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| Jon Voight Speaks Out As A Conservative: Feels The Backlash | | 2008-08-15 13:29:31 | |
Jon Voight recently wrote an op-ed piece for the Washington Times entitled “My Concerns For America” (read it here) in which he details his conservative views and opposition to Barack Obama. Coming out strong as a conservative in Hollywood has carried a price (detailed in the CNN report above) for Voight. For this Reluctant Republican [...] | | By: Reluctant Republicans For McCain | | |
| | Jerome Corsi - Conservative - Not Republican - New Obama Book | | 2008-08-15 12:58:18 | | ANOTHER FAKE Jerome Corsi is once again being feted through the conservative world with his new "expose" on Barack Obama. He is a blessing to the conservative cause. He is helping win the war against Obama, right? He may be "right" but he sure the heck isn't Republican. Jerome Corsi is another one of those conservative fakes. Have you seen anywhere on the "conservative" media or FOX where Corsi is exposed as something other than Republican? No. Why? Well, everyone needs to believe the cannard that ALL CONSERVATIVES ARE REPUBLICAN. They are not. The conservatives who do the worst damage ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| How Extreme Environmentalist Liberals Hijacked the Conservative Agenda Part II | | 2008-08-01 21:25:46 | | HOW TO RUIN THE
GOPHave you ever felt like you’ve duped or played for a
fool? What about that old adage, fool me once, shame on you,
fool me twice, shame on me? Well, conservatives have been
played for fools, there is no other way to put it, by extreme
environmentalists and anti-capitalist liberals determined to limit the
population of the United States in order to save the planet.
The very real problem is conservatives
have done such a good job of damning ALL liberal organizations that the
honorable ones are thrown out with the scurrilous ones. And, ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | The False (Conservative) Unpopularity of John McCain | | 2008-07-29 21:08:42 | | CONSERVATIVES HATE HIM?When is a conservative not a Republican? Are the one in the same? Or....can they be completely different party animals? I have an article over on Right Pundits that is basically an edited version of one I posted on The Pink Flamingo last week. I am pointing it out simply because of the extreme way over the top comments by Ron Paul supporters who consider themselves the minion army of their savior, Ron Paul, who is going to be the GOP version of Barack Obama. If only the extreme, very evil, and very stupid Republicans would dump ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | The Dangers of Neo-Conservative Economic Policies, by US Rep. Ron Paul | | 2008-07-28 13:08:00 | | The dangers inherent in the foreign policy advocated by the neo-conservatives are well known. While many Americans have become increasingly aware of those dangers, far less attention has been focused on the dangers of neo-conservative economic policies. This issue is of critical importance right now, because many are mistakenly pointing their fingers at the free market as the culprit behind our current economic plight.
There are only a few in elected office who have any real loyalty to free markets and limited government. The agenda of neo-conservatives in the economy calls for a very active central government. Indeed, while there are some neo-conservatives who continue to use the rhetoric of limited government, and who oppose increases in the federal income tax as a way to maintain the political benefits that apply to those who talk about free markets, it is now the neo-conservatives who promote fiat monetary policies even more than those on the liberal left.
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| Nicholas Corbett, Murder, Conservative Bloggers and the Border Patrol | | 2008-07-16 21:34:18 | | WHERE IS THE VETTING?Yesterday I reported that Nicholas Corbett, a Border Patrol agent accused of murdering a few misc. illegals from Mexico had a history of violence. I also find it rather fascinating that Corbett was hired by the Border Patrol and retained, even though the following charges were filed.1. Corbett was arrested on charges of assault and physical property damage in Cheltenham, PA. 2. He assaulted someone in Chandler, AZ in April of 20073. He threatened and assaulted individuals in Mesa, AZ in March of 2007. In Cheltenhem, PA Corbett went to and damaged his ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | Christians - You Need To Repent If You Support George W. Bush - Bush Is NOT A Conservative & Has Been Promoting An Anti-Christian Agenda! | | 2008-06-29 12:30:00 | | Christians - have you been supporting George W. Bush throughout his presidency?If so, you need to repent. Bush has been doing horrible things, and the world will blame us for his wicked acts!"Ye shall know them by their fruits" (Matt 7:16)So you are a Christian and you support Bush and the use of torture.....Let me ask you.....does this look "Christian" to you?:http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444Still not convinced? Read the following and then tell me how we are doing the "right thing" by torturing people:http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/torture.htmlWell what about the war itself?Do you think that Jesus would use depleted uranium weapons which kill and cripple our own troops and turn babies into freaks of nature?I dare anyone to look at these pictures and then post on this thread about how "moral" this war is:http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20Government/depleted_uranium.htmThen go read this article and then explain to me how supporting this war and killing our own tr | | By: Shattered Paradigm | | |
| | UK Conservative Party Members to Return to Rwanda. | | 2008-06-24 16:06:45 | | The New Times23 June 2008BY KITTY LLEWELLYN
About 100 members of the UK Conservative Party are coming back to Rwanda for the second phase of ‘Project Umubano’. Led by Andrew Mitchell MP, shadow secretary for international development, hand-picked representatives of the UK’s opposition party, among them ten MPs, doctors, lawyers, and bankers, will arrive in [...] | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
