From The Emails 061308

"Do We Agree On This?"

Hey folks,

HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU!! Since it is Friday, it's time to go to the Emails. This week, I'm going to violate my standing rules again. No links. No verification. However, I do really like this.

Now I do not know who said this. There is not credit given to an author or a person that said this, but, I'll call the sender NBG, put it into quotations, seemingly quoting someone saying it. Now He could be quoting himslef having said this at an earlier time, or someone else. I do not know. But he asked me this.

"Do we agree on this?"

Here it is.

“Allowing for differences I would define a conservative, first as one who believes in the Constitution as it is written. That takes care of free speech, freedom of religion, the right to petition the government, the right to keep and bear arms and, in the words of William O. Douglas in one of his saner moments, ‘the right to be let alone.’

“Second, a conservative believes in small, limited government at every level. Along with this he believes strongly in individual responsibility. That is, a person or a family should take care of itself and turn for help to government only when all other means have been exhausted. It also means that society, before government, has a duty to take care of its own. Government should be a resource of last resort.

“Third, a conservative believes taxes should be levied for the purpose of financing the limited responsibilities of government such as providing for the common defense, catching and incarcerating criminals, minting money and filling potholes. Taxes should not be levied for the purpose of redistributing wealth.

“That’s about it.

“I know there are those who say a conservative should be pro-life, which I am, but I’m not sure a person has to be that to qualify as a conservative. Nor am I sure that a person must be opposed to pornography, which I am. In both cases there are questions of individual rights and responsibilities which are arguable.

“One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing and behavior of their children.”

Well NBG, on all these points, YES. We agree. I'm not sure the reason behind you sending me this. Are you saying you believe John McCain to be a Conservative? Or perhaps you are as fed up as me, and a lot of people, about some wanting to change the very definition of Conservatism.

I still do not now, nor am I likely to ever consider McCain a Conservative. He is a RINO. However to answer the question again, for whatever reasons you have for sending me this, I agree with you.

Have a great Weekend. See you Sunday.
Peter

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