Amnesty?
Secure the border?
Let us see what Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly have to say:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4nTGHenhmvU&feature=related
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Edmund Burke: The Rights of Men
Taken from "Reflections on the Revolution in France"
"Far am I from denying in theory, full as far is my heart from withholding in practice, (if I were of power to give or to withhold,) the real rights of men. In denying their false claims of right, I do not mean to injure those which are real, and are such as their pretended rights would totally destroy. If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right. It is an institution of beneficence; and law itself is only beneficence acting by a rule. Men have a right to live by that rule; they have a right to do justice, as between their fellows, whether their fellows are in public function or in ordinary occupation. They have a right to the fruits of their industry; and to the means of making their industry fruitful. They have a right to the acquisitions of their parents; to the nourishment and improvement of their offspring; to instruction in life, and to consolation in death. Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all its combinations of skill and force, can do in his favour. In this partnership all men have equal rights; but not to equal things. He that has but five shillings in the partnership, has as good a right to it, as he that has five hundred pounds has to his larger proportion. But he has not a right to an equal dividend in the product of the joint stock; and as to the share of power, authority, and direction which each individual ought to have in the management of the state, that I must deny to be amongst the direct original rights of man in civil society; for I have in my contemplation the civil social man, and no other. It is a thing to be settled by convention."
If you are more inclined to read the paraphrased works of the "father of conservatism", Edmund Burke, I suggest buying a copy of "The Conservative Mind".
If you would like to explore Edmund Burke's own writings in full, I suggest you visit this site to save money:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/search?author=burke%2C+edmund&amode=words
"Far am I from denying in theory, full as far is my heart from withholding in practice, (if I were of power to give or to withhold,) the real rights of men. In denying their false claims of right, I do not mean to injure those which are real, and are such as their pretended rights would totally destroy. If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right. It is an institution of beneficence; and law itself is only beneficence acting by a rule. Men have a right to live by that rule; they have a right to do justice, as between their fellows, whether their fellows are in public function or in ordinary occupation. They have a right to the fruits of their industry; and to the means of making their industry fruitful. They have a right to the acquisitions of their parents; to the nourishment and improvement of their offspring; to instruction in life, and to consolation in death. Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all its combinations of skill and force, can do in his favour. In this partnership all men have equal rights; but not to equal things. He that has but five shillings in the partnership, has as good a right to it, as he that has five hundred pounds has to his larger proportion. But he has not a right to an equal dividend in the product of the joint stock; and as to the share of power, authority, and direction which each individual ought to have in the management of the state, that I must deny to be amongst the direct original rights of man in civil society; for I have in my contemplation the civil social man, and no other. It is a thing to be settled by convention."
If you are more inclined to read the paraphrased works of the "father of conservatism", Edmund Burke, I suggest buying a copy of "The Conservative Mind".
If you would like to explore Edmund Burke's own writings in full, I suggest you visit this site to save money:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/search?author=burke%2C+edmund&amode=words
A Humorous Solution to the AIDS Epidemic
Letters to a Young Conservative
"[Professor] Hart was one of the few people I have met whose jokes made people laugh out loud. His sense of humor can be illustrated by a contest that "National Review" privately held among its editors following the publication of a controversial Bill Buckley column on the issue of AIDS. People were debating whether AIDS victims should be quarantined as syphilis victims had been in the past. Buckley said no: The solution was to have a small tattoo on their rear ends to warn potential partners. Buckley's suggestion caused a bit of a public stir, but folks at the "National Review" were animated by a different question: What should the tattoo say? A contest was held, and when the entries were reviewed, the winner by unanimous consent was Hart. He suggested the lines emblazoned on the gates of Dante's "Inferno": "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"."
- Dinesh D'Souza
I fell off the couch from laughing so hard when I read this...