| | A Conservative Society? | | 2008-06-13 23:37:00 | | There’s no shortage of pundits, commentators and scribblers who’ve convinced themselves that the United States is a conservative society. The Tarrance-George Washington University Battleground Poll (Questionnaire and Percentages, section D3) puts conservative respondents at a whopping 62%. (22% very conservative and 40% moderately so.) The May (29-31) Cook Political Report/RT Strategies Polls (page 6) puts the number of conservatives at 37%. No doubt one can find similar results in other polls in...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Run Conservative for the Nomination, Then Go Moderate to Win | | 2008-06-05 09:59:11 | | THE KID’S TABLE?The Reagan Mythological Makers like to wax poetic about how Ronald Reagan won as a conservative, wooing conservative Democrats to his side. Fact is, it didn’t happen that way. He won over Democrats for two reasons. First, Jimmy Carter, his opponent was the most incompetent and worst President in US history. The other reason – he waged one of the most positive campaigns in modern history. Do you see the word “conservative” in these ads? It isn’t needed. Reagan offered something positive. He did not offer change. He was himself, much the same way John McCain is ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | How Today's Conservative Leaders Betrayed Ronald Reagan | | 2008-05-29 21:27:20 | | CONSERVATIVES AGAINST REAGAN''It is unlikely that the Reagan era will prove to be the historic change in the direction of America that we have sought.'' Edwin J. Feulner Jr., president of the Heritage Foundation,1985.John McCain and George W. Bush should be honored to be in such august company as Ronald Reagan. Why? While Reagan was President, contrary to the lies that are being told today by Richard Viguerie and World Net Daily, Viguerie and fellow conservative leaders Howard Phillips and Paul Weyrich did their very best to undermine and bully him. Now though, they protray themselves as ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | Banning Indiana Jones Because He Is Conservative | | 2008-05-23 22:28:00 | | CRUDE ANTI-SOVIET PROPAGANDA!The movie is crude, anti-Soviet propaganda! I told you the new Indiana Jones movie was conservative, which is why Harrison Ford did that liberal appeasement thing and waxed his gorgeous chest. Well, there are those who think the movie should be banned! The Commies are mad! Maybe I’m just being nostalgic for the Soviet Union and the stability (yes stability) of the balance of power between the two nations. The Soviets were a "fun" enemies. They were like everyone's self-righteous cousin at a family reunion, always good for a few laughs. They had no sense of ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | What Is the Price of a Conservative Soul These Days? | | 2008-05-22 23:57:00 | | THE COWARDS OF THE CONGRESSToday the Anchoress mentioned if the GOP does not trash the farm bill, they are not worth saving. I don’t think many of them are, and for much the same reason. They’ve sold their souls to the highest bidder who an rally constituent support. All you need to do with this bunch is blast fax and say, “I’m an unhappy constituent who will not vote for you if you do not do as I say.” I don’t know how you can expect anything else out of a group of men and women who have sold ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | There is Nothing Wrong With Being A Conservative or a Republican | | 2008-05-17 22:12:21 | | SEPARATING CONSERVATIVES & REPUBLICANSI am known as a cynical, conservative "hating" witch with a "B". It is true, I no longer trust anything with a "conservative brand". I am am angry with these people for having infiltrated and destroyed much of my beloved GOP. I am angry with good, decent conservative Republicans for falling for their line of BS. Unfortunately there is a very nasty little bottom line here. Good, decent conservatives have been manipulated, co-opted, and some just downright purchased by one of two or both manipulators and puppetmasters. The first is Sun Myung Moon. When you start ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | When Did “Conservative” Mean Goose-Stepping Loss of Individuality? | | 2008-05-17 00:14:10 | | MOVEMENT CONSERVATIVESYesterday evening I finally realized one of the problems bothering me when it comes to today’s non-Republican conservatives. How about a quote from Ann Coulter: “…And I think what happened today demonstrates that the movement conservatives, or the radical right wing as we're being called, is the one with the power in this relationship, the power in the country. That is to say, as I have been arguing since the Roberts nomination, yes, it would be fine if Bush nominated a wonderful, qualified conservative like Janice Rogers Brown. Even if she's defeated, that is a victory for ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | Who Ordered the Conservative "Hit" on Lindsey? | | 2008-05-16 21:41:21 | | SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTUREQuin Hillyer wrote one of the nastiest hit pieces I’ve seen to date against Lindsey. Naturally he is channeling Michelle Malkin who has this pathological hatred of Lindsey. I think it’s because she dislikes anything Hispanic and Lindsey is not exactly a bigot, and sorta implied that she and her precious little friends are. I guess since she is promoting Buddy Witherspoon, we all know who is handling her leash – the John Tanton crowed. She’s also part of what I call the Dump Lindsey Movement. It’s all part of certain non-Republican ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | The Republicans Vs. The Neo-Conservative Movement. | | 2008-05-14 21:39:00 | | If you have noticed at times on here I have said the Republican Party of today are the New Fascists because of their Neo-Conservative ways. Their leadership of Fascists with Bush, Cheney, etc. to their think tanks who are in the Neo-Conservative mold ( AIPAC,PNAC, Etc. ) who have manipulated the Republican Party to become this monster and a shadow of it's former self.The Republican Party has gone away so far off from their traditional stand points of being Constitutionalists and small government conservatives to running on platforms very close to that of Democrats, all in the name of September 11th, 2001.It is real easy to look at the Bush Administration as the real republicans and traditional Republicans ( such as Ron Paul ) as people who should be a part of the Libertarian Party and not that of the Republicans today. That is if you are still in the dark of what defines both. What exactly is a Republican and what exactly is a Democrat. Republicans traditionally have always been | | By: The Pissed Off Citizen | | |
| | A Conservative Tide Abroad. . . | | 2008-05-10 10:42:22 | | Liberals are constantly telling us we need to improve our place in the world and restore our image. I'd like to ask them how PRO-AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES keep winning national elections abroad (even in Western Europe).
