October 6, 2005

Denise is down with a cold so we'll have to wait another day or to to read her reaction to our friends email.

Got an excellent email that built on this mornings discussion.


Vince,

You're right about the need to wake up the true conservatives in the area and the country, too. However outside of the abortion debate and the degradation of television, most Christian churches preach a message that counters that of a conservative political position. Don't confuse Religious Right with Conservatism. They're similar but not identical. Church leaders often preach tolerance, passivity and charity. All are good intentions and all are deemed to be "Christ-like." But I'd proffer that the position should be modified to stress self-sufficiency, hard work and thrift, too.

One-by-one, our politicians have steadily been reduced to cash-sucking pups at the teat of the special interest groups. "Follow the money" is more than an oft used phrase. No matter local, state or federal, access the representatives is sold in wholesale fashion brokered by those in staff positions of the various Reps and Senators.

Over the past three decades, the nation has changed and we've steadily allowed ourselves to be converted into a nation of entitled elite softies. I challenge you to name another country where the poor are overweight! We're a glutinous, undisciplined, pop-culture-worshipping lot bent on self gratification. We've slid down the slope of easy entitlements and expect the government to take care of us and demand action when it does not.

Mr. Bush's legacy while deemed by many to be the various appointments to the Supreme Court and the Federal bench, will instead really be the dissolution of the conservative movement. Its easy to be conservative when your belly is full and your wallet is fat. True conservatives don't take the government hand-outs.


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