Saturday, July 01, 2017
Conservatism's Main Line (Revised a Bit: 7/1/17)
Really Simple Conservatism
The essence of Conservatism in government is to preserve and reinforce the good
things, good ideas, and good laws in the nation, and to work diligently to
eliminate the bad things, bad ideas and bad laws as permanently as possible.
While these things, ideas and laws are not precisely all good or all bad, the
tendency is to group them into good and bad lists, with the understanding that
in the process of undoing a bad thing, idea or law, its good part will be
preserved by government as nearly as possible. As in most cases in life, the
Devil is in the details.
So, you are a Conservative if you sign up to:
Good Things, Good Ideas, and Good Laws
1. Truth and Honesty
2. Freedom and Liberty
3. Morality and Moral Rectitude
4. Christian Religion, Charity and Religious Tolerance
5. Natural Law
6. Natural Rights
7, Natural Duties
8. The Declaration of Independence
9. The Constitution of the United States (Read Plainly)
10. The Federal System: A Sovereign Nation with Sovereign States
11. Checks and Balances on Power in Government
12. An Electoral System as Prescribed by the Constitution
13. Customs, Traditions, and Institutions Designed to Preserve the Nation
14. Individual Responsibility
15. Common Sense and Practicality; Rejecting Collectivism
16. Fiscal Responsibility and Frugality in Government
17. Balanced Budgets Yearly, with Debt and Debit Reductions Included
18. Prudent Changes to Laws as Needed
19. Prudent and Humane Foreign Policies
20. An Adequate and Modern Defense Force
21. Subsidiarity: Make Decisions at the Lowest Level of Government
22. Free Market System with Adequate Regulation and Tariffs Where Needed
23. Fair Trade and Mutual Defense Treaties with other Nations
24. A Space Policy and Program to Keep the Nation at the Forefront
25. A Judicial System that is Bound only to Interpret the Laws of the Nation
26. A Legislative System that can Extend the Laws at the Will of the People
27. The Will of the People is Represented Properly
28. Prudent Stewardship of the Nation’s Land and Natural Resources
29. Strict Maintenance of the Sovereignty of the Nation
30. Participation in Global Efforts to Improve Other Nations
31. Effective Immigration Policies and Procedures
32. Government Seed Money Properly Used
33. Social Conservative Principles, i.e. Ant-Abortion, Anti-SSM
34. Just Killing (Death Penalty), and Just War
35. Care for the Ill, the Disabled, the Old, and the Handicapped
36. Majority Rule with Minority Protections
Eliminating Bad Things, Bad Ideas, and Bad Laws
1. Lies and Dishonesty in Government
2. Government Restrictions on Freedom and Liberty
3. Moral Relativity and Indiscrimination in Every Way Possible
4. Full Secularization and Depressing Religions
5. Laws Impinging on the Natural Order
6. Laws Impinging on Natural Rights
7 Shirking Natural Duties
8. Bending the Declaration Improperly
9. Bending or Subverting the Constitution Without Due Process
10. Increasing Federal Power at the Expense of the States
11. Subverting the Checks and Balances
12. Championing a Fully Democratic Election (Meaning No Electoral College)
13. Trashing the Existing Customs, Traditions and Institutions Without Proper Cause
14. Collectivism: Socialism. and Communism---Halting Attempts to Gain Power
15. Flights of Do-Good-ism, Irrationality, and Undue Humanitarianism
16. Tax and Spend and Tax and Spend ad
nauseam
17. Deficit Spending Year-in and Year-out
18. Imprudent and Hasty Changes that End Up Being Counterproductive
19. Uneven or Detrimental Policies towards the World of Nations
20. A Mediocre, Out-of-Date or Deficient Military
21. Keeping Decision-Making at a Very High Level Unnecessarily
22. Overregulation or Even Collectivizing the Economy
23. Looking Inward not Outward
24. Killing the Space Programs
25. Judicial Activism and Allowing Foreign Influences in Decisions
26. Government that Ignores the Will of the People
27. The Will of the People is Actively Thwarted
28. Poor Stewardship of our Natural Resources and Land
29. Allowing Foreign Influences to Impinge on our Sovereignty
30. Ignoring the Plight of Other Nations
31. Not Solving either Immigration Problem: Illegals; or Desirables.
32. Government Takeover of Industry
33. Social Hedonism
34. Unjust Killing and Unjust War
35. Minimizing the Care Needed by the Unfortunate
36. Minimizing Minority Protections
Really Simple Conservatism
The essence of Conservatism in government is to preserve and reinforce the good things, good ideas, and good laws in the nation, and to work diligently to eliminate the bad things, bad ideas and bad laws as permanently as possible.
