What Is Conservatism?
Posted by Tom Remington on May 16, 2008
Just a quick note here. I was just returning from a trip across town and I had crazy Glenn Beck on the radio entertaining me while stuck in the usual traffic. He began telling his audience that someone had asked him to define conservatism. This is what he said as best that I can remember.
Conservatism is the power of the individual, the freedom to succeed or fail.
If you know Glenn Beck at all you know that he went on from there in a lengthy monologue about this. I thought his initial response was concise, truthful and to the point. It impressed me enough that I thought I would pass that on.
Tom Remington
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This could be considered conservatism.
Alabama Judge
Some of you may be wondering what Judge Roy Moore has been doing since he was removed from the bench for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom wall. Please read the poem he wrote. It’s below his picture.
The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama. Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama! The judge’s poem sums it up quite well.
America the beautiful,
Or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims’ pride;
I’m glad they’ll never see.
Babies piled in dumpsters,
Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty;
Your house is on the sand.
Our children wander aimlessly
Poisoned by cocaine
Choosing to indulge their lusts,
When God has said abstain
From sea to shining sea,
Our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God’s love
And a need to always pray
We’ve kept God in our
Temples,how callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool,
And Heaven is His throne.
We’ve voted in a government
that’s rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges;
Who throw reason out the door,
Too soft to place a killer
In a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby
Before he leaves the womb.
You think that God’s not
Angry,that our land’s a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait
Before His judgment comes?
How are we to face our God,
From Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do,
But stem this evil tide?
If we who are His children,
Will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face
And mend our evil way:
Then God will hear from Heaven;
And forgive us of our sins,
He’ll heal our sickly land
And those who live within.
But, America the Beautiful,
If you don’t - then you will see,
A sad but Holy God
Withdraw His hand from Thee.
~~Judge Roy Moore~~
May 16th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Or you might be a Red Neck
May 16th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
A True Redneck
We have enjoyed the redneck jokes for years. It’s time to take a reflective look at the core beliefs of a culture that values home, family, country and God. If I had to stand before a dozen terrorists who threaten my life, I’d choose a half dozen or so rednecks to back me up. Tire irons, squirrel guns and grit — that’s what rednecks are made of. I hope I am one of those. If you feel the same, pass this on to your redneck friends. Ya’ll know who ya’ are.
You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, ‘One nation, under God.’
You might be a redneck if: You’ve never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a redneck if: You still say ‘ Christmas’ instead of ‘Winter Festival.’
You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.
You might be a redneck if: You treat our armed forces veterans with great respect, and always have.
You might be a redneck if: You’ve never burned an American flag, nor intend to.
You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren’t afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and raised your kids to do the same.
You might be a redneck if: You’d give your last dollar to a friend.
May 16th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Daddy taught me to be a redneck, too. And I stand beside you as one.
Good one, George.
And being a conservative, is when you’ve lived long enough to see the follys in life and had the wisdom and experience to discern the good from the bad, and want to keep the best of those ways intact..and all the young turds call you an old fart!
May 19th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
The 3 “C’s”
Three Things to Think about:
1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments
C O W S
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq . Why don’t we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we’re not using it anymore.
T H E 1 0 C O M M A N D M E N T S
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this:
You cannot post ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal,’ ‘Thou Shalt Not Comm it Adultery,’ and ‘Thou Shall Not Lie’ in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians…It creates a hostile work environment
May 19th, 2008 at 9:44 pm