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It was the political right that died not the left. And it died in about 1996. 9/11 just put the final nails in the coffin. There are absolutely no "conservative" solutions being offerred currently by this administration or the congress.

All solutions are deeply rooted in leftist ideology couched in conservative rhetoric.

All solutions are deeply rooted in leftist ideology couched in conservative rhetoric.

Ah. Just more "rhetoric over reality," huh DD? I suppose you're right. But when you boil it all down, a man can't live on rhetoric. Maybe it's too late and we have lost our American civilization. I don't know about that; I do know many today -- and I mean middle-of-the-road types here, not "Lefties" -- don't appreciate its values and virtues as much as necessary in order to keep it alive and well. Many just sort of take a whole lot for granted; as if a just public order is some kind of spontaneous natural growth that no one has to work at. That's the death of liberty right there.

The Framers knew there were two indispensable things for the maintenance of a system of ordered liberty: Virtue and vigilence. History tells us that civilizations rise on virtue and fall when a people lose their virtue. Our "American problem" is fundamentally a moral problem -- Specifically, a moral relativism problem, IMHO. And it infects both Left and Right.

But no man knows the future for a certainty, DD. So we'll just have to wait and see what "develops." Thank you for writing. best, bb.

"It was the political right that died not the left. And it died in about 1996."

Too bad we don't have a Great Hero like Johnny McStain to save us from ourselves, right?! SHEEEESH, buddy, you used to have a clue...what happened?!

MUD

Oh, if only I could think that way!
Why oh why did I get stuck with the belief that each of us is responsible for our own actions, and that it costs to be free!
Why can't I be more like you, and let the state take care of me, tell me what to think, what to say, not to say, and how to say the things they deem acceptable!
Must be so satisfying to live in the socialist utopia of the mind of the left! Everyone owes you something, and you deserve to have what they have worked for.
Yes, what a life!
Don't worry that if they ever really get control you might discover that the only ones with any freedom left are the leaders of your dream world, they'll let you labor and bring all of your wordly goods to them, and if you make sure to do all they say, they might just let you live!