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"We cannot continue to deny and postpone the demands of our own people,while spending billions in the name of freedom for others" ~ Robert F.Kennedy

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When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
-Sinclair Lewis

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE NEOCON:

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and safe because some tree-hugging liberal fought for maximum water-quality standards.

With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - and now Joe gets it, too.

He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girlie-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat-packing industry.

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby granola liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our atmosphere.

He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with good pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some commie leftist union members fought and died for these working standards.

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Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some ridiculous liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FDIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who gamed the banking system just before the Great Depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some liberal whiner decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime.

Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal traitor fought for car safety standards.

He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal (FDR) stuck his nose where it didn't belong and created the rural electrification act.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, quiche-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved conservative Republicans fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.

Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man! All Americans should take care of themselves, just as I have.

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lower taxes, FOR THE RICH

limited (read ZERO) government regulation of business and investing,

a strong national MILITARY/INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX defense,

and individual financial responsibility for personal needs (as retirement income or health-care coverage) SUV'S AND EVERY OTHER EXCESS IMAGINABLE.

THIS IS THE CONSERVATIVE WAY....

but not the new American way

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"Hey mesodude, I was just curious. Do you follow conservatism?"

--Actually, I agree with a great deal of it in theory. As currently practiced by Republicans, I don't agree with much of it at all. For instance, does wanting a strong military mean that you give the military a blank check and you give them a free pass when it comes to instances of waste, fraud and abuse? Just because the Constitution says we're supposed to fund our national defense, does this mean that our overall approach to national defense has to center on weaponry and aggression? Isn't diplomacy part of national defense? What about elliminating things like disease and poverty and addressing issues related to scare resources? Strong defense, yes. Unchecked militarism, no.

I'm for individual responsibility--sure. But I'm also for making allowances for people who didn't start out in life with the advantages that I did. I'm also for conservatives questioning and criticizing corporate welfare as enthusiastically as they do welfare towards their fellow Americans. Again, the devil is in the details.

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