Conservative Movement Is Dead (Freedom Loving Americans Politically Homeless Alert)

Worldnetdaily.com ^ | 10/04/05 | Joseph Farah

[goldstategop]

hereby officially pronounce the conservative movement dead.

May it rest in peace.

It was killed by its faith in men, not principles – men like George W. Bush.

The appointments of John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and Harriet Miers as associate justice serve as the epitaphs for the political movement.

But even before these betrayals, conservatism was on life support.

It could not have survived the irresponsible spending by the Republican Congress, approved by the president during the last five years.

The conservative movement, in the best of times, represented a defensive effort to slow the trend toward unconstitutional, unlimited, centralized, Washington-based government.

Today, it represents, at best, only the hope of a slightly slower trend toward socialism and tyranny.

Let me state this plainly, as I do in my new updated, paperback edition of "Taking America Back": If Republicans filled every seat in the U.S. Congress and maintained control of the presidency, unconstitutional government would continue in Washington unchecked.

The confirmation of that fact came last week when former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay explained there was absolutely no place to cut the bloated federal budget. He said Republicans had done such a good job reining in government spending over the last decade, there was no fat left.

For those who still revere and love the U.S. Constitution, freedom and the goal of self-government, the death of the conservative movement might seem like a bad thing. I would submit to you it may be a necessary development to restoring the American Dream.

As long as the totality of political alternatives for the American people are represented by the Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, the drift away from the unique founding principles of American sovereignty and liberty will inevitably continue.

Quite frankly, it's time for some new creative thinking among Americans who still value what made America great.

No amount of defensive wrangling will be enough to preserve or restore our free republic.

It's time to think outside the box. It's time to exercise some courage and boldness. It's time to realize no war is won fighting defensively – trying in vain to hold on to old turf with no attempt to win new turf. It's time for freedom-lovers to reframe their political objectives. It's time to set goals for expanding liberty and morality, not just beating back relentless attempts to rob us of them.

Are you looking for new strategies, new tactics? Do you see that conservatism has only lost ground for the last 17 years? Do you understand we need to do more than work to elect politicians to represent us in Washington? Do you agree that the corruption of our system now runs too deep?

This may sound alarmist to some: But, at this point in history, Americans are less free than we were under the Crown of England.

Do any of us have the courage and convictions of our Founders? How many of us are willing to risk our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor for the cause of freedom today?

That is my challenge to you today.

We can complain about out-of-control government for the rest of our lives. We can continue to watch our liberty slip away. We can leave our children and grandchildren a society far worse off than the one which we inherited from our parents and grandparents. Or we stand up to the tyranny, get organized, set goals for expanding freedom, reclaiming ground robbed from us and set above rebuilding that shining city on a hill.

I don't pretend to have all the answers. If any man does, don't believe him. But I can read the handwriting on the wall. The political system in America is broken. It cannot be repaired with a little tinkering. Freedom-loving Americans need to realize they don't have a political party that represents them. Freedom-loving Americans need to realize they don't have a political movement that represents them.

Nothing could be clearer to me. How about you?

Let's not wring our hands over the latest Supreme Court nomination. Let's not whine about spending by the Republican Congress and president. Let's not mourn the death of conservatism. Let's get organized to build a new freedom movement with an offensive strategy and the goal of taking our country back.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

There is another party. Its called the elect, the Sons of God, the Heavenly party. When they appear on Earth, everything will change. In fact, even the ground they walk on will have the curse removed from it. No more tears, no more fears, no more sickness, no more disease, no more aging, people returning to the days of their youth. They will remove the curse from YOUR body as well, if you cry out for deliverance from the Lord. Until then all you can do is endure a world being consumed by the effects of man's sinful nature.

Most of the Bible was written for the days we are living in, so I admonish you to read it often.

Job 33
23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

[CheyennePress]

What the batnip do Roberts and Miers have to do with this?

Tell you what, give me the first liberal SCOTUS ruling either have produced?

Until you can do that, strap up, do what you can to change what you can, and show a little faith in the man you've elected.

We've got a pretty strong economy, we're paying less taxes than before, and I don't know how much of this we could honestly claim with Kerry at the helm.

Then you have two likely conservative SCOTUS justice v. Little Ginsberg and Little Stephens up for the ballot.

Geez, man. Rush always talks about how Dems are always down in the dumps. Pull yourself up and do something.

A fine _____ whine?

