Posted on 04/21/2007 6:42:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
You’ve got a messy house! And do NOT deny it. I’ve seen the picture so THERE!
“Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites—in proportion as their love of justice is above their rapacity;—in proportion as their soundness and sobriety of understanding is above their vanity and presumption;—in proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels of the wise and good, in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon the will and appetite is placed somewhere: and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.”
— Edmund Burke
It is much too late & I'm too tired to open the lounge now. I would rather have advanced notice this way I could promote it as a "pay per view"!
Wow!!!
I’m so impressed with your ability to copy and paste!
Do you get extra points for that???
I have buddies? Who knew?
Do I like it? I acknowledge John Locke's take on it as an important and positive influence on the Founders, and which is relevent to this day. I'm less interested in strictly religious interpretations, as far as our government is concerned.
I believe abortion is murder. And we have no general federal law against murder. It's left up to the states. So it follows that abortion should be legal/illegal precisely to the extent that each state determines.
Personally I find homosexuality rather distasteful. And I don't think that my tax money should be spent to encourage it. But I also think that by FAR the biggest threat to family in America is heterosexual promiscuity and easy divorce - anyone who turns a blind eye to those problems while railing about the "gay agenda" is disingenous at best.
What does upset me is the idea that these two issues you mentioned are "core" to conservatism, while others (such as freedom of speech and constraining the growth of government) are not. President Bush's signing of CFR was a far greater attack on American tradition than any "gay rights" law.
Sorry. It was spur of the moment. I was just feeling, I dunno...left out?
Watch that right hook!
Grammie is one tough cookie!!
1. Much of Greek thought was based on precepts found in the Vedas as there was travel between India (greater India, then) and Greece. So the Greeks borrowed a great deal which was already extant in the Vedas and brahminical teachings.
2. Sodomy laws kept sodomy private. Now it’s on Main Street.
BS, pure and simple, they want to take FR and make it something else, they want the GOP to be something else, just as long as it goes their way. How dare you stand up for conservatism on a conservative site..you big bully /s Hang in there and keep the faith.
Great post
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“Than how can you believe in small government yet you want the government banning medical procedures..... “
Are you calling abortion a “medical procedure” or am I missing something here?
How about natural law as it pertains to homosexuality? Do you acknowledge that?
I support neither Rudy nor Bush. Both of them have rejected much of what I consider conservatism. But I have no personal disrespect for either, nor for their supporters.
I've read the mission statement here many times. I support this site. I've gone to other sites that were trashing FreeRepublic and trashing the owner of this site and I've defended both this site and the owner of this site on those sites.
Conservatism isn't about lying and it isn't about smearing the names of good posters who believe in small government a strong defense and the sanctity of human life....and oh yes conservatism is about the freedom to go on the internet and read other sites without being falsely accused of being an anti-Freeper by the likes of you.
I would suggest that you read the mission and that you act like a good respectful conservative.
Your choice 'Bayb.
“No it doesn’t....... When you have the fed gov pass pro life laws, that is increasing the size of the Fed Gov...”
What about laws against murder of people already born? Are they also pesky “pro-life” laws?
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