"[Professor] Hart was one of the few people I have met whose jokes made people laugh out loud. His sense of humor can be illustrated by a contest that "National Review" privately held among its editors following the publication of a controversial Bill Buckley column on the issue of AIDS. People were debating whether AIDS victims should be quarantined as syphilis victims had been in the past. Buckley said no: The solution was to have a small tattoo on their rear ends to warn potential partners. Buckley's suggestion caused a bit of a public stir, but folks at the "National Review" were animated by a different question: What should the tattoo say? A contest was held, and when the entries were reviewed, the winner by unanimous consent was Hart. He suggested the lines emblazoned on the gates of Dante's "Inferno": "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"."
- Dinesh D'Souza
I fell off the couch from laughing so hard when I read this...
Ann Coulter Makes a Point: Muslim Extremists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZS-rCGgeE
I agree completely.
I agree completely.
Where Will We Be in 4 Years?
This is the question that requires an answer in regards to the presidency.
I offer you this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-AzjZrtqCIw&feature=related
Although it is an old video you can get the point. The point is that in each candidate we do not see the end of the rainbow and a happily ever after. But in McCain, rather than Obama, we see a road that is more along that rainbow. It might not be exactly what we want. That's life. It is the closest we will get to what we want. The liberal policies that persist today will continue and be added upon, bringing this country even further to socialism than the liberals have been able to take it thus far. So the answer is different for each candidate. If we elect McCain we will be much the same as we are now, with minor differences and maybe even some improvements. If we elect Obama we will sink deeper into the swamp we seem unable to pull ourselves out of.
I offer you this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-AzjZrtqCIw&feature=related
Although it is an old video you can get the point. The point is that in each candidate we do not see the end of the rainbow and a happily ever after. But in McCain, rather than Obama, we see a road that is more along that rainbow. It might not be exactly what we want. That's life. It is the closest we will get to what we want. The liberal policies that persist today will continue and be added upon, bringing this country even further to socialism than the liberals have been able to take it thus far. So the answer is different for each candidate. If we elect McCain we will be much the same as we are now, with minor differences and maybe even some improvements. If we elect Obama we will sink deeper into the swamp we seem unable to pull ourselves out of.
Is Radical Conservatism Good or Bad?
Many are inclined to say that it is bad indeed. Why might you ask? Because it turns people off to the real issues. Most things that are radical these days seems to be more of a deterrent than an aid. I issue you this response to radical conservatism:
read "Letters to a Young Conservative" by Dinesh D'Souza.
I am currently reading the book and have found that Dinesh comes to the conclusion in some insistences that being a radical is the only way to bring about change. He attended Dartmouth during a liberal time. He stands by his actions as a radical conservative on campus because it allowed the liberal status quo to be infiltrated. Because of Dinesh and others' involvement with the radical conservative newspaper "Dartmouth Review", an enlightenment took place on campus which remains to this day. The status quo was undermined and a freer flow of political ideology was able to influence the student body. Years down the road Dinesh returned to Dartmouth and asked a student what his political position was. The student said he was a conservative, but not as radical as those guys on the Dartmouth Review were. Dinesh smiled at this because he knew the student would not have had the luxury of such political bias had his generation of Dartmouth Review writers not been as radical as they were.
I conclude that radicalism is necessary in special cases to bring about a greatly needed change.
read "Letters to a Young Conservative" by Dinesh D'Souza.
I am currently reading the book and have found that Dinesh comes to the conclusion in some insistences that being a radical is the only way to bring about change. He attended Dartmouth during a liberal time. He stands by his actions as a radical conservative on campus because it allowed the liberal status quo to be infiltrated. Because of Dinesh and others' involvement with the radical conservative newspaper "Dartmouth Review", an enlightenment took place on campus which remains to this day. The status quo was undermined and a freer flow of political ideology was able to influence the student body. Years down the road Dinesh returned to Dartmouth and asked a student what his political position was. The student said he was a conservative, but not as radical as those guys on the Dartmouth Review were. Dinesh smiled at this because he knew the student would not have had the luxury of such political bias had his generation of Dartmouth Review writers not been as radical as they were.
I conclude that radicalism is necessary in special cases to bring about a greatly needed change.
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