Pro American parties have now swept to power in Canada , Mexico , Germany , Denmark , Greece , Ukraine and France. In Italy conservative Silvio Berlesconi was decisive vitcotry and...
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| | | Conservative Blog | | 2008-04-25 15:23:00 | | American Interests was recently added to The Best Conservative Blogs on the Internet joining a list that presently begins at Atlas Shrugs and ends at Young America’s Foundation.The list can be found at UrbanConservative a conservative blog by an ex-Marine, (8 years in the US Marine Corps, 4th LSB, 4th FSSG (AKA: Red Patcher)) who resides in the San Fran Bay Area - seriously!Interestingly, the UrbanConservative title, “was created to break the perception that not all conservatives look like Newt Gingrich. Yah know…white-upper-class males that you normally see on Capitol Hill; and that conservatives can be cool, sophisticated, hip and even urban.” I liked that. I also liked the Conservative Banners page, check it out here. Comments always appreciated Home
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| | | Chris Matthews and Bigots as “Culturally Conservative” | | 2008-04-24 14:54:20 | | Why doesn’t Chris Matthews tell conservatives how he really feels about them?
NewsBusters reports:
In Chris Matthews’s mind, a bigot is someone who’s “culturally conservative” on race. Matthews equated the two on this evening’s Hardball in attempting to explain exit polling from yesterday’s PA primary showing that 38% of white Catholic Democrats wouldn’t vote for Obama in the [...] | | By: Ivy League Conservatives | | |
| | The Conservative Christian Contradiction | | 2008-04-21 15:24:00 | | The impetus for this post came from three events:1. One of the more active discussions currently taking place in the blogosphere, at least as it pertains to my blogroll, is a discussion about intelligent design over at According to Nikki, a conservative political satire blog written by Nikki Richards. In her post, which has generated more than 20 comments, Richards suggested that both intelligent design and evolution be taught as "legitimate 'theories' in science," presumably in public schools.2. Earlier this month, residents of Columbia, South Carolina, where I live, voted by a more than 2 to 1 margin to allow alcohol sales on Sunday, with the exception of liquor. For those who are unaware, blue laws are still in effect throughout South Carolina and other Southern states. For example, shops in the western half of Columbia, located in Lexington County, are not allowed to open until 1:30pm on Sundays while shops in the eastern half of the city, which lies in Richland County, can open at | | By: The 7-10 | | |
| | Is Bob Barr Another Conservative Who Must Hate America! | | 2008-04-14 22:36:26 | | THE CONSERVATIVE TREASON LOBBYLibertarian blogs are buzzing at the possibility that Bob Barr will inflate his ego and run for POTUS, thereby preventing John McCain from winning and thereby allowing a marxist socialist victory. In doing so they will also doom our nation to deplorable SCOTUS appointments and a devastating war with Iran. Or as one suicide bomber conservative breathlessly reports “…Or, as Ronald Reagan said about leaving the Democrat Party, “I didn’t leave the party. The party left me.” There are many voters who feel the same way about today’s Republican party. Those voters could ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | John McCain, Conservative? You decide. | | 2008-04-06 16:07:55 | | For quite some time I have been telling people that not only is John McCain a gun grabber, but one of the worst of the bunch. Here is a compilation of McCain actions that are clear threats to freedom, and liberty.