While these things, ideas and laws are not precisely all good or all bad, the tendency is to group them into good and bad lists, with the understanding that in the process of undoing a bad thing, idea or law, its good part will be preserved by government as nearly as possible. As in most cases in life, the Devil is in the details.
So, you are a Conservative if you sign up to:
Good Things, Good Ideas, and Good Laws
1. Truth and Honesty
2. Freedom and Liberty
3. Morality and Moral Rectitude
4. Christian Religion, Charity and Religious Tolerance
5. Natural Law
6. Natural Rights
7, Natural Duties
8. The Declaration of Independence
9. The Constitution of the United States (Read Plainly)
10. The Federal System: A Sovereign Nation with Sovereign States
11. Checks and Balances on Power in Government
12. An Electoral System as Prescribed by the Constitution
13. Customs, Traditions, and Institutions Designed to Preserve the Nation
14. Individual Responsibility
15. Common Sense and Practicality; Rejecting Collectivism
16. Fiscal Responsibility and Frugality in Government
17. Balanced Budgets Yearly, with Debt and Debit Reductions Included
18. Prudent Changes to Laws as Needed
19. Prudent and Humane Foreign Policies
20. An Adequate and Modern Defense Force
21. Subsidiarity: Make Decisions at the Lowest Level of Government
22. Free Market System with Adequate Regulation and Tariffs Where Needed
23. Fair Trade and Mutual Defense Treaties with other Nations
24. A Space Policy and Program to Keep the Nation at the Forefront
25. A Judicial System that is Bound only to Interpret the Laws of the Nation
26. A Legislative System that can Extend the Laws at the Will of the People
27. The Will of the People is Represented Properly
28. Prudent Stewardship of the Nation’s Land and Natural Resources
29. Strict Maintenance of the Sovereignty of the Nation
30. Participation in Global Efforts to Improve Other Nations
31. Effective Immigration Policies and Procedures
32. Government Seed Money Properly Used
33. Social Conservative Principles, i.e. Ant-Abortion, Anti-SSM
34. Just Killing (Death Penalty), and Just War
35. Care for the Ill, the Disabled, the Old, and the Handicapped
36. Majority Rule with Minority Protections
Eliminating Bad Things, Bad Ideas, and Bad Laws
1. Lies and Dishonesty in Government
2. Government Restrictions on Freedom and Liberty
3. Moral Relativity and Indiscrimination in Every Way Possible
4. Full Secularization and Depressing Religions
5. Laws Impinging on the Natural Order
6. Laws Impinging on Natural Rights
7 Shirking Natural Duties
8. Bending the Declaration Improperly
9. Bending or Subverting the Constitution Without Due Process
10. Increasing Federal Power at the Expense of the States
11. Subverting the Checks and Balances
12. Championing a Fully Democratic Election (Meaning No Electoral College)
13. Trashing the Existing Customs, Traditions and Institutions Without Proper Cause
14. Collectivism: Socialism. and Communism---Halting Attempts to Gain Power
15. Flights of Do-Good-ism, Irrationality, and Undue Humanitarianism
16. Tax and Spend and Tax and Spend ad nauseam
17. Deficit Spending Year-in and Year-out
18. Imprudent and Hasty Changes that End Up Being Counterproductive
19. Uneven or Detrimental Policies towards the World of Nations
20. A Mediocre, Out-of-Date or Deficient Military
21. Keeping Decision-Making at a Very High Level Unnecessarily
22. Overregulation or Even Collectivizing the Economy
23. Looking Inward not Outward
24. Killing the Space Programs
25. Judicial Activism and Allowing Foreign Influences in Decisions
26. Government that Ignores the Will of the People
27. The Will of the People is Actively Thwarted
28. Poor Stewardship of our Natural Resources and Land
29. Allowing Foreign Influences to Impinge on our Sovereignty
30. Ignoring the Plight of Other Nations
31. Not Solving either Immigration Problem: Illegals; or Desirables.
32. Government Takeover of Industry
33. Social Hedonism
34. Unjust Killing and Unjust War
35. Minimizing the Care Needed by the Unfortunate
36. Minimizing Minority Protections
The essence of Conservatism in government is to preserve and reinforce the good things, good ideas, and good laws in the nation, and to work diligently to eliminate the bad things, bad ideas and bad laws as permanently as possible.
