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"Severely" Conservative Positions [Vanity]
me | 3/16/2012 | me

Posted on 03/16/2012 6:56:00 PM PDT by WPaCon

As we all know, free republic is a conservative website.

So, I would like to know what views freepers have that can, correctly or incorrectly, be labeled as "extremely," or in the words of Mitt Romney, "severely" conservative.

Note that I am not saying whether any of these views are right or wrong. I'm just interested in what freepers think.

These are all designed to be yes or no questions.

1) Is Barack Obama the worst president ever?

2) Is Barack Obama intentionally destroying America?

3) Should the Kaaba be destroyed?

4) Should Mecca be nuked?

5) Should Mecca and Medina be nuked?

6) Should Tehran be nuked?

7) Should Muslim immigration to America be restricted?

8) Should the president claim that Islam is the motivation for terrorist Islamic terrorism?

9) Should war be declared on Islam?

10) Should the draft be brought back?

11) Are you opposed to taxpayer funded public schooling?

12) Should America return to the gold standard?

13) Should the Fed be abolished?

14) Should social security be phased out?

15) Should there be anti-trust laws?

16) Should the production of money be privatized?

17) Should pornography be restricted?

18) Should divorce and remarriage be restricted?

19) Should the availability of abortifacient contraceptives be restricted?

20) Should the availabilty of non-abortifacient contraceptives be restricted?

21) Should laws against sodomy be instituted?

22) Are you morally opposed to masturbation?

23) Is Barack Obama Muslim?

24) Is Barack Obama a socialist?

25) Is Barack Obama a communist?

26) Is Barack Obama a naturally born citizen?

27) Is Barack Obama's certificate of live birth a forgery?

28) Would you refuse to vote for Mitt Romney if he is the Republican presidential candidate?

29) Should all illegal immigrants be deported?

30) Should English be declared America's official language?

31) Does the 2nd Amendment guarantee the right to possess weapons such as grenades?

32) Does the 2nd Amendment guarantee the right to own things like tanks and battleships?

33) Should the 16th Amendment be repealed?


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To: gorush
Which article of the constitution do you feel regulates pornography? The enumerated powers in article 1, section 8 seem to me to be silent on that issue. The fact that you feel that by my pointing that fact out is equivalent to advocating pornography illustrates the hopelessness of the strict-constructionists cause. That is the logic that the liberals use.

I would ask what article permits it? The court may have ruled it "Speech" but it most assuredly is not. My understanding of the purpose of the 1rst amendment protection of "freedom of speech" was to prevent the then common practice of retaliation to political speech that was disapproved by the government. (Such as complaints of incompetence or malfeasance.)

LÈSE-MAJESTÉ was a crime in England, but we wanted our people to be able to criticize the government or anyone in it, but it is a strange contention that this notion should empower people to open a sewer and spray the population with the contents thereof.

My take? Any Supreme Court decision post Hoover is automatically tainted by Roosevelt's Lunatic court appointments.

61 posted on 03/16/2012 8:13:16 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: GeronL
"pornography is not “speech”"

Yes, it is.

"You may only rape minors for your productions between 4 and 6pm?"

You obviously misinterpret my meaning so I'll give it one more try... I hate pornography, too. It is our culture that is failing. Our Constitution is supported by our culture and, therefore, not at all.

62 posted on 03/16/2012 8:16:58 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: DiogenesLamp
The Islamic world is in a similar state. We might not have to go to war with it. I believe if it can just be held back from doing something stupid (Iran with Nukes) technology will eventually overturn the dogmatic fanaticism of Islamic extremists.

People looking at the state of Islam in a similar way have even suggested that this possible impending collapse of Islam is emboldening terrorists, making them more desperate to advance their goals while they still have the chance.

63 posted on 03/16/2012 8:18:06 PM PDT by WPaCon
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To: raccoonnookkeeper

>>You caricature yourself well.<<

And you expose yourself too easily...

Good thing FR is a lot more forgiving than your normal KOS and DU homes...


64 posted on 03/16/2012 8:19:23 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
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To: WPaCon
You'll really love FR once you get past the "Newbie-Q"...

Cheers!

65 posted on 03/16/2012 8:22:01 PM PDT by Caipirabob (I say we take off and Newt the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...)
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To: Melas

>>Ginger. Mary Ann wasn’t even in her league.<<

Lovey was always overlooked: “you need us!”


