radical" ...


Note again, that there was no mention or intention of seeking vengeance. The French Revolution sought to eliminate the royal class by guillotine. The Russian Revolution did that then continued in a power struggle which consumed vast swaths of the Russian people.