John McCain’s Liberal Record
John McCain Is A Liberal Gun Grabber
John McCain Funded By Soros Since [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | Liberal, Conservative, Moderate, Reasonable, and Sore-headed Losers | | 2008-04-03 22:55:00 | | GIVE IT A RESTI was going to hold off on this one, but what the heck, I’m so preachy today let’s see who else we can offend! I’m annoyed with conservatives who are so darn egotistical they don’t think John McCain is pure enough for them. I say annoyed with liberals who are so stupid….anyway – maybe we should have a new category – stupid conservatives.Don’t these people realize if they do not vote for John McCain we are going to be doomed to a Barack Obama administration that will destroy the space program and all that we ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | Clinton turns to Conservative press | | 2008-03-29 03:31:12 | | Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, campaign tactics | Salon Whatever McPeak's offenses, however, the Clinton campaign went too far in responding. When it starts circulating material from the same ultra-right rags that have routinely accused the Clintons of felonies and treason, its behavior reeks of cynicism. Shall we all start reading World Net Daily for news and guidance?Clinton continues to have trouble gaining traction in the race. The dust up over Obama's ties to his preacher didn't really work to being him down. Evidence that Clinton's idea that Barack would not stand up to vetting is erroneous. Cries for her to drop out of the race have not only returned but are getting stronger and coming from more powerful people. So what is her response? Does she get behind the candidate with the most votes and unite the party against McCain? Don't be silly. Instead she has teamed up with the conservative press famous for attacking her own dynasty to print ridiculous stories about one of | | By: Markism Explored | | |
| | Conservative Pundits Just Don’t Understand Conservatism | | 2008-03-07 02:58:15 | | Senator John McCain has an uphill battle to climb now that he has become the nominee of the Republican Party. Conservative Republicans are torn over the idea of having McCain as the head of their party. There are many conservatives that dislike John McCain so much that they have said they will vote for the Democratic nominee. What is it that Senator McCain has done to agitate conservatives so much? First of all there is immigration. McCain has pushed for immigration reform while in the Senate which included some forms of “amnesty” and did not have enough border protection for conservatives. McCain worked hand and hand on this bill with Senator Ted Kennedy who is seen as one of the most liberal senators in Washington. Second of all, McCain opposes torture and the practice of waterboarding. Waterboarding is used to simulate drowning and is used to solicit information from suspects during interrogations. As a former prisoner of war, McCain opposes such abuses as | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
| | This Has Been a Fun Week to be a Conservative | | 2008-03-04 19:26:12 | | This has been a fun week to be a conservative. I suppose fun is a relative word in this case. I have long since given in to the fact that John McCain is going to be the Republican nominee, and even his impending and likely clinching of the nomination tonight cannot take away from the [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
| | Video: John McCain Calls Himself a Conservative Liberal | | 2008-03-02 17:53:45 | | Below is a video where John McCain says that he is a conservative liberal. Was this just a slip of the tongue? Or was it a Freudian slip? I think it was just a slip of the tongue, he was thinking one line ahead of what he was saying. At his age, that can be dangerous. [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
| | The right time for a conservative portfolio | | 2008-02-22 13:10:00 | | Age isn't the only factor in deciding when to safeguard your retirement nest egg. You need to assess your willingness and need for risk before you can decide on when to change your investment mix.By The Mole, Money Magazine's undercover financial plannerNEW YORK (Money) -- Question: My husband and I disagree on when it is time to diversify our retirement accounts. We are 46 and plan to work until full retirement age. Our accounts are invested mostly in mutual funds that are solely invested in stocks.We don't want our retirement nest egg taking a hit from a market downturn at a time when we are getting ready to retire and can't wait for the market to turn back around. At what age or point does one begin to diversify accounts to include bonds? The Mole's Answer: Answering this question is one of the most valuable services a financial planner can provide to their client. The answer is a combination of mathematical probabilities and the much more complex understanding of the emotional comp | | By: How to be Rich, Happy and Free from Scams | | |
| | Why This Conservative Thinks Charles Barkley Is Right | | 2008-02-18 16:14:25 | | Sir Charles has been catching some serious flak from the conservative blogosphere for his comments about conservatives being "fake Christians." If you haven't seen the interview with Blitzer ... you can watch it below before you continue reading this post.fake christiansby luvnewsFrankly, conservatives should cut him some slack for saying he's voting Democrat because he doesn't like the direction Republicans are taking the country. Especially since many conservatives, and registered Republicans, feel the same way and are doing the same thing this next election to "prove a point", and that is exactly what they did the last congressional election. Conservatives were fed up with Republicans abandoning their principals, and they didn't like the direction Republicans were taking the country.If you are familiar with Charles Barkley's political rants in the past ... you know damn well that Sir Charles holds many conservative beliefs, and has openly stated we wants to run for office as a Re | | By: Needs Of The Many | | |
