tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662617.post7432731987381996640..comments2023-10-12T04:28:37.276-07:00Comments on Graphictruth: Psycochemotherapy for the masses.Bob Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12331371505961522315noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662617.post-39960520079342704232009-12-07T08:49:00.564-08:002009-12-07T08:49:00.564-08:00Here's a research paper. A common way to sum u...Here's a <a href="http://www.superiorpapers.com/" rel="nofollow">research paper</a>. A common way to sum up the beliefs of the right is to focus on a support for tradition, at least rhetorically. How far back traditionalists should look, however, is not always clear. Critics sometimes argue that the historical tradition to which right wingers refer never existed. From the European Renaissance until the Enlightenment, references to Greek and Roman traditions were frequently cited as arguments for political change from monarchy to more democratic ideals, which would now be described as left-wing. Similarly, the early Islamic Empire was in many respects more liberal than the ideal advanced by contemporary conservative Islamists.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489030954821730143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662617.post-77290988759005083862009-11-28T14:26:55.472-08:002009-11-28T14:26:55.472-08:00Teddy Roosevelt is one of my models of true conser...Teddy Roosevelt is one of my models of true conservatives. He thought it was important to actually conserve stuff, like, you know, nature.<br /><br />:><br /><br />And in Canada - while I don't have precise names handy, because they likely weren't political figures at all - it took a lot of practical-minded Conservatism to take the mandate handed off from Tommy Douglas and make the vision work in practice. <br /><br />And not just work. <br /><br />Canada's social welfare infrastructure, including our centerpiece, the health care system is a triumph of Conservative management, delivering measurable outcomes at far lower costs to taxpayers and individuals than what the US pays per capita for the pleasure of "Not having to pay for someone else's healthcare" or other unfortunate outcomes.<br /><br />WE call it social insurance for a reason. That's what it is. And one of the most important signs of prudent, conservative fiscal management is tight control on the costs of overhead.Bob Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331371505961522315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23662617.post-28106107286794502272009-11-28T11:58:18.612-08:002009-11-28T11:58:18.612-08:00Thank God, somebody said this.
I am both an invet...Thank God, somebody said this.<br /><br />I am both an inveterate left winger and a confirmed conservative (therefore, by definition, NOT a member of the big sports franchise / tribe called Big R Republicans or in Canada, Tory/Conservatives.)<br /><br />The modern day Right is so far from the stolid Tories of the turn of the last century, they should really be renamed. Possibly pull out another oldie and just rename them Know Nothings.<br /><br />Thank heavens they haven't driven quite all the true conservatives off the planet.<br /><br />NoniNoni Mausahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198589990083966806noreply@blogger.com