[goldstategop]

Granted, Farah's over the top but I don't think any one has any real idea how much the government spends today. A couple of trillion dollars. It would take you a couple of decades to count every cent. What's going on is costing us our freedoms and people seem happy about it. I suspect Republicans will be happy once we've established socialism as the law of the land.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[WoofDog123]

You make some good points, but there are a few I would at least comment on -

" 5 years ago it was illegal to arm commercial pilots. Today it is not."

How many are actually armed? I have read article after article stating that DOT was simply refusing to train or approve them.

3 years ago Saddam Hussein was in power. Today he's in jail."

This has nothing to do with freedom in the US. The tri-ethnic polyglot called Iraq can probably not be held together without a very strong central government, IMHO.

"Conservatism has only "lost ground?!" Does Farah earn so little that he hasn't noticed our 3 income tax cuts, the repeal of the Estate Tax, the cut of the dividend double-tax, and the energy credit tax cut?!"

Bush does get half credit on this one. Unfortunately , he gets a failing grade on the DEFICIT subject matter, as the idea is the cut spending AND taxes, not increase spending while cutting taxes. Republicans are the big spending party, apparently. Personally, as far as taxes and spending go, I liked political gridlock MUCH better.

[BigSkyFreeper]

What's her judicial philosophy? What does she think of government vs society? Of freedom vs judicial tyranny? No one on here can say for sure.

Right, and so many are taking that swan dive off the cliff.

[Cold Heat]

The more I hear about Miers, the more I wonder if in the end it won't be the liberals who are gnashing their teeth.

I wanted Bush elected because I trusted his judgment. Let the process work, and understand that the smart thing to do as far as SCOTUS repairs are concerned, is to put people on the court who view the Constitution as a purposeful document, as are all the amendments to it.

More importantly, in the case of a need for interpretation, that sound judgment, founder's intent and American, not foreign precedent is what is used to make that judgment. Lastly, that the court makes decisions based on law and not some damn social fad.

Apparently, he thinks Miers will do that and from day one until.................. That is enough for me... The pick is made.

[clee1]

If Republicans filled every seat in the U.S. Congress and maintained control of the presidency, unconstitutional government would continue in Washington unchecked.

Exactly.

Today's crop of republicans are NO BETTER than demoncraps.

[DakotaRed]

While I too don't understand this nomination, I do know Bush has continually been misunderestimated and is one hell of a poker player.

Only time will tell what he has up his sleeve with this. Tear up your party card if you wish and join the Democrats, I'm going to wait and see what he is up to, not that I have any other choice, LOL.

[Black Tooth]

Well, by the time we find out, I will have probably given up on politics all together and be sitting in my hideout shooting beer cans with a BB gun, quietly laughing.

[onyx]

He's worse than clueless. He's a racist bomb thrower and a Losertarian on most issues.

[MEG33]

Would you like some cheese to go with this whine?

[DTogo]

Farah writes this stuff to see how FReepers and other Conservative bloggers respond. In a few days he'll write a follow-up or partial retraction.

[Saundra Duffy]

It's too late.

[rdb3]

There is another party. Its called the elect, the Sons of God, the Heavenly party.

God Himself has to put you in the elect. No man can "join up" simply by wishing to do so.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Amen !

[Southack]

"Today's crop of republicans are NO BETTER than demoncraps."

What Democrats voted for any of the following?

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 48 months

 

President Bush signing a federal ban on Partial Birth Abortion

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy

Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America

First Missile is Installed For NMD on July 23, 2004

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses

Built ten ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act (less romantically known as H.R. 5382) ultimately allows average Americans to hitch a ride on a civilian space craft at their own risk. The federal ban on such citizen travel was repealed by HR 5382 in 2004. The President signed that bill into law two days before Christmas.

President Bush pledged to Israel on 4/14/2004 that it could keep parts of the West Bank, giving international legitimacy to Jewish settlements there

Denied Palestinian refugees any right of return to what is now Israel, saying they should be resettled in a future Palestinian state instead

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Pushed through THREE raises for our military

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years

President Bush's Grand Strategy (click here)

President Bush's Environmental Record - 2004 (click here)

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right

Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Signed the 2004 Omnibus Budget 1/26/2004 that now MANDATES that gun buyers' background check information be fully and permanently destroyed within 24 hours of the completion of the check, no matter what.