| | The Conservative Damnation of John McCain Continues | | 2008-02-16 22:01:53 | | JUST LUMP HIM IN WITH SOROS?I saw a posting on The Hill Chronicles that truly annoyed me today. It is the perfect example of how World Net Daily, Jerome Corsi, and the Tanton hate machine have sucked in good, decent people with their lies. John McCain’s Reform Institute is damned by taking a donation from the Tides Foundation because they took a $4 million donation from Teresa Heinz Kerry. The organization is also damned because Corsi says that Arianna Huffington has been on it’s advisory board. “…Arianna Huffington, syndicated columnist and creator of the HuffingtonPost.com, has served on the ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | The Conservative Fools Who Don’t Know History | | 2008-02-10 11:27:00 | | CANTERBURY’S DANGEROUS PATHI want these people to continue on their current path. I want it out in the open. I want them to be as outrageous as possible. As far as Muslims are concerned, we have a secular society. If you want a society where your religious needs are met, go somewhere else and deal with it. The current Archbishop of Canterbury has committed the very same mistake the legendary Thomas a Becket committed nearly a thousand year ago. This is what happens when “well meaning†idiots like Rowan Williams let their liberal prejudices get in the way ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | Calling All Conservative, Moderate, and Libertarian Bloggers | | 2008-02-06 23:53:21 | | After participating in last weekends Blog Amnesty Day I find that my new blogroll is heavily slanted to the left. In the interest of fairness and shameless self promotion I'd like to correct that. So if you'd like to swap links let me know in the comments of this post, slap a link to my blog on yours, and I'll do the same. Additionally every blog participating will be listed in this post so that as this progresses you'll know which blogs are open to trading links and you can drop them a line too. Finally many of the lovely and talented people on my link love blogroll would be happy to trade links with you as well.Thanks,Dyre
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| | | | The Fall of the Progressive Conservative Empire | | 2008-01-19 13:13:00 | | Today’s ratification of the merger of Alberta’s provincial Alliance and Wildrose parties might be looked upon by future Albertans as one of a series of historical events which led to the end of the Progressive Conservative era. Once an unthinkable concept, Alberta’s ‘natural governing party’ has found itself in unfamiliar territory with low public approval numbers. With the formation of deep divisions within his own party, along with the pressure to call a spring election, Premier Ed Stelmach must be wondering just how ‘lucky’ he really was to unexpectedly win the leadership race.Being in power since 1971, the party has managed to morph itself several times in order to keep the support of the people. Successive leaders have made their mark, with their different styles and policies reflecting on the times. The young Peter Lougheed and his Progressive Conservatives represented fresh change and new ideas as opposed to the old, tired, multi-decade Social Credit government | | By: The Moderate Separatist | | |
| | | | | | Republican vs. Conservative | | 2008-01-11 01:04:07 | | It seems as if both parties—Republicans and Democrats—are now squarely located in the center. The welfare-warfare state is simply accepted, unquestioningly, by the leadership of both parties. At this stage the question must be asked: are Republicans conservatives anymore? David Hill has doubts:Republicans, as a whole, are not as conservative as they once were. Research results I am seeing suggest to me that this is key to why the rules are changing. Conservatives no longer benefit from the domination they once enjoyed.So does Bruce Ramsey of the Seattle Times, who observes:Recently I met a general who had served over there, and I asked him why we had started a war with Iraq. He paused, dropped his voice, and made me promise not to quote him. Then he only hinted at an answer, which seemed to be that we invaded Iraq because George W. Bush wanted to.What is the matter with Republicans that they get us into wars like this? Rarely does war achieve conservative ends. It pokes holes in the rule of law. It flouts morality. It sunders families. It unbalances budgets and undermines currencies. Look what it has done to the dollar.My theory about Republicans is that the Cold War damaged their DNA. For decades they were the party that was ready to fight, fight, fight. Well, communism is dead. The Red Army is gone. The new enemy is a man hiding in a cave somewhere, and other men in Baghdad who make bombs in little rooms. To protect me from these guys, Republicans have declared a War on Terra, and I don't need it.Somebody has to make this party wake up....[Ron Paul] offers Republicans an idea for rebranding themselves as the nation's conservative party by scaling back on world management and foreign war. Paul will not decide the outcome in November, but his ideas matter for the future of America's conservative party.Can't say it any better than that. This is an issue that won't go away. If something doesn't change, the GOP is in for a world of hurt. | | By: Republican Renaissance | | |
| | | Fred Thompson: The Choice for Conservative Bloggers | | 2007-12-21 17:05:36 | | I am in some pretty good company with the endorsements of these bloggers for Fred Thomson: John Hawkins of Rightwing News, Erick Erickson of RedState.Com, Pejman of RedState, Eugene Volokh of Volokh's Conspiracy, Polipundit of Polipundit, Ala from Blonde Sagacity,... | | By: Stix Blog | | |
