AroundSun (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ffairlane57 If you don't like the political terms such as liberal, libertarian, classic liberal, classic conservative, ne-conservatives, socialists, fascists, communists, democrats or republicans. It all comes down to two things. Individualism or Collectivism. There is no other way to put it. Individuals on the right, Collectivists on the left.

weneedmccain (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ffairlane57 I'm referring to conservatism in the political realm. Even there, we have social and fiscal conservatism. Fiscal conservatism believes in limited government, which supports the original framers of the Constitution. The Constitution is a set of negative limitations on the federal government. History shows the larger government gets, the more freedoms are lost, and the more taxes are raised. History has also shown that government is inherently wasteful.

ffairlane57 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Conservatism has to be relative to something. For instance, conservatism in religion is called "orthodoxy". I believe it is nothing but a word coined by politicians, and overused by media outlets such as FoxNews, and EIB network. Just because people use the word in a collective sense doesn't necessarily mean what it does.

MrWatchdawg77 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It used to be virtuous to believe in principles but the now you must be 'pragmatic' and one should 'compromise,' otherwise you are a 'radical!' Leftists often use benign rhetoric; seemingly positive words, to subvert their intentions, which acts as a mantra or 'code' for Socialist! Phrases like 'Social Justice' and using 'International' in place of 'foreign.'

Dodo251 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love conservative videos! I love even more how whiny liberals come to bitch and swear and act all tough over the internet while they would run and hide like pussies when faced with a conservative in real life.

weneedmccain (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@TheRadicalRyushin On the contrary, to conserve means less government spending. Less debt. Less intrusion. More privatization. Being frugal, pragmatic - especially since government does not create or produce wealth, it simply spends wealth.

weneedmccain (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@milackk7 Brad Pitt may be a liberal, but his actions after Katrina were purely private and not governmental. Bringing up Pitt's ideology means nothing in my comparison.The Republican party does not necessarily support conservatism, take a look at Bush or the last GOP Congress, nothing conservative about those boys.

weneedmccain (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@aacchhiilllleess The Democrats were in control of both the House and Senate since 2006 - thanks for allowing further clarification!

weneedmccain (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@declancf Thanks, I try to be an independent thinker.

weneedmccain (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@toyotabedzrock Bush was NO conservative. Am I clear?