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Conservatism à la Carte
Obama’s failures. The right kind of hope. Aborigines, terrorists, steroids, and broken windows. Plus more.
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I am convinced Mike Royko will
reincarnate, born fully formed, should Obama be re-elected. The
Chicago huckster administration may soon surpass even Governor
Blagojevich in the quality, not just
the quantity of its sublime tawdriness. These things beg for
expert journalism.
— Christopher Roberts
COMING UP SHORT
Re: Andrew Cline’s
America the Beautiful:
Andrew’s writing is an example that hope springs eternal. I keep hearing from various Conservatives as well as Rush that this is a center-right country. The voting results and Supreme Court picks demonstrate otherwise.
We couldn’t even get our agenda through when we controlled all
three branches. What we have are a la
carte Conservatives who pick and choose
what they wish to follow and endorse. This is why we come up
short. The left has remained more committed and united since the
Glorious Revolution in the 1600s.
— Tom
THE USUAL TERROR SUSPECTS
Re: William Tucker’s
“Better a Hundred Terrorists Go Free…”:
Australian Aborigines are amongst the poorest and most
disadvantaged people on the planet — bar none. Any indicator of
health or welfare that you choose is likely to place them at the
bottom of the heap, in a country that is at the top of the heap
in terms of quality of life and economic development. According
to liberal apologists of terrorism, the link between poverty and
terrorism should mean that Australia is awash with Aboriginal
suicide bombers. There hasn’t been one — not one, not one
solitary instance of Aboriginal involvement in terrorism that I
am aware of. The only terrorism cases in Australia in recent
years have all involved Moslem men
between the ages of 18 and 40 — the usual suspects that the
liberal theorists somehow never manage to see.
— Christopher Holland
Canberra, Australia
CALCULATED STUPIDITY
Re: Aaron Goldstein’s Six for
Six:
I am not sure these actions were as much stupidity as they were
calculated actions to destabilize our country, neuter the
Constitution, coddle Islamofascists, and punish George W. Bush
and his administration, especially Karl Rove and Dick
Cheney.
— C. Kenna Amos Jr.
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Alan Brooks| 1.15.10 @ 10:59PM
Try to get through your heads: social progress is over-- being conservatives you ought to know such.
Just one example: since govt. will never improve, we will always have to pay for substandard schools (unless some of you can find a way to opt out). Public schools will want more funds, but will only improve marginally.
Though social progress is finished, economic and scientific progress remain. Two out of three aint bad.
Alan Brooks| 1.16.10 @ 9:21AM
...madrassas, Marc? better than our schools.
Which isn't saying much, naturally.
IMKessel| 1.17.10 @ 11:17AM
Mr. Holland,
Excellent counterarguement and example.
Sad more people cannot use logic as well.
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In short, just as we still rely on nation-states for international security, we must still rely on national governments to protect individual rights. Your freedom still depends on where you live.
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