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It must be tough being a Conservative these days
Today's Conservative is:
Strong on Pro Choice Strong on Gays not being able to marry Strong on tort reform Weak on: National Defense with a completely open southern border and 5% of all incoming cargo screened Waging war, sending 150K troops to the work of 300K Military, sending soldiers to war improperly equipped without enough training, without enough downtime in between tours Spending, from a bridge to nowhere to, well just about anything. 70s-style Democrats would be proud. Education, teaching kids to take tests rather than learn how to think and compete with China and India putting out 5 to 10 times the amount of "by the numbers" engineers Energy with no unified, national initiative to lessen our need for foreign oil Righteous Retribution with OBL still roaming free. Guess those 3K who died really did for nothing, except we got a war out of it. Moral Authority with torture, wiretapping and Berlin-style walls being erected what else? what do Conservatives stand for these days? I can really see why all the Republican candidates, from lifetime hunter Romney to closet Democrat Rudy, mmm, who else is in the race...are being ignored by the public. What's the Republican platform going to be in 08?
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Appx. 26% of the public has faith in our leadership. Roughly the same percentage believe we have been visited by aliens.
Ya gotta love statistics!!!
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You use conservative and Republican interchangeably, and I don't think they are. Very few of the Republicans in power (including the President) are conservative, at least fiscally conservative.
I would classify myself as a Reagan Republican - I believe in strong national defense, smaller government, and lower taxes. Most "Republicans" now may believe in one of those things, but not all three. I think a lot of the other problems - federally mandated schooling, gay marriage, etc. would be helped a lot if the federal government stayed out of it (as they would under a smaller government) and left it to cities/counties/states.
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Reagan was big on spending money he didn't have also.
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Kudos. The two labels most often applied are no longer of any relevance, used only to "categorize", generally by themselves. One poster said they are "x" because they do not agree with the philosophy of "y", when "x" and "y" can hardly be told apart . Labels are best used when the labeler has no cogent argument. Reagan and Goldwater are spinning in their graves at what the GOP has morphed into.
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I just finished a book called Buck Wild about how the Republicans today have completely lost the idea of fiscal conservatism. Reagan tried to get a lot the federal budget cut, but had little success against the Democratic Congress.
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Not tough at all. We have to save this country from jerks like Reid and Peloisi...
Conservatives never give up and never say die... you guys should be glad we are here to save you ONCE MORE!
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Oh yea, and Reagan spent money like a drunk'n whore.
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Steve, yes, I've incorrectly linked Conservative and Republican and that's not always the case. Just look at DC now. ![]()
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It has definitely been easier, though I don't fit your definition exactly.
The Republicans really have let us down with their spending no doubt. In that respect it's effin embarrassing.
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Well.. you modern day liberals are still confused...Bound by emotion and no facts. Conservative enbrace very little you call "conservative" ideals. Dubya is no conservative. He may be coined a Republican but no conservative. He is probably the most reckless spender we have ever been entertained with. Has no real values...Leaves our boarders wide open for a sustained invasion going on well before 9/11. I personally will vote for anyone who will stop the illegal imigration. The Republican party has imploded because they sacrificed there values for a vote. Now most registered Republicans are not going to vote the party line..probably look towards independents like me. Democrats are now socialists and traitors and make me generally sick. Shaun let your daughter go on a date with Teddy or Bill I'm sure you will trust them...
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I work in schools on professional development. We aren't teaching kids to take tests, rather, finally focusing on content and measuring it rather than paying a teacher to go close his/her door and teach whatever they like. Most of the bad teaching I see comes from those that are very Democrat. Most of the bad educational policy I see has come from Democrat/liberal policies. Teachers that hate accountability seem to love to bash with, "We just have to teach to the test". They, and whoever wrote the statment above, clearly don't get it. |
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Are you a teacher, what do you mean by professional development? How long have you worked in a school, what student ages?
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Well, it's the Dems turn, they are firmly in control now.
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