Posted on 07/05/2010 3:53:54 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
On Wednesday Gary posted the list “Five Truths that Liberals Hate,” and it proved one of the most popular posts we’ve had in a while. While in total agreement with those ideals, and actually probably the most conservative guy at American Vision, I thought a little Tabasco for the Right was in order as well. So let’s hear it: five truths Republicans hate.
1. Most Republicans are as socialist as the Left. While not as socially liberal as the left—not advocating equality, gay rights, feminism, etc., etc.—Republicans have proven every bit as fiscally liberal with the exception of the last year or so when political convenience has changed their rhetoric. But try to get one to admit that social security and medicare are socialist programs along the lines of Obamacare, and they’ll dance and dodge all day! It was Bush II who created medicare prescription drug coverage at the cost of $550 billion, and only nine Senate republicans opposed.
2. Public schooling is a socialist institution, paid for like a social welfare scheme, where socialist teachers teach socialism to conservatives’ kids. It was designed as an anti-conservative institution and operates openly as an anti-conservative institution. Yet most conservative parents still mock homeschooling and refuse to put their kids in even a private school. Some Christians argue they’re salt and light—”we just need prayer back in schools!” The only prayer any kid should be praying in school is “Mom! Dad! Please! Get me out!”
3. There is no such thing as private property as long as property taxes and the threat of liens exist. Bad-mouthing Obama’s socialism rings hollow until you pressure your state, county, and municipal officials to abolish property taxes. Of course, you’d also have to argue against public schooling as well, for about 75% of property taxes go to pay for public schools.
4. There is nothing inherently or historically conservative about our national standing military. It was a Republican-led effort that ignored everything the American founders wrote about the dangers of standing armies and centralized the state militias into a national army, the outlawed state militias. Shortly after the Militia Act of 1903, in one ten year span before WWI, the military budget rose from $2 million to $53 million—a 2,650% budget increase. The whole program was carried out by Progressives which at that time dominated the Republican Party. These were men whom Republicans generally revere as well, Republicans: William McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Elihu Root. Historically, big war has been carried out under progressive Democrats: Wilson got us into WW1, FDR WWII, Truman Korea, and Kennedy/Johnson Vietnam. Progressives love war inherently: it was one aspect that grew directly out of social Darwinism. Conservatives fight when necessary to protect their own land and freedom, except against property taxes, apparently.
5. Republicans were the original spend-and-tax, big-government Progressives, and remain so today. The same Republican men who nationalized the military, in order to fund their progressive ideals, created, promoted, and signed into law the Sixteenth amendment (national income tax) which had the side-effect of rendering the IRS a permanent institution. Taft got the act through Congress in 1909, the last state ratified it in 1913. The intervening presidential election was a contest of three men with the same ideals—Wilson, T. Roosevelt, and Taft—all of whom supported the national income tax. The same Republicans instituted the National Monetary Commission which developed the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which Wilson also signed into law. In modern times, were it not for Obama, Bush II would reign as the spending and deficit king by quite a margin. The biggest spenders in recent decades were all the Republican presidents, including Reagan. Only Clinton in his first term rivaled them before Obama.
So there you have it. These are five truths that Republicans just have to hate! But thankfully, we have a God-given right to change our minds and become truly conservative. See my God versus Socialism for a look at where the Bible stands on such issues, and how the U.S. already has adopted seven of the ten planks of communism straight from Marx’s Manifesto.
Yep: cruel, heartless, mean-spirited, etc.
Virginia still has its militia. Many other states define their militia in their constitutions.
Hey Geron, my #s could be wrong. I didn’t do my research. 15 Bil may be too high. Not sure....
There isn’t enough bandwidth to explain my frustration with the Republican Party(esp in Fl.).
I knew I wasn’t sick in the head: chances are, militias are still legal, Mr. McDurmon!
1) Original Sin is as tyrannical a doctrine as Leninism.
2) American Constitutional values cannot be exported by force of arms.
3) The US military budget is at least 50% greater than it needs to be.
4) The War on Drugs is over - drugs won.
5) In the race for economic dominance in the next decade, Asia is beating the USA and Europe. Handily.
IIRC correctly, the aid was 3B/year over 5 years.
I noticed that too.
An insightful, concise and correct analysis.
I can see that. Let the Europeans take care of their own damned selves; we already have thousands of Americans buried over there.
One of the soundest investments ever made by the US and the USSR was to OCCUPY EUROPE for a very, very, very long time.
“Most Republican politicians are statists too”
I think that may be closer to the truth...when they are corrupted by the system, especially...but this constant drumming that the Republicans are as bad as the Dims is just too over the top and feeds the argument that it doesn’t matter who you vote for...but I am pretty sure that I would prefer anyone or anything that ran to this POS in the WH...he is a MARXIST...to the best o my knowledge, the Republican Party has put no one forth to compare...I think the statements need to be made in the context of going forward...we can NOT change the past and we are aware of the dangers of repeating, so throwing out the RINO and Dims seems fairly self evident...the constant self immolation and this twisted moral equivalency of “we’re no better than they are” will only make the task that much more difficult. The Repubs are INFINITELY better than this plague of leftists.
So who were the nine GOP Senators who voted against prescription drugs for seniors, and did any Dem Senators also vote against it?
I agree. While we might nitpick the article does have a good point. but lets not say they are as bad as marxists.
I stand corrected. And this is only one issue that makes me ill.
A Constitution not followed is worse than no Constitution at all. This state of affairs breeds contempt for the government in the intelligent, and a sentimental belief in the phony protections it was supposed to have in the weak minded. As such, the Constitution now provides a fig leaf for the naked aggression of the socialist statist agenda.
The worst Republicans are in the Senate. Of 41 Republicans, no more than 15 are true conservatives.
I agree with #s 2-5. Nothing to hate about those 'truths/opinions'.
I don't know what you are trying to say with #1:
"Original Sin is as tyrannical a doctrine as Leninism".
That's almost like saying, 'Death is as tyrannical doctrine as Leninism'.
Sure, with Adam's Fall ('Original Sin') we all became slaves to the Tyranny of Sin and Death...
And the solution to both is Freedom by becoming a 'slave' (servant) to Christ.
Hebrews 2:15 And [Jesus] deliver[ed] them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
John 8:31-32 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
The libertarian wing of the GOP would probably agree with most of these statements. Some Republicans can be just as statist as the Democrats, just over different issues.
I disagree about Social Security. I don’t know who started it but they took my money and promised it back to me when I retired. Well now I’m retired so why should I feel like I’m taking welfare?
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