I thought this was pretty much a conservative forum. I didn't realize how many of you support these liberal, socialistic, Democrat ideas.
Well you have pretty well proved the point T. E. Ruppenthal has made. Most people only want to fleece as many as they can before they die. It's the Republican way, evidently.
Hank
Have you repaid all the money your "parasite" parents spent on you to bring you your self-sufficient station in life?
Have a dekko at the Ten Commandments: honoring one's father is a Good Thing.
Part of the trouble, actually, given the fact that the only thing to be "conserved" or maintained at the moment is an essentially liberal, leftist socialist state. Scratching the surface of the rhetoric reveals not a lot of differences between the parties.
I'll never forget feeling I'd just been slugged in the solar plexus the day I was ranting on Gore's "faithbased partnerships" only to have someone inform me Gore had "stolen" the idea from Bush.
I believe this was before I'd realized abortion, environmentalism and population control were GOP policies so I was still taken by surprise and bewildered at such times.
So ... it's not so much "Republican" or "Democrat" but rather the Materialists v. the rest of us.
... Randian Selfishness and soulless capitalism pitted against death to self and a natural moral law that trumps the marketplace.
... Passing judgment based on Accidents of Personality, Time and Circumstance versus ensuring Justice and Dignity in accord with Essential and Enduring Being.
... Concern over the "crisis" and maudlin pity masquerading as charity and sympathy.