Posted on 03/12/2006 11:19:13 AM PST by summer
"Crunchy Cons" do not "flock".
I think it's just a place for more "traditional values" (like the family is the only institution worth saving) without materialism (like following "Affluenza"- taking only what you need cause there's no need for greed) and promoting only "entitlements" that lead to SELF SUFFICIENCY. I know it sounds liberal to some but there is a deep underlying conviction not possessed by liberals that they are willing to do what it takes to keep everyone free.
Didja hear about the Donut Burger? It's a bacon cheeseburger with the bun replaced by two Krispy Kremes! 1100 calories! Yum!
Bump Ken Blackwell for Governor
Bump from another Crunchy Con!
As far as Orange County is concerned, I always thought of it as "cop land."
On the one hand, I eat alot of wild seafood and organic produce, HATE sprawl (whatever happenned to zoning laws?), love to hike, grow peppers and spices, cook for myself, shop at farmers markets, etc.
I do believe in proper environmental STEWARDSHIP. However, I have MAJOR PROBLEMS with the environmentalists when it comes to telling an INDIVIDUAL what to do with PROPERTY THEY ALREADY OWN, particularly if some pointy-headed judge tells them that the sump on their property is now a "wetland." I also have ZERO TOLERANCE for the "endangered species" crowd. I did not crawl to the top of the food chain to defer to spotted owls.
I guess you can say that the core of my philosophy is a "natural" diet, a love of nature without being dogmatic about it, a HATRED of sprawl, and a, most importantly, healthy disrespect for authority, whether it be for the cop telling me not to drink wine at the festival, the judge telling me that I can't drain the puddle in my backyard, or the closet case mayor who tells me that I can't smoke indoors. To all of those folks, I extend, a salute, with my LONG MIDDLE FINGER!
Just because I shop at Trader Joes, prefer walkable towns with character and strict zoning laws over McWorld, and like a "natural" woman, doesn't mean that I am part of Woodstock nation.
One more thing, being an agnostic and a capitalist pig negates all of the above in the eyes of Mr. Dreher, but I really don't give a damn.
Moosewood, btw, is a GREAT vegetarian restaurant in Ithaca, aka the City of Evil.
These are the scariest people on earth. They combine the moralistic religious fervor of Pat Robertson with the annoying self rightousness of Ralph Nader. So, basically, you get people who not only want to regulate what you eat, they want to regulate who you scr-w.
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