| | | | | | | The Frustration of a Canadian Conservative | | 2007-10-14 21:08:00 | | One of the many benefits of being a conservative as opposed to a liberal is that we never have any shame about self-criticizing our own party. Being naturally opinionated, conservatives won’t hesitate to call out one of our own for a little verbal slapping when needed. Where liberals will openly turn on each other out of ambition, the motive from the political right is borne out of keeping the team strong in the fight against the other side. It is from that basis that I write today.You wouldn’t believe how frustrating it is to be even slightly to the political right in Canada. Our current Conservative minority government represents but a reprieve from the seemingly endless reign of the Eastern Canadian dominated Liberal governments. It has become impossible to differentiate between actual news stories and leftwing opinion propaganda segments on our national broadcaster, the C.B.C. Readers will know my opinion of the popular George Stroumboulopoulos-hosted show The Hour and its formula of having a broad range of guests with only two or three topics - anti-Bush, anti-war, pro-environmentalism - of discussion.The average interview on any given Canadian Broadcasting Corp. show:CBC: 12-year-old Ontario spelling-bee champ Bobby Johnson joins us now. Bobby, you must be proud of your win.Bobby: Yes, it’s cool to win th…CBC: That’s great. So Bobby, how do you think the American troops feel, knowing they are fighting a war without a point?Bobby: (stares blankly at camera)One of the most effective messages they are sending is that to be conservative is to be pro-American, which isn’t a plus when you consider how anti-Bush Canadians are.Living in this environment is bad enough, but then we find ourselves in the unusual position of trying to defend some outspoken American conservative pundits. Ann Coulter has in the past made statements regarding Canada that were just plain wrong. Now, I’m a big enough fan of Ann to know that she likes to use the shock value aspect of delivering an opinion in order to be heard. That’s one of the things I love about her and her books. But at a time when the American right is in desperate need of allies, making statements that do more to show ignorance on a subject than informed opinion helps no one. Coulter stating Canada has been ‘allowed to exist’ and that we ‘don’t need to have an army’, at a time when Canada has been doing much of the heavy lifting in Afghanistan so the Americans can fight in Iraq, probably isn’t the best P.R. move even if support of the war was overwhelming in Canada, which it is not.An infamous exchange took place a few years back between then-CNN pundit Tucker Carlson and then-M.P. (and national embarrassment) Carolyn Parish. I remember feeling completely lost during the heated exchange. With absolutely no love of Ms. Parish or her outlandish actions, I was so looking forward to watching Carlson tear her apart live on television. Then Tucker claims that Canada is ‘Honduras but less interesting’, and that the average Canadian spends all of our time ‘dog-sledding’.If found myself, someone who yearns for his own province to separate from Canada, aghast at the lack of knowledge the American right has of the United States closest ally in the world. I hate to say it, but that is one area that the Democrats have it over the Republicans. The American left has realized that it does matter how the rest of the world sees the United States. Hopefully the American political right figures that out soon.We northern conservatives sure would appreciate it. | | By: The Moderate Separatist | | |
| | The Not So "Goldwater" Conservative . . . | | 2007-10-05 01:55:01 | | On this blog, you may have noticed that the Devil's Advocate loves to fawn over Ron Paul. He has dreams imagining a Ron Paul presidency. Unfortunately, reality doesn't so much confirm the image that Mr. Paul is a "Goldwater Conservative."The fact is that Congressman Paul voted for the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007. This act would allow the government to negotiate with drug companies. Congressman Paul is always telling us about the government's enumerated powers. I must ask then, "is negotiating with drug companies" included in those enumerated powers that Mr. Paul holds so dear.Mr. limited government is not so limited government. This bill, created a monstrous government program, barely passed the house by a couple of votes. Thus, Ron Paul's vote really mattered on this issue. Barry Goldwater is surely spinning in his grave. . .Related Posts:The Goldwater Conservative | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Social Conservatism IS The Conservative Movement | | 2007-08-30 18:35:50 | | Please ignore the Devil's Advocate on this issue for he simply has no credibility on it. The Devil's Advocate says he believes in judicial restraint, low taxes and a strong military. Nevertheless in 2004 the Devil's Advocate allowed his ideological purity to get in the way. This may be a shock to many of you but the Devil's Advocate voted for John Kerry, who by the way served in Vietnam, and not George Bush.This here exposes the problem with libertarians; they are unwilling to meet their friends in any sort of compromise. With his vote in 2004 the Devil's advocate was willing to accept to two more Ruth Ginsburg's instead of John Roberts and Alito. He was willing to accept 70% marginal tax rates instead of 33%. He was willing to accept a gutting of the military instead of a buildup. The fact is the Devil's Advocate was willing to throw out a President who shares his views on 80% of the issues in exchange for a man with whom he shares very little. This is some very irrational thou | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Has Social Conservatism Destroyed the Conservative Movement? | | 2007-08-30 00:32:59 | | Today, the editor of Reason magazine, Nick Gillespie, wrote in the L.A. Times an interesting editorial. He argues that after numerous moral scandals from supposed social conservatives, the Republicans and Conservatives themselves are losing the Culture war because of hypocrisy. While they push family and moral values in the public arena, many of them do not live up to their own standards, thereby losing trust among the people. Consequently, he argues that Conservatives and Republicans should divert to the principles of limited government preached so adamantly by Barry Goldwater; I could not agree more.