[Groesbeck Hurricane]

Hmmm, LBJ pushed, shoved, and forced the Equal Rights ammendment through Congress. DixieCrats voted for it, but didn't like it. Soon after, the conservative side of the Democratic Party (yes, both parties used to have conservative AND liberal sides, remember Nixon pushed EPA through on a Republican ticket) switched parties and moved to the Republican Party.

The DixieCrats brought the conservative religous right with them and slowly they have taken over the platform. It is no longer about keeping government out of the general publics business and states rights. We have moved further to the right, orthodox.

Seems more like a Communist state, government in our personal business and taking control of the people's rights for our own good. Please remember that the Communists were not left wing, Marxist liberals. They wanted control of all aspects of life and enriched themselves on the people backs. Full control of all aspects of life. Socialism is control for the good of the people, liberal by aspect, and equally wrong.

The Republican Party did not used to be about enforcing a conservative set of values on peoples lives. We were supposed to get government out of peoples lives and control the main aspects of a society: Transportation, pollution, parks for the general welfare, military, etc...

The things that states cannot provide their general populace based upon size and structure of their own local populaces and governments. It also provides for free trade amongst the states. Remember you used to have to pay tariffs and taxes to transport items across state lines.

Well, gotta go home and I'll see how badly I'm flamed tomorrow. I'm sure to have pi$$ed several of you off though my intentions are not that. Hope yall have a good evening!