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Posted on 02/24/2005 6:27:01 AM PST by Happy2BMe
Libertarians Seeking 'True Conservatives'
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
February 24, 2005
(CNSNews.com) -- The Libertarian Party says its representatives were "very well received" by conservatives at a recent conference in Washington.
"We met a lot of people who are either supportive of our ideas or who simply support having an alternative to the big-government ideal put forward by the Republicans and Democrats," said Sam New, who organized the Libertarian Party's activities at the Conservative Political Action Committee Conference in Washington.
The Libertarian Party was a first-time cosponsor of the Feb. 17-19 CPAC Conference, and its involvement was a "big step forward" for the Party, said Executive Director Joe Seehusen in a report on the group's website.
"Our profile has been low for some time, and we were able to showcase our party in a positive light to many people and groups, including a large number of students and small business owners."
Seehusen, who considers President George W. Bush a socialist, said the Libertarians' support for limited government and appreciation for individual rights strikes a cord with many people who call themselves Republicans or conservatives.
"Many of them stopped by our booth to learn more," which is exactly why the Libertarians decided to take part in CPAC this year, he said.
The Libertarians believe they can appeal to "true conservatives" (as opposed to "big-government neo-conservatives") on a number of issues.
"By taking part in this CPAC conference, we hope to show that Libertarians are the true fiscal conservatives -- much more so than the Republicans are," Seehusen said on the Libertarian website.
He said the party is studying how successful groups market themselves, so the Libertarian Party "can more effectively reach out to conservatives" in the future.
I believe the only federal court that stated the second amendment protected an individual right was the recent 5th Circuit decision in Emerson.
Every other lower court ruling either said is was either some "collective" right or the right of a militia.
Yep, an ordinary federal statute would have sufficed. The 18th amendment was not required, but the temperance reformers thought it would be harder to change.
OK, Sara.
You have been trying to sell that steaming pile for months. It was BS then, it's still BS, and when you tell that fairy tale next week, it will be BS than as well.
You are correct in that morality is determined by one's culture, which is, technically, more than one person. But if you are from a culture that deems an act immoral, I would think that your doing that act is immoral if you are with a group or if you're alone on an island.
But we were talking about virtue. There are Seven Cardinal Virtues offset by Seven Deadly Sins. Those exist with or without a culture. Those are individual.
Conservatism wouldn't be having an identity crisis if it weren't for the Big Government GOP being in charge.
Evidently the era of big government isn't over.
With the inevitable trampling of rights of the minority. Iran's leadership is in power at the will of the people, would you like to go live there and preach Christianity? Problem is that's considered immoral to them, so you'd be jailed.
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Thus the two wolves and a sheep metaphor I used earlier. There have to be stringent limits on what the people can accomplish through legislation, and I don't believe morality matters should be legislated, as definitions of morality differ widely even within the same religion.
" I believe that's the role of the federal government, to help people"...GWB, 7-23-04
Actually, I'm guided by the Robertpaulseauean political philosophy.
This philosophy regards as nonsense the utterances of posters whose names start with the letter "s".
A picture is worth a thousand words.
I personally can't think of anything. But I can think of a lot of things I personally do not enjoy, nor wish to be involved with, that should not be prohibited. I think this is related to the concept of "Freedom of speech is worth nothing if you won't protect speech you don't like."
What a foolish thing to say. Every argument that Reagan used is still available--only the justification for his ideas has grown even stronger. Indeed, as more and more of the chickens, from the Clinton/Bush 2 era, come home to roost, the need for a Reagan or someone even more Conservative, will become even clearer.
While it is true that the demographics are deteriorating--precisely because of the folly of Clinton/Bush 2--that may be offset by the realization of that very deterioration. Rooted America may yet wake up! It is ridiculous that at a time when almost every intelligent person on earth, at last realizes the merits of the traditional American market economy, that even at home, we are losing our insights into other social and political concepts; concepts driven by the same natural factors that make the market economy work.
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The illegality of drugs makes the prices artifically high, making it very expensive to support a habit. There's an easy connection.
Felons can vote and bear arms again. They need only petition their governors for the right.
Under no circumstances, however, should restoration of voting or 2nd amendment rights be automatic. By committing a crime, the felon forfeited society's trust and it is his job earn it back.
And a two-time loser should never, EVER get his rights back.
Slavery was an example of this evil theory.
But alcohol is used for many reasons in our society other than getting drunk. Drugs are used to get high. For that reason, drug use is considered immoral.
But, but, but, robertpaulsen, I know many people who use drugs responsibly -- just to relax.
Yeah, right. People go through extraordinary measures to get their drug of choice, paying a premium inflated price in most cases, risking arrest, publicity, loss of their vehicle, home, job, family, and friends -- and they do this "just to relax, that's all".
You sell bridges, too?
Makes sense to me.
Ronald Reagan said famously, "government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem,"
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