“To Goldwater, the state was inefficient at best and predicated on violence and coercion at worst. As much as possible, he argued, individuals should be left alone to pursue their happiness as they saw fit, whether in the workplace or the home.” (source) It is important to recognize that Government on its face is simply inefficient at promoting moral values for society. While Gov | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Liberal Media Reports Another Worthless Poll Claiming that Americans Say the Supreme Court has become “Too Conservative” | | 2007-07-29 03:15:00 | | It appears that this week is full of meaningless surveys. However, I think with the newest Washington Post-ABC News poll, we have all reached a new level of absurdity. According to the poll, about half of the public thinks the Supreme Court is generally balanced in its decisions, but a growing number of Americans say the court has become "too conservative" in the two years since President Bush began nominating justices. I bet if they polled that same sample of respondents, half of them would not know who Samuel Alito is. Moreover, most Americans, including members of the media, have never read a legal case. Sadly, even if they did, most of them would not know how to determine the merits of its holding. It is not the fault of these people, but there is a reason why people go to law school for three years, and then spend decades mastering the profession. While lack of legal knowledge is understandable for the majority of Americans, some people have no excuse. For example, the | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | | Giuliani to Reveal Five-Star Conservative Judicial Advisory Panel? | | 2007-07-16 14:02:00 | | So it seems that Giuliani wants to put on a good impression by announcing a power house Judicial Advisory Panel. I just don't see Conservatives getting behind Giuliani on this move alone, he leans a little more to the right than I think most people would like.Last week, he was smeared by Firefighters for a myriad of thier own reasons. What I find hilarious about all of this is if the issue centered around 9/11 then why are just now hearing about it? Say it with me, election year is coming.I think we can easily conclude that this is certainly another checkmark in the long line of smear campaigns leading up to the primary. The question is how will the general voting populace receive it?Of course, this is all probably unimportant information. The second Fred Thompson or Newt Gingrich announce, we can stick a fork in Rudy as well. | | By: The Dissident Awakens | | |
| | Banking operations have shifted from conservative to extremely aggressive | | 2007-06-29 08:01:12 | | Chennai, June 29: Indian banks have worked on ‘hygiene’ factors such as having the right set of transactional applications, infrastructure, broad governance and architecture in place, according to Mr Rajarshi Sengupta, Executive Director, Technology Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Speaking to Business Line on the challenges that banks face, he said that they lie in the areas [...] | | By: Mortgage Loan Rates, Refinance Loan, Home Equity L | | |
| | How Conservative/Liberal are YOU?? | | 2007-06-25 18:16:14 | |
Your Political Profile:
Overall: 95% Conservative, 5% Liberal Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal Personal Responsibility: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Ethics: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?
Overall: 95% Conservative, 5% Liberal
Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
That 5% Lib overall concerns me, and I know why I got the 25% on social issues because I don’t think the war in Iraq is justified and I believe we make our own luck…
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| | Sarkozy: What a Conservative Winner Looks Like | | 2007-06-18 23:54:00 | | Evidently, losing is something to revere if you are a liberal. To clarify, just examine people like Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, John Kerry, and Bob Shrum. These liberal icons all exemplify what it means to be a loser. Yet, liberals seem to elevate these people as if they accomplished something wonderful by failing. To them, losing is a badge of honor, almost a born-again moment. Not surprisingly, this past week in France is no different.In case your cable news providers spent more time talking about Anna Nicole, Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton, allow me a quick second to inform you of the paramount achievements in France. This year, the Conservatives in France had a major victory by electing President Nicolas Sarkozy over the Socialist Segolene Royal. Amazingly, the Conservatives also won 314 out of the 577-seat National Assembly. Moreover, this was the first time in 29 years that a governing party had retained its majority in the lower house of Parliament. The Communist Party, which in | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | The "Goldwater" Conservative | | 2007-06-06 05:40:00 | | Nevertheless, there has been a move by many Republicans, and conservative talk radio hosts, to attack Ron Paul and attempt to remove him from the Party entirely. Chris Wallace even had the nerve to ask Ron Paul why he is running as a Republican solely because Paul believes in a neutral international policy. This quite possibly could be the most dangerous action by Republicans in years.Marginalizing Ron Paul is so disgraceful because the Republican Party has steadily lost Libertarian votes over the last decade. In fact, many lifelong Republicans became registered members of the Libertarian Party. They simply felt that the Republican party no longer believed in limited government.After several years of the Libertarian Party being a secondary movement, however, Ron Paul realized that libertarians would never have a chance to get their message out on a national stage unless he registered as a Republican. In essence, he grew up and brought many libertarian voters back with him.Overall, by r | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Spare biology from the opinions of conservative economists | | 2007-05-21 02:03:14 | | Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece on their opinion page (yeah, boo, crap so runny and putrid you can't even get rid of it with a shovel, I know) that claims biologists have been actively inflating species numbers as a cheap ploy to gain
