Posted on 08/14/2006 6:44:55 PM PDT by pissant
I invite all freepers to give a couple of paragraphs or less in this endeavor
Link to the AC's website:
http://www.amconmag.com/
Sorry, Pat. I no longer ride to the sound of your gums.
As for as the left-right thing, he's right. The spectrum has to be between liberty and authoritarian government. Then we see that both parties are approaching statist rule, and we can begin to vote accordingly.
What is Left? What is Right? Does it Matter?
It matters.
Divide and conquer, and ancient concept has been used quite effectively aganist We the People for about 150 years................
He's too busy buying another highlight marker for his copy of Mein Kampf.
Pissant's definition of left and right as it stands today.
Left: Socialists at heart, except for themselves. Disdain for our founders and the notion of American exceptionalism. Peace through negotiations. Empahsis on equal validity amongst all cultures (except the white judeo christian culture of the US). Believers in equal outcome "justice". Religion to be used for advancing "tolerance" as opposed to advocating long accepted definitions of what is good and evil.
Right: Firm believers in the original intent of the US Constitution and in our nation's structure as a constitutional republic. Acknowledgement of American exceptionalism. Reverence for traditions in religion and social structures. Emphasis on individual freedom and opposition to collectivism and monetary redistribution. Acknowledgement of the evil that exists in the world, and willingness to confront it at.
You mean you did at one time? LOL
I don't believe the GOP is anything approaching an authoritarian gov't. And no, the Patriot Act ain't authoritarian, it's anti-suicidal.
It's a long read, but so well worth it.
The Reagan revolution will continue and the left is on the ropes.
Conservative
Leftist
I think Jefferson's initial support for the French Revolution and the Jacobins would put an asterisk by his name.
And what would that * denote?
That he supported a movement to overthrow the monarchy in France that was far different in its worldview as the American revolution of which he was a large part. Robespierre and his ilk were anarchists and humanists and socialists rolled into one gigantic unlovable fuzzball.
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Edmund Burke, a wll known english conservative, who supported the American revolution, predicted the mess the jacobins would make with their radicalism, and even predicted the rise of a military authoritarian. Jefferson did not. Be that as it may, Jefferson was a great thinker and worthy of the status he has today.
Pat, Pat, Pat.
We don't need your isolationism, protectionism or egotism to lead us around, nor your bunch of moralistic reformers to tell everyone how to live and what not to smoke.
America's salvation will not be found in either yours or GWB's form of big government socialism. Boortz has the right idea.
Get over yourself. Nixon is dead. Price controls don't work. Trade unions suck. Howard Dean needs a speech writer and you two would make a good pair.....of nuts.
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