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Conservatism isnt' easy (at least not in Europe)
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Posted on 08/16/2002 6:52:24 PM PDT by Happygal

Conservatism isn't easy.

It's not easy to try and attempt to inject common sense into a system so swamped in 'what feels good'.

American friends..I come from Holy, Roman Catholic Ireland.
Conservative you would think, eh?
But yet, socialist in the extreme.
The dumping pot for 'ethnic groups' who can no longer look to Britain's colonialism for a hand out.
(I'm ALL for a hand up, btw...so don't put me in the 'racist brand'....I've looked to teach English as a foreign language for asylum seekers so they might, at least, be able to 'fit in', and express their demands, concerns, desires..and most importantly work)

You are lucky, in that in America there are so many like minded people.
I feel sometimes, I'm trying to hold out the tide with a spoon.

(Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my country..so much as to say, I would die for Ireland. But many of those who are killing it, wouldn't do the same).

It scares me.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
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Don't mind me...just needed to get that off my chest :-)
1 posted on 08/16/2002 6:52:24 PM PDT by Happygal
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To: Happygal
Yeouch!!!
I just read this back and it sounds like a 'whine'.

Conservatives don't whine. Not even amongst themselves *L*

Right? :-)
2 posted on 08/16/2002 7:07:27 PM PDT by Happygal
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To: Happygal
I get tears everytime I watch Riverdance.
And that was faked up, too. Argh.

3 posted on 08/16/2002 7:11:48 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: gcruse
Ummm not sure what you are saying here gcruse.

BTW..Quixote (as per your profile) is an idol of mine. He dreamed the impossible dream. Found Dulcinea in Aldonza.
Live a good an honourable life. And yeah, tilted at windmills in senility.

Not too bad a curriculum vitae in my books.
4 posted on 08/16/2002 7:39:53 PM PDT by Happygal
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To: Happygal
You are lucky, in that in America there are so many like minded people.

Actually, among those like minded people, only half of them agree, only about half the time.

As for the unfortunate Riverdance remark, consider the source. I sponsored a US Irish Step Dancer to the Worlds in the late 1980's. Anne finish 7th. one year. not bad for a Yank. As for Riverdance, Irish dancing needed something "vulgar" to make it popular. My little dancer now teaches Step Dancing because of the "faked" dancing in RvrDnce.

Slainte.

5 posted on 08/16/2002 9:08:38 PM PDT by elbucko
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To: Happygal

"But yet, socialist in the extreme."

I have trouble understanding why the socialist tide continues to rise. It's happenning in the U.S. too, even though we have a constitution written to prevent it. Lots of us are trying to resist it though.

Wouldn't mind seeing Ireland one day, have some ancestry from there.

6 posted on 08/16/2002 10:27:33 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: Happygal
Even in lovely Erin one can learn from the British "stiff upper lip, and all that", although I prefer a colonial reference "Stay the course." (movie: The Patriot).

Personally, I find the fellowship of Free Republic comforting, even when we conservatives are fighting amongst ourselves   ; )

7 posted on 08/17/2002 2:40:49 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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To: Sam Cree
Does your name indicate any Cree Indian ancestry?
8 posted on 08/17/2002 2:42:10 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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"Does your name indicate any Cree Indian ancestry?"

No, my last name is Dutch, beginning with a "V," then a "C." Once some take out sushi I picked up at the local restaurant was labeled "Sam Cree," which was apparently how the owners, with an oriental language barrier, were pronouncing my name. It sort of rhymes, but isn't close any other way. I thought it was cute and have been using it for anonymity ever since. Sorry for the lengthy discourse.

I know many do have Indian ancestry, but not me. What part of the country are the Cree from, I'm not really up to speed on them?

9 posted on 08/17/2002 6:45:59 AM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: Happygal
"American friends..I come from Holy, Roman Catholic Ireland. Conservative you would think, eh? But yet, socialist in the extreme."

I'm not really sure that the Judeo Christian tradition is anti socialist. It does encourage personal responsibility which isn't compatible with socialism, but it also contains endless, almost bureaucratic, rules on every aspect of human behavior, which is very much in line with socialism. I think it could be used either way.

10 posted on 08/17/2002 8:08:18 AM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
The Cree originated in Canada. My wife is part Cree on her maternal grandfather's side.
11 posted on 08/17/2002 9:44:01 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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To: Happygal
Shoot, I live in California. A part of California where the majority of the populace are ignorant, uneducated, chronically lazy third generation welfare recipients who expect benefits from the government, yet feel no obligation to defend the country or her values.
12 posted on 08/17/2002 10:26:15 AM PDT by Commander8
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To: Jeff Chandler
"The Cree originated in Canada. My wife is part Cree on her maternal grandfather's side."

Interesting, I hadn't realized the name I picked had that meaning.

13 posted on 08/17/2002 12:14:56 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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