66 posted on 03/16/2012 8:22:07 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
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To: gorush

So... thumbs down on regulating the working hours of minors involved in kiddie porn?


67 posted on 03/16/2012 8:22:55 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

sheesh...I’ve got a wall over here that I need to talk to, sorry.


68 posted on 03/16/2012 8:24:26 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Linda Frances

“Call me paranoid, but look at what our dear leaders did to the first amendment.”

He ain’t shit and he hasn’t done shit to curtail the first amendment...not in my back yard or any-wheres around here.

F*CK the President.


69 posted on 03/16/2012 8:25:02 PM PDT by equaviator ( 3) Should the Kaaba be destroyed? nY 4) Should Mecca be nuked?)
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To: gorush
Yes, it is.

How do you see it as "speech"?

You obviously misinterpret my meaning so I'll give it one more try... I hate pornography, too. It is our culture that is failing. Our Constitution is supported by our culture and, therefore, not at all.

I agree. The Culture has deteriorated to the point where a Constitution is relatively meaningless. As John Adams said:

Because we have no government, armed with power, capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge and licentiousness would break the strongest cords of our Constitution, as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

70 posted on 03/16/2012 8:25:11 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: freedumb2003

Who would aspire to any of those despicable, uber politically correct shams?


71 posted on 03/16/2012 8:25:45 PM PDT by raccoonnookkeeper (I keep raccoons in a nook!)
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To: WPaCon
People looking at the state of Islam in a similar way have even suggested that this possible impending collapse of Islam is emboldening terrorists, making them more desperate to advance their goals while they still have the chance.

That is very likely a factor in their behavior. They see the advancing threat to their religion just as we do.

72 posted on 03/16/2012 8:26:43 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: DiogenesLamp
...and don't forget that John Adams was arguably the first president to ignore the Constitution with his "Alien" and "Sedition" Acts.

He (Adams) was great during the revolution but was a disaster as a president. He packed the federal courts after his loss to Jefferson...he gave us both Marbury and Marshall.

73 posted on 03/16/2012 8:30:38 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: raccoonnookkeeper

>>Who would aspire to any of those despicable, uber politically correct shams?<<

Well, you and your troll buddies for a start...


74 posted on 03/16/2012 8:31:57 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
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To: gorush
...and don't forget that John Adams was arguably the first president to ignore the Constitution with his "Alien" and "Sedition" Acts.

He (Adams) was great during the revolution but was a disaster as a president. He packed the federal courts after his loss to Jefferson...he gave us both Marbury and Marshall.

Nevertheless I think he's right about that particular comment, though he be wrong about other things.

75 posted on 03/16/2012 8:32:53 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: freedumb2003

Oh, it’s all a big newbie conspiracy!

(Is this the FR answer to “Bush’s Fault”?)


76 posted on 03/16/2012 8:44:34 PM PDT by raccoonnookkeeper (I keep raccoons in a nook!)
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To: WPaCon

1) Is Barack Obama the worst president ever? In recent history, yes. I don’t think we can accurately claim that he’s the worst ever since we didn’t live in previous centuries and don’t really know the depth of the historical revisionism that hs occured.

2) Is Barack Obama intentionally destroying America? IMO, yes.

3) Should the Kaaba be destroyed? No response. I don’t know what that is.

4) Should Mecca be nuked? Depends on whether we want to experience a really nasty world war or not. Certainly, I have no love for the symbolism of Mecca, but nuking it!??

5) Should Mecca and Medina be nuked? See #4.

6) Should Tehran be nuked? What’s with nuking everything? We have ways of taking control of rogue contries without turning all their capitals into glass.

7) Should Muslim immigration to America be restricted? More than restricted, it should be immediatly halted. EVERY muslim holds Islam as their highest priority whther they are American converts or not.

8) Should the president claim that Islam is the motivation for terrorist Islamic terrorism? Yes. Especially since it’s true!

9) Should war be declared on Islam? Whether I like or dislike Islam I think that declaring war on ANY religion is a slippery slope. What;s to stop someone else from declaring war on Catholics, or Lutherans, or Baptists, or Mormons . . . . . you get the point.

10) Should the draft be brought back? Yes.

