“You should pass this bill right away.” Seven little words. If there’s anything to be taken from the President’s speech on September 8, 2011, it is this little phrase, and the very clear pressure that it represents. Throughout the President’s speech, the urgency of passing the “American Jobs Act” as quickly as possible has been [...]
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend that has been going on in Political Races wherein opponents to a certain point of view are called “Unpatriotic.” Conservatives accuse Liberals of being Unpatriotic all the time. Liberals make the same accusation of Conservatives. Both sides accuse the Progressives, who in turn point the finger at the Liberals and Conservatives. Being Patriotic has NOTHING to do with being a Conservative, or a Liberal, or a Progressive, because being Patriotic means doing and supporting what you feel is best for the COUNTRY!
Back in January, 2010, the voters of Massachusetts voted for Republican Scott Brown to fill the seat vacated by the death of long-time Senator Teddy Kennedy, and Conservatives all did a collective “Snoopy” dance. Here at MaverickVoice.com, Steve Hansen asked the question, “Do you think Congress and the President will stop and think about what this says about their positions as a whole?” Well, today, we got the answer.
“To HELL with the CONSTITUTION…” Not exactly a Conservative remark, but these words were spoken, and they were spoken by a REPUBLICAN. Specifically, a PROGRESSIVE Republican. Specifically, it was said by the Progressive Republican that has served as the “Hero” (His Words) of John McCain, and, recently, was QUOTED in a speech made by Lt. Col. Allen West, who is campaigning to be the Congressman for District 22 in Florida. (Yeah, I don’t like bringing it up, but I have to.) That Progressive Republican is named Theodore Roosevelt.
Samuel Adams said, “He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.” Our HONEST Beliefs form the foundations of our Morality and our Ethics, and, in many ways, define how we treat one another.
I tend to describe Freedom and Liberty like this: FREEDOM is the right to choose, and LIBERTIES are the choices we are able to make. Having the right to choose is important, but if you have no choices, no options to select from, then it really isn’t much of a right. For example, during the 1980’s in Soviet Russia, ASSUMING you had the money, you could CHOOSE to buy a car; however, the only car you could buy was a Lada, and there was a 3-year waiting period, AND the car spent more time in the shop than on the road. That hardly qualifies as Freedom, and certainly doesn’t qualify as LIBERTY!
The telltale mantra of the Robin Hood Franchise is, “Rob from the Rich, and Give to the Poor.” Now, the “Give to the Poor” side of the phrase infers “Charity,” most commonly defined as a gift from one to another in a time of need, and certainly there’s NOTHING wrong with Charity, right? Well, if Robin were giving his OWN money in a charitable manner, I’d shout, “HUZZAH!” Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, because the FIRST part of the phrase is “Rob from the Rich.” This, my friends, is Socialism 101!
I am not ANTI-immigration. I’m PRO-immigration. And because I love my country and what it stands for, I can completely understand those who want to come here and be part of it. I embrace them as my new brothers and sisters, welcoming them to become citizens, to join in the discussion and to reap the benefits of their labors in ways that, for most of them, they could never know in the lands of their birth.
And I have this belief because I am a CONSERVATIVE.
