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   On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:11:24 -0400, Kurt Nicklas    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >Yoorghis@Jurgis.net says...   
   >>   
   >> >Now....want to "debate" if Stalin or Lenin were 'conservative'?   
   >>   
   >> Go ahead and list the major characteristics of rightwing wing and   
   >> conservative political ideology, you stupid fuckwit   
   >   
   >Here's a list of the major tenets of conservatism from 'Human Events,   
   >Tin Can:   
      
   The difference between Conservative and Progressive can be summed up   
   by the relative moral equality between Goodness and Evil, between   
   Islam and Christian/Messianic Jew and Republican Constitutional   
   governance and Socialist Progressive whim/dictate.   
      
   >   
   >1. God?s Law Governs Nations as Well as Men.   
   >   
   >The Ten Commandments should not only be enshrined in our courthouses,   
   >they should be engraved in our hearts and minds as guides to all   
   >behavior, public and private. As the Founders acknowledged in the   
   >Declaration of Independence, laws and policies that violate the natural   
   >law are abuses of government power that must be resisted and reversed.   
   >   
   >2. Life Is the First God-Given Right   
   >   
   >It?s always wrong to deliberately take an innocent human life. When this   
   >principle is abridged, violence escalates. Thus we have aborted 47   
   >million unborn babies in the past three decades, begun to accept   
   >euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide, and stand at the threshold of   
   >cloning human beings for the specific purpose of killing them.   
   >   
   >3. Marriage and Family Come Before the State and Deserve Its Protection   
   >   
   >The marriage of one man and one woman is the natural foundation of all   
   >human society, and the means by which children ought to be brought into   
   >the world and taught the basic values of our civilization. Government   
   >has a duty to recognize and protect the family and must not grant   
   >alternative relationships the same status and privileges.   
   >   
   >4. Freedom of Conscience is the Soul of Liberty   
   >   
   >Understanding that freedom of conscience is at the heart of liberty, the   
   >Framers protected freedom of religion and assembly in the 1st Amendment.   
   >Movements to force the Boy Scouts to accept homosexual scout masters, or   
   >to compel religious individuals or organizations to distribute birth   
   >control or abortion drugs against their beliefs, directly attack these   
   >freedoms.   
   >   
   >5. Private Property is the Servant of Freedom   
   >   
   >The more that individuals, families and businesses can acquire and   
   >control the goods necessary to sustain and advance themselves, the more   
   >autonomy they will have from the state and others who may wish to   
   >unjustly restrict their freedom. The free and responsible use of private   
   >property tends to create greater wealth and greater freedom for greater   
   >numbers of people.   
   >   
   >6. Government Dependency is the Seed of Tyranny   
   >   
   >The more that individuals, families and businesses are dependent on the   
   >state for the goods necessary to sustain and advance themselves, the   
   >less autonomy they will have from the state and others who may wish to   
   >unjustly restrict their freedom. This is why expanding the welfare state   
   >is bad, and Social Security personal retirement accounts, Health Savings   
   >Accounts and school choice are good.   
   >   
   >7. The Constitution Means What It Says   
   >   
   >Believing in the God-given rights of man and understanding the imperfect   
   >nature of human beings, the Framers crafted a Constitution designed to   
   >protect the former from the latter. Many of the problems in U.S.   
   >government would be resolved if the President, Congress and Courts   
   >limited themselves and each other to the authority the Constitution   
   >actually grants them.   
   >   
   >8. Taxes Are Justified Only to Fund Necessary Government Spending   
   >   
   >A massive and complex tax code has become a powerful weapon politicians   
   >can use to pressure citizens to behave as the politicians, or the   
   >interest groups that support the politicians, wish. The correct function   
   >of taxation is to equitably collect only that revenue needed to fund the   
   >legitimate activities of a constitutionally limited government.   
   >   
   >9. National Defense Is Just That   
   >   
   >The first duty of the federal government is to defend the American   
   >people against foreign enemies. While advancing freedom in the world is   
   >good in itself?and, where it prudently can be done, would advance the   
   >interests of the United States?ultimately, the mandate for our national   
   >leaders is to use whatever moral means they can to carve out that path   
   >in our relations with foreign powers that is most likely to lead to   
   >enhanced security, prosperity and freedom for this nation.   
   >   
   >10. We Should Strive to Give Our Children a Better Country   
   >   
   >America is more than just an expanse of territory or a set of laws. It   
   >is a culture, whose art, architecture, journalism, music, movies,   
   >television, schools and universities, should reflect and reinforce the   
   >traditional values that made this country great. We owe this to our   
   >children, who will build the America of tomorrow on the foundation of   
   >the America we teach them to love today.   
   >   
   >   
   >Don't like those? Here's a different list with the same ends an   
   >ideals in mind but stated far differently:   
   >   
   >1)You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.   
   >   
   >2)You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.   
   >   
   >3)You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.   
   >   
   >4)You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.   
   >   
   >5)You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.   
   >   
   >6)You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.   
   >   
   >7)You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.   
   >   
   >8)You cannot establish security on borrowed money.   
   >   
   >9)You cannot build character and courage by taking away men?s initiative   
   >and independence.   
   >   
   >10)You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and   
   >should do for themselves.   
   >   
   >   
   >Now take the items in either of these lists and tell me, in detail, how   
   >they are shared by Stalin or Lenin or Mao or Pol Pot or Kim Il Sung.   
   >   
   >See what a pathetic, government-housing-renting,tail-chasing pinhead you   
   >are?   
   >   
   >> Make me laugh at you   
   >   
   >Are you laughing? I think not.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)