If You Found E=mc2 in DNA, Would You Believe in ID? You cant make this stuff up. Heres what some Japanese scientists have done with bacteria. I think weve officially reached the information age of evolutionary biology. Order It Today: : The Design Revolution >Copyright 2007 Uncommon Descent . This Feed
Hubble reveals ghostly ring of dark matter Astronomers have discovered an enormous, ghostly ring of dark matter 5 billion light years away the most blatant evidence to date for the existence of a mysterious substance hidden throughout the universe. Dark matter makes up a vast majority of
Neptune's brightness and solar variation To those who accuse me of having a particular bias on the issue o | | By: Doktertomi.com | | |
| | | Few “True” Conservative Candidates | | 2007-04-15 01:23:04 | | Like most republicans I am unhappy with the current “top 3″ Romney, McCain, Giuliani, that the media seems to keep on talking about. It seems like the liberal media wants them to be the frontrunner because they don’t want a “right winger” as the Republican candidate. Well a lot of republicans [...] | | By: Conservative Republican | | |
| | The New Conservative Revolution? | | 2007-03-28 06:32:00 | | The horse race that was the Quebec provincial election is finally over, and the fallout has been nothing short of entertaining. With the 'pink-Tory'-led Liberals retaining power but at a significant loss of seats, the separatist Parti Quebecois suffering it's worst result in 34 years by finishing third, and the rise of the Action's démocratique du Québec party into the opposition seats, the media has begun a frenzy of 'now what's' and 'what ifs'.Most are calling Mario Dumont's ADQ's come-from-nowhere finish a surprising rightwing turn for Quebec. Watching the CBC talking heads trying to make sense of it is borderline comical. Their shock and awe (Quebec? The bastion of leftwing thought moving right?) reminds one of a Three Stooges film. Of course, some of us recall that Stephen Harper's federal Conservatives achieved a minority government in the recent federal election due to surprising support from Quebec voters.The sudden rise to credibility by the right-of-centre ADQ i | | By: The Moderate Separatist | | |
| | an open letter to Stockwell Day and the Conservative Party of Canada | | 2007-02-12 11:01:00 | | Hon. Stockwell Day,The other day, I somewhat accidentally managed to come across your blog, and while I am supportive of the need to express your feelings with your constituents, I do wish to challenge some of your assertions.First of all, let me deal with this procedural detail: I am aware that your personal site in no way represents either the Canadian government, or even indeed your own party. I am also aware that this email address represents an official government of Canada member, and therefore you are not legally required to address non-governmental issues. At the same time however, I cannot separate the opinions expressed on this website as more or less "Official", as they will inform your decisions regarding governmental matters. I hope it is no surprise that the environment is suddenly a Political Issue (sorry for the capital letters, but since you espouse the National Media...) I have to mention the issue that's perhaps most important for 2007 is Climate Change. Now just to | | By: progressive imposition | | |
| | A Conservative's Pledge To A Crazy Ass Liberal. | | 2006-11-24 12:08:00 | | In lieu of recent events caused by has-beens that produce their own gravitational pull..By that I mean Michael Moore and his little pledge to conservatives.I am inspired to make my own little spin-off. For each of his numbers I will make my own version.But first, here is what Pizza The Hut had to say"To My Conservative Brothers and Sisters, I know you are dismayed and disheartened at the results of last week's election. You're worried that the country is heading toward a very bad place you don't want it to go. Your 12-year Republican Revolution has ended with so much yet to do, so many promises left unfulfilled. You are in a funk, and I understand. Well, cheer up, my friends! Do not despair. I have good news for you. I, and the millions of others who are now in charge with our Democratic Congress, have a pledge we would like to make to you, a list of promises that we offer you because we value you as our fellow Americans. You deserve to know what we plan to do with our newfound power -- and, to be specific, what we will do to you and for you. Thus, here is our Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives: Dear Conservatives and Republicans, I, and my fellow signatories, hereby make these promises to you: 1. We will always respect you for your conservative beliefs. We will never, ever, call you "unpatriotic" simply because you disagree with us. In fact, we encourage you to dissent and disagree with us."link (if you are that bored)---Wow, it only took him to number 1 to make a hypocritical ass of himself . A new record perhaps? It goes on after that. If I were a democrat I'd skip town after reading this.The part where democrats respect conservative beliefs...? OH yea. They respect us and our evil flying monkeys. Hey Mikey, where's the part where they respect us and then call us racist neo-Christian war-loving whiteys??So I guess that shows you what the rest will hold. Something about how great gay marriage is and cheeseburgers....And Something.His | | By: The Outlaw Republican | | |
| | Conservative Investment Management Pays for This Firm | | 2002-12-18 08:04:00 | | It is genrally not a good idea for an independent financial adviser to endorse specific companies or products by name and this article is not intentionally written as an endorsement. But when another industry magazine printed an article sub-titled "American Skandia's Stroke of Genius" for viewing by financial professionals only, it seems apparent that the outstanding actions of this company
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