11) Are you opposed to taxpayer funded public schooling? No. Iam opposed to union controlled public schooling and politicians throwing money at the public schools with no requirement for the quality or caliber of the education.

12) Should America return to the gold standard? Perhaps. It will stabilize the currency. However, returning to a standard doesn’t buy us much when we allow our elected representatives to throw OUR money into any pot they choose. Should such a return occur, we must also severely limit and control what they can spend.

13) Should the Fed be abolished? Yes. I see no purpose that it serves.

14) Should social security be phased out? Absolutely!!!

15) Should there be anti-trust laws? Up to a point. Unfortunately, I’m not smart enough to know what that point is, but I know that too much anti-trust regulation leads to repression and we don’t want that!

16) Should the production of money be privatized? No. In a way, that’s how it was under the Articles of Confederation and each state printed their own currency. It was a disaster.

17) Should pornography be restricted? Yes. Children should absolutely be prevented from encountering it and liberals should absolutely be prevented from creating it!

18) Should divorce and remarriage be restricted? No. Everyone makes mistakes and making it too difficult to get out of a bad marriage only leads to spousal abuse, domestic battery or the murder of entire families. I think it is much more appropriate that couples anticipating getting married be required to attend some pretty intense training to understand the challenges they will encounter as a married couple. Too many young couples are just clueless and too immature for marriage.

19) Should the availability of abortifacient contraceptives be restricted? Yes. Abortion, like marriage, itself, has some major consequences and should not be allowed like ordering popcorn at the concession stand.

20) Should the availabilty of non-abortifacient contraceptives be restricted? Only to the extent that they are available to adults who have attained their majority.

21) Should laws against sodomy be instituted? Why? It’s basically unenforceable and I want Congress and the state legislatures to be limited in the number of laws they can pass. Unenforceable laws just take up space but serve no fundamental purpose. There are better ways to address this issue.

22) Are you morally opposed to masturbation? Not if it can be used in a way that avoids sex outside of marriage. There are too many single parents, too many kids lacking a nuclear family perhaps because this practice is considered so socially distasteful. It doesn’t have to be endorsed n a broad scale but, if it can keep two kids from potentially producing an out-of-wedlock child, it’s worth considering.

23) Is Barack Obama Muslim? Do polar bears . . . . . ? (It has to do with snow)

24) Is Barack Obama a socialist? Only as far as he has to go to get to question 25!

25) Is Barack Obama a communist? Oh, yeah!

26) Is Barack Obama a naturally born citizen? Nope.

27) Is Barack Obama’s certificate of live birth a forgery? a forgery, not necessarily. Do I think it was produced with the intent to defraud?? You bet!

28) Would you refuse to vote for Mitt Romney if he is the Republican presidential candidate? Yes. I don’t see a dime’s worth of difference between him and Obama.

29) Should all illegal immigrants be deported? Yes. Let them get in line and enter the country legally. Instead of being forced to deal withthe cesspoll they have made of their own country, they want to re-create their cesspool here.

30) Should English be declared America’s official language? ABSOLUTELY!!

31) Does the 2nd Amendment guarantee the right to possess weapons such as grenades? I don’t think so. If not, what would keep each of us from obtaining our own theronuclear weapon to use on our neighbor?

32) Does the 2nd Amendment guarantee the right to own things like tanks and battleships? No.

33) Should the 16th Amendment be repealed? Yes. Along with the 17th and clarifying the 14th.


77 posted on 03/16/2012 8:47:38 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - Another name for white collar criminals!!)
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To: DiogenesLamp

To a Koran believer, Islam is never supposed to be driven backwards. So seeing that happen either means giving up Islam or denying they saw what they saw.


78 posted on 03/16/2012 8:47:43 PM PDT by raccoonnookkeeper (I keep raccoons in a nook!)
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To: DustyMoment

What’s this “English”? It’s Americese!!


79 posted on 03/16/2012 8:48:44 PM PDT by raccoonnookkeeper (I keep raccoons in a nook!)
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To: WPaCon

“If you think that’s true, I would not be opposed to this thread being taken down. I did not think it would prove to be so ‘controversial’ in the way that it did.”

Sure you did, that’s why you posted it. If you didn’t know it, you must be dumber than a stump.

Not answering your questions - you answer them.


80 posted on 03/16/2012 9:07:01 PM PDT by Marcella (Vote Newt; Newt needs money)
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