[Catspaw]

Oh, I see--I'm not a conservative because I happen to believe the firefighter's description of events as being accurate and not dwell in some paranoid, drooling world where one views the government (which, apparently, includes a suburban fire department) as inherently evil, thieving and corrupt.

Thanks for the lesson on what "conservative" means.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Free Republic is great. Before coming here, I thought that conservatives did view government as an evil, but a necessary one. I thought that's why "conservatives" advocated a limited government with strictly defined functions which it is not supposed to overstep. At least, that is what I took from my readings of The Federalist Papers and other documents from our nation's founding.

I'm learning that "conservative" means something far different than what I thought.

[justshutupandtakeit]

That is a lesson freely available here at the drop of a hat or a remark that "well maybe the government is not TOTALLY evil ALL the time." You statist you.

[Dead Corpse]

"...paranoid, drooling world where one views the government (which, apparently, includes a suburban fire department) as inherently evil, thieving and corrupt. "

Waco. Ruby Ridge. TIPS. The US (anti-) PATRIOT Act. Project Meggido. Eschelon. Et cetera et al...

Take another hit of Prozac and continue to live in La-La land.

Do you know this individual personally? Is he really some drooling paranoid, or a serious gun-collector? Making such statements only points you out as the non-thinking Troll-bot that you are shaping up to be.