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Bank of America, 133, “So are you saying that Ron Paul is not a conservative?” Yup, that about sums it up. Tim Wohlford Of course, that is based on the fact that "conservatism" no longer means people who love liberty, small government and non-intrusive civil codes. Nope. Not anymore. Today "conservatism" has been hijacked by a gaggle of single digit IQ decerebrates who think the world started on September 11, 2001. They are ignorant of the history of conservatives, ignorant of economics, ignorant of finance and economics, ignorant of the history of islam, ignorant of the warnings of our founding fathers about meddling in foreign affair, and ignorant of the history of liberty (here and abroad). It is a colossal struggle for these dunderheads to screech out "but we are at WAR" (never mind the absurdity of being "at war" with an ideology, or the stellar results of being "at war" on poverty or "at war" with illegal drugs. They haven't the first clue that being conservative does NOT mean that you believe in government, just that the "good guys" should be in charge.

They are the same group of halfwits who will routinely stop being amazed and mystified at the fact that the rubber band in their hands returns to its shape long enough to belch out "RON PAUL IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE." Since "conservatism" has been hijacked by this bunch of neural flops, it probably is correct to say that Ron Paul is NOT a conservative. It seems that neither am I, anymore.

I have read this post a couple of time and it is interesting. See My IQ is quite north of single digits, and I “love liberty, small government and non-intrusive civil codes” as much if not more than anyone.

The world did not start on 9/11, and I truly doubt any conservatives think that. But it did change, America finally got a wake up call (sadly one that is already fleeting) that we were vulnerable.

I am not ignorant of economics, policy, etc, though I may have a slightly different view than you do. We are a global economy, for better or worse. We have to play the foreign affairs game, though we could apply dramatically better principals from a conservative stance, to our actions. But isolationism is no longer a valid response, even for conservatives. In a digital world with fast jets, crazy, radicals and imported dog food it just won't work. It is indeed possible to be a conservative AND support free enterprise capitalism. It is the only system that has allowed the conservative/libertarian (if you like) view of free choice and the like to thrive to any good extent.

The “idealogical” war we have with Islam is a reality. There is a group of living beings with a philosophy that wants to kill us or convert us or whatever “Allah” demands. I find no fault with the idea of a “war on drugs” or a "war on crime" and least of all a "war on terrorism", I find fault in their execution. Sadly in this one instance, the failure of execution in the WOT is not going to be a few more crack heads running around jacking cars...

So I DO want my government to send out its army to kill people and break things before the enemy kills me and breaks my things. This is just simply because I love liberty, small government and non-intrusive civil codes and I want the “good guys” not only to be in charge but to STAY in charge...