tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post4396198711732094521..comments2023-10-30T06:55:51.149-04:00Comments on Political Rants: President Obama's Budget CutsZenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-1247640105375801222009-05-13T01:06:00.000-04:002009-05-13T01:06:00.000-04:00What does conservative even mean anymore?
They ha...What does conservative even mean anymore?<br /><br />They haven't stood for responsible fiscal policy because the party line became "deficits do not matter". If deficits do not matter, then no one should care that Carlton Banks is putting us on a crash course to fiscal insolvency.<br /><br />It can be argued that conservatives don't really care about family values. Unfettered markets have put us into this situation. The alcohol was flowing and no one cared to take the keys at the door. Why be surprised when speculation pushed up labor costs and made most of us worse off the last dozen years? The free flow of labor isn't very conducive to the family image pushed by the religious wing of the party.<br /><br />Finally, conservatives have been weak on national defense. Ever play a game of risk? What happens when you try to spread out your defenses across the world and someone concentrates forces until your troops spread a leak? Fact is, both sides have cared more about the national border of Iraq than our own. Our global military strategy has fallen victim to the very real problem of a lack of resources because we have bitten off more than we can chew.<br /><br />The party can recover, but you don't treat the patient by letting the cancer that has incapacitated the body spread further. Until there is a widespread change of players, the gap will widen in 2010.NEPAExpatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-82688522886852082232009-05-12T10:09:00.000-04:002009-05-12T10:09:00.000-04:00thanks for the link!thanks for the link!Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843988887330031098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460778761658839199.post-34046716949190824892009-05-11T17:16:00.000-04:002009-05-11T17:16:00.000-04:00Announcement of the budget cuts should have been m...Announcement of the budget cuts should have been made Saturday at the press club dinner. That would have gotten more laughs than the jokes about Rush Limbaugh dying.<br /><br />Conservatives have a lot to work with in their attempt to crawl out of the dungeon we put ourselves into. Liberals will provide the ladder - including such ridiculous escapades as 'cutting the budget' by $17B. <br /><br />For a top ten list of things conservatives can work with in 2010, you can hit:<br />http://firstconservative.com/blog/top-ten/conservative-resurgenceMAS1916http://firstconservative.com/blognoreply@blogger.com