[MissAmericanPie]

Yes, Luis you are right, I am a patriot, and a protectionist regarding the security and safety, economic, and otherwise, of my country.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Rethoric.

You want the government to restrict if not control, the flow of trade, that makes you a communist at worst, a socialist at best.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Whose judgment would be superior: private investors with their own money to lose or government officials with no personal financial stake in the outcome? If in fact this was a truly valid argument for protectionism, it would logically be applicable not just to domestic firms competing with established foreign firms but to domestic firms competing with established domestic firms--a special tax on NBC programs for the sake of newcomer FOX, for example?

Your model=more government.

Not a conservative value, hardly a "patriot".