Let me see if my dumb, farmer-raised hick ass can decipher the big bad language all the brainy people have around here:
Miner Mike wrote:
You raise a lot of great points Greg and I don't disagree with all of it. But again, I am talking specifically about social conservatism, which is a threat not only to our civil rights but to the advancement of society. You cannot advance as a society when your education system teaches you to ignore science, reject evolution, and live under strict government control.
Neither can "you" advance unless you're' one of the chosen to receive the "advancement" benefits. IMO, the conservative agenda supposedly (key word)
discourages government oversight in order to give people the OPPORTUNITY to advance.
Miner Mike wrote:
Overspending is an entirely different issue -- both the right and the left overspend.
They certainly do, which is why I'm a "tea-banging redneck" these days. We're not happy with anyone.
Miner Mike wrote:
Do you really think someone who believes the earth is 6,000 years old has the intellect required to lead this country through the 21st century?
OK, now I need an explanation. I personally believe that anyone who believes the earth is 6000 years old just may understand that you have to look back and learn in order to go forward.
Miner Mike wrote:
Fiscally, a conservative policy allows does allow a free market solution but when Wall Street owns the government, how free is the market really? I believe there should be a small cap on corporate lobbying if not eliminate it entirely. It places those with money in charge of the government and corrupts government. Only then will we have something closer to a free market. And as for your comment about "forcing banks to give money out to people to buy a home who can't afford it," the sub prime mortgage crisis was really nothing more than a complicated pyramid scheme designed to prey on and exploit homeowners. There was profit potential involved and as Tony pointed out, "the banks were not forced to write mortgages to people on several or more homes." And who paid the price for this? Certainly not the banking industry which Bush bailed out. The entire economy suffered as the bank CEO's gave out record breaking bonuses and used the bailout money to expand their footprints further and reinvest in controlling the government which bailed them out.
Can I cap Al Gore's ass then?
Really. I agree with whoever it was that said greed was the culprit.
The Founding Fathers put together an almost perfect system. We took advantage of it and f*$#d it up.
Miner Mike wrote:
As for your comment regarding the conservative party's drug policy, no, I wouldn't expect them to be more in support. Drug use is "immoral" and not in line with "traditional values or behaviors". Conservative policy does not embrace new or evolving traditions or behaviors, it alienates and discriminates against people who do not conform.
OH my goodness. You know, the older I get, the more apathetic and callous I get due to statements that like last sentence. The only "discrimination against those who do not conform" I've seen in the last 20 years belongs solely in the hands of self-righteous liberals who think they know better how to control everyone else's life. The loss of traditional values and behavior is the culprit of the "me, me me!" society we have to put up with today. Just my $.02.
~Shana the fossil.