Tag Archives: Conservatives

The problem with Libertarians


 This article was emailed to me but I wasn’t able to find a source for it. I do like the way it articulates the arguments against all de-regulation. People like Ron and Rand Paul would have you believe that all government … Continue reading

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Ah yes, the Good, Old Days


I just watched a documentary about the history of the Ku Klux Klan on the History Channel (see excerpts here). Like many people, I knew a little about the KKK on an abstract level but didn’t realize how old the KKK … Continue reading

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Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.


I recently received two emails that started me thinking about how our federal government works. One was a modified version of an old Orlando Sentinel article by Charley Reese about how 545 people are responsible for the whole federal government. The other email was a short … Continue reading

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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.


The quote “I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman … Continue reading

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