[sweetliberty]

Thanks for your vigilance Jim.

Hey y'all; I think some of us just got a spanking.

[TLBSHOW]

He did say we can trash the demoRats and I suggest we start with Waxman.

[lowbridge]

Hey y'all; I think some of us just got a spanking.

Don't include me in this...

...none of my posts are trash :-)

Pure gold...that's me.

[parsifal]

"Hey y'all; I think some of us just got a spanking."

Well I confess to liking DU. Kinda' like the Springer Show. So bad that it is good. But I wonder where you draw the line on what being a "conservative" is?

I support the death penalty. I think able-bodied people on welfare ought to have to work. I think the Civil Rights movement has degenerated into a joke. I can't stand Clinton, Hillary, Feingold, Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Albright. I barf on Janet Reno. I do not like most political correctness. I think the role of gov't needs to be closely restricted. I think gov't is far too big and has far too much power. I hate NBC, CBS, CNN, Dan Rather etc. I think the media has a liberal bias. I like O'Reilly, FOX, etc. I am for a strong military. I think NOW is crap.

BUT---I think capitalism ought to be regulated. I believe in livable wages, increased minimum wages, unions (even though they have a bad side). I hate the bankruptcy reform bill. I think tort-reform is an abomination. I think big business has about the same potential to ruin people's lives as big gov't. I think Johnny Jihad is being rail-roaded. I have a very low opinion of Ashcroft, thus far. I think "liberal" judges protect constitutional rights more often than "strict constructionist" judges. I do not worship businessmen. I even left the GOP and became a democrat.

So am I still a "conservative"? I think so. parsy.

[Winfield]

Thank you, Jim! A much needed spanking. The only other matter that I wish you would address (again....you have in the past) is the matter of foul language. I'm not talking about a "damn" here and there. I mean some of the downright filthy suggestions about "what who can do to what to who for all I care". I like to refer friends and especially young people just becoming politically aware, to FR. Invariably, right in the middle of a bunch of intelligent, decent posts, some guy has to come up with a "filthy thought" to get his point across. Hey, after 4 years in the military and 30 years working with hardened criminals in maxi prisons, I have heard it all and can handle it. However, such talk diminishes attempts at intelligent discourse...and certainly doesn't enhance communication skills....or the FR image.