Constitutionalist Conservative: Texas resident, loving husband, proud father, cancer survivor, by grace saved through faith, all-around nice guy.

Constitutionalism: The once-revered, now-exotic concept that each level of government should operate within the explicitly-defined boundaries of its founding charter.

Conservatism: Promotion and preservation of the principles and values, both religious and civic, that form the essential foundation of our culture.

I am not now, nor have I ever been, a libertarian. IMO, libertarianism is a morally bankrupt ideology that, like socialism, doesn't take into account the reality of fallen human nature.

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The Global Warming Heretic

(Now dormant, but still plenty of good reading)

Pet Peeves:

Debating in an uncivil manner.
Ignoring the point being made because one does not like the one making the point.
Using apostrophe's when making word's plural.
Posting pet peeves on one's FR homepage. :-)

Nifty little trick for viewing deleted posts:
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(Do not include the square brackets)