I cannot, for the life of me, understand how you faux conservatives keep getting responses from mostly intelligent FReepers.
From wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative
Values Different forms of
conservatism emphasise different values, including among others these value preferences
- order over chaos
- orientation toward the past rather than the future
- the rural over the urban
- unity and homogeneity, over discord and fragmentation
- the natural over the artificial and technological
- existence over possibility
- slow and incremental change over utopian projects
- hierarchy over egalitarianism
- acceptance of inequality over redistribution
- in the European Union, sovereignty over union
And just for shits and giggles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_With_America
Government reform
On the first day of their majority, the Republicans promised to pass eight reforms on government operations:
- require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply to Congress;
- select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
- cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
- limit the terms of all committee chairs;
- ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
- require committee meetings to be open to the public;
- require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
- and implement a zero base-line budgeting process for the annual Federal Budget.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act
An amendment to the Constitution that would require a balanced budget, unless sanctioned by a 3/5 vote in both Houses of Congress (H.J.Res.1, passed by the US House 279-152, 1/4/95; rejected by the US Senate 65-35, 3/2/95), and provide the President with a line-item veto (H.R.2, passed by the US House 294-134, 2/6/95).
TO: United States Congress, via President Bush's desk
ATTN: Lost and Found Department
Dear Wasteful Spenders:
You seem to have misplaced the BALANCED BUDGET AMMENDMENT.
Contact me when you find it.
Signed,
Outraged SLAVE (taxpayer).