While these things, ideas and laws are not precisely all good or all bad, the tendency is to group them into good and bad lists, with the understanding that in the process of undoing a bad thing, idea or law, its good part will be preserved by government as nearly as possible. As in most cases in life, the Devil is in the details.
So, you are a Conservative if you sign up to:
Good Things, Good Ideas, and Good Laws
1. Truth and Honesty
2. Freedom and Liberty
3. Morality and Moral Rectitude
4. Christian Religion, Charity and Religious Tolerance
5. Natural Law
6. Natural Rights
7, Natural Duties
8. The Declaration of Independence
9. The Constitution of the United States (Read Plainly)
10. The Federal System: A Sovereign Nation with Sovereign States
11. Checks and Balances on Power in Government
12. An Electoral System as Prescribed by the Constitution
13. Customs, Traditions, and Institutions Designed to Preserve the Nation
14. Individual Responsibility
15. Common Sense and Practicality; Rejecting Collectivism
16. Fiscal Responsibility and Frugality in Government
17. Balanced Budgets Yearly, with Debt and Debit Reductions Included
18. Prudent Changes to Laws as Needed
19. Prudent and Humane Foreign Policies
20. An Adequate and Modern Defense Force
21. Subsidiarity: Make Decisions at the Lowest Level of Government
22. Free Market System with Adequate Regulation and Tariffs Where Needed
23. Fair Trade and Mutual Defense Treaties with other Nations
24. A Space Policy and Program to Keep the Nation at the Forefront
25. A Judicial System that is Bound only to Interpret the Laws of the Nation
26. A Legislative System that can Extend the Laws at the Will of the People
27. The Will of the People is Represented Properly
28. Prudent Stewardship of the Nation’s Land and Natural Resources
29. Strict Maintenance of the Sovereignty of the Nation
30. Participation in Global Efforts to Improve Other Nations
31. Effective Immigration Policies and Procedures
32. Government Seed Money Properly Used
33. Social Conservative Principles, i.e. Ant-Abortion, Anti-SSM
34. Just Killing (Death Penalty), and Just War
35. Care for the Ill, the Disabled, the Old, and the Handicapped
36. Majority Rule with Minority Protections
Eliminating Bad Things, Bad Ideas, and Bad Laws
1. Lies and Dishonesty in Government
2. Government Restrictions on Freedom and Liberty
3. Moral Relativity and Indiscrimination in Every Way Possible
4. Full Secularization and Depressing Religions
5. Laws Impinging on the Natural Order
6. Laws Impinging on Natural Rights
7 Shirking Natural Duties
8. Bending the Declaration Improperly
9. Bending or Subverting the Constitution Without Due Process
10. Increasing Federal Power at the Expense of the States
11. Subverting the Checks and Balances
12. Championing a Fully Democratic Election (Meaning No Electoral College)
13. Trashing the Existing Customs, Traditions and Institutions Without Proper Cause
14. Collectivism: Socialism. and Communism---Halting Attempts to Gain Power
15. Flights of Do-Good-ism, Irrationality, and Undue Humanitarianism
16. Tax and Spend and Tax and Spend ad nauseam
17. Deficit Spending Year-in and Year-out
18. Imprudent and Hasty Changes that End Up Being Counterproductive
19. Uneven or Detrimental Policies towards the World of Nations
20. A Mediocre, Out-of-Date or Deficient Military
21. Keeping Decision-Making at a Very High Level Unnecessarily
22. Overregulation or Even Collectivizing the Economy
23. Looking Inward not Outward
24. Killing the Space Programs
25. Judicial Activism and Allowing Foreign Influences in Decisions
26. Government that Ignores the Will of the People
27. The Will of the People is Actively Thwarted
28. Poor Stewardship of our Natural Resources and Land
29. Allowing Foreign Influences to Impinge on our Sovereignty
30. Ignoring the Plight of Other Nations
31. Not Solving either Immigration Problem: Illegals; or Desirables.
32. Government Takeover of Industry
33. Social Hedonism
34. Unjust Killing and Unjust War
35. Minimizing the Care Needed by the Unfortunate
36. Minimizing Minority Protections
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