Repealed Gun Controls Against Active, Retired, and Off-Duty Law Enforcement Personnel Carrying Weapons Into Local and State Prohibited Zones (7/28/2004)

Enacted powerful tort reform legislation that moves many class action lawsuits from state to federal courts. Requires federal courts to hear cases where the amount of the dispute is more than $5 million, and when the defendant and any of the plaintiffs live in different states.

Disarmed Libya of its Chemical, Nuclear, and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed

Won an agreement that U.S. Navy sailors may now freely board thousands of commercial ships in international waters to search for weapons of mass destruction under a landmark pact between the United States and Liberia, the world's No. 2 shipping registry (signed Feb 11, 2004), and Panama 5/10/2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/international/americas/11ship.html).

Approves The First U.S. Counter-Intel Plan

Successfully executed 2 wars and rebuilt 2 nations: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50+ million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom...epitomized by their own free and democratic elections.

Provided Billions in aid, machines, and manpower to tsunami victims.

 

Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)

Bush Administration diplomacy led to the 5/25/2004 peace accord that ended a massive 20-year civil war between Sudan's Islamic north and Christian south after two million deaths Click Here

  Delivered vital emergency aid to millions of survivors on multiple continents (e.g. Africa, SE Asia) of a devastating Tsunami caused by a 9.1 earthwuake near Sumatra.

Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.
Created NATO's Rapid Response Force
Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar-value tax cut in world history

Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people

Eliminated the Estate Tax (AKA "Death Tax") that was taking small farms and businesses from families

Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims

Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.

President Bush opened up an additional part of Alaska for domestic oil drilling. In 2004, the National Petroleum Reserve, an area west of the existing Prudhoe Bay field, was approved for new energy exploration and production.

Increased U.S. Oil Drilling Permits 70% Above Clinton-era

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.
New Forest Rules Gives States Power Over Federal Forests Inside Their Borders
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.

U.S. Forces In Baghdad

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2nd Term Supplimental (incomplete)

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Broke the Chinese Yuan to Dollar currency peg
CAFTA - President Bush signing CAFTA

Bolton to the UN
Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the second group of eight ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a land-based defense (in addition to our sea-based SM-3 and AEGIS systems) of 18 ABM's against North Korean nukes (note: China itself currently only has 24 -out of several hundred- nuclear ICBM's capable of reaching the U.S.)
Energy Bill (new tax cuts...after 5 years of opposition)
Immunity For Gun Manufacturers From Crime-Related Lawsuits
5% unemployment
3.4% annual (after inflation, 5.5% actual) reported GDP Growth
Syrian Troops forced to withdraw from Lebanon

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/07/933f746d-c5d8-491a-bd7c-566de1b66135.html Russians Troops Peacefully Withdraw From Georgia
Disarmed North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program

[MEG33]

Your quote: "I suspect Republicans will be happy once we've established socialism as the law of the land."..

That is so absurd..

[AZ_Cowboy]

This article is way too defeatist for my taste. It also misses a huge point, which is that Conservatism is an ideology and the GOP is a Political Party (a coalition, if you like).

The Conservative Movement and the ideology of conservatism is most certainly not dead. Farah is flat-out wrong on that one. Mr. Farah is prone to exaggeration.

The question is to what degree the Conservative Movement now influences the GOP. I am not really certain that this has loosened, either. I do see increasing hostility to the criticisms some of us level against the party. This is particularly prominent on matters of illegal immigration and lately with the SCOTUS picks as of late. This is just the latest string in a long history of rivalries and sniping that sweep through this place periodically. Having seen far too many of these things (many in the pre-FR era for me) come and go, I am not going to go off half-cocked and say that the GOP or the movement are dead.

We have gotten many important things accomplished under the current leadership. The Assault Weapons Ban is no more, we are now free to enjoy more of the public lands for recreation or to strengthen our agriculture, we did not sign on to Kyoto, and we've got John Bolton at the UN defending our sovereignty. Those are what come to mind immediately. We have not been successful in the permanent abolition of the Death Tax, the red tape has not been cut in terms of rehabilitating our energy infrastructure, we still have no idea who is coming into this country across either of our borders, and without some fiscal responsibility, those tax rates will have to go up sometime in the future.

When I voice discontent at a particular position that party or the administration has taken, it does not translate into a summary withdrawal of my general support for the party or the President. That is utter nonsense. For the most part, we are among friends. Friends deserve an honest discussion, folks.

[onyx]

WOO-HOO! WTG, southack.

This is worth the wait for a reply...lol.

[rdb3]

Save your breath, dude. It's been Drama Queen Central around here lately.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!