Twenty things this Conservative believes...

[Warph]

1) Any illegal alien caught in this country should be forever barred from legally visiting this country, working here, or becoming an American citizen.

2) If you take welfare or food stamps or if your kids have to get free meals at school, you should be ashamed.  Your kids should feel ashamed by your failure, too.

3) There is no such thing as a conflict between Christianity and science or a reason for any Christian to have his religious beliefs override any conclusions that he'd reach by simply following the science.  Any and all apparent conflicts between science and God are just a result of our limited human understanding.  If there was evolution, God chose that path.  If the world was created by a "Big Bang," God set it in motion.

4) William Bennett once said it was "morally plausible" to execute drug dealers.  I agree with him.  I'd also like to see the death penalty expanded to cover rape and child molestation as well.

5) It's unlikely to ever happen, but we'd be much better off in this country if the voting age were 25 and only people who paid income tax could vote.

6) All people except the poor should be paying enough in taxes to cover all the services they receive from the government each year.  If they don't want to pay that much, then we should cut government down to a level that they think is worth paying.

7) On average, government workers should make less than people who do the same jobs in private industry.

8 ) Government workers also shouldn't be allowed to unionize. T he Democrats give the government unions more taxpayer money and the unions take part of that money and use it to campaign for the Democrats, who then promise to give them more money in return.  It's nothing but the Democratic Party and the unions collaborating against the taxpayers.

9) Ninety nine times out of a hundred when someone cries racism, it's either a lame excuse or a political tactic.

10) If you're a Christian, then your faith requires you to oppose gay marriage.

11) I wish the best for people everywhere, but I'm not a citizen of the world.  I'm an American and our country comes first.

12) The biggest threat to America's future isn't Al-Qaeda, China, or Iran; it's our own government spending so much money that it bankrupts the country.

13) If you sue someone and lose, you should have to pay his legal bills.

14) Hand counting ballots is LESS ACCURATE than machine counting them and it allows human beings to manipulate the results of the election with arbitrary counting standards.  Hello, Eric Holder, you dumb son-of-a-bitch!

15) People who think black Americans are too stupid and incompetent to handle getting a voter ID are just as racist as the KKK, although they show it differently.

16) If public universities want to hire terrorists and communists to teach their classes, harass Christians, push around Republican groups, and bring in liberal speakers, but not conservatives, then state legislators should cut off their taxpayer funding until they behave.

17) We don't need to get religion out of politics; we need to get more religion in politics.  The politicians certainly don't seem to have any qualms about stepping into areas better left to the church; so pastors have to be willing to encourage their flocks to vote their values to protect themselves from a rapacious government.

18) The whole purpose of our immigration system should be to benefit the Americans who are already here.  Therefore, we should favor the best and brightest emigrants from Western cultures.  Other immigrants to this country who get in because of family ties should have someone who's willing to vouch for them and take care of them if they have hard times.  No naturalized American citizens should ever be eligible for food stamps, welfare, school lunches, or any other hand-outs from their fellow citizens.

19) You can no more change your sex than you can change from a human being into a Water Buffalo.  Believing otherwise is a mental disorder that should be handled by a psychologist, not catered to with surgery.  A doctor wouldn't cut off a healthy person's leg if he asked or cut out part of someone's brain because a voice in his head wanted it and sex change operations shouldn't be done either.

20) People who've served time in prison for committing a felony may have been punished, but they haven't "paid their debt to society."  Repaying their debt would require them to be rehabilitated and to fully compensate their victims, which isn't even possible in some cases.  Additionally, even if society forgives, it shouldn't forget.  There's no way a felon should ever have the right to vote, own a gun, or teach children among other activities.

[jarhead]

WARPH,
I could probably go for all them except #5.   I think if you are serving in the military you are old enough to vote---and drink a cold brew or partake of a little John Barley Corn---the rest can wait until they are 25.

[Wilma]

What is a conversative?

[Patriot]

What is a conversative?

My basis in conservatism, politically, is focused on conservation of the principles laid out in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution by the Founders and regard the valid functions of government in our republic with a focus toward the preservation of individual liberty & states rights operating in the environment of a limited federal/central government.

Beyond that, here's one definition:

conservatism, in politics, the desire to maintain, or conserve, the existing order. Conservatives value the wisdom of the past and are generally opposed to widespread reform. Modern political conservatism emerged in the 19th cent. in reaction to the political and social changes associated with the eras of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. By 1850 the term conservatism, probably first used by Chateaubriand, generally meant the politics of the right. The original tenets of European conservatism had already been formulated by Edmund Burke, Joseph de Maistre, and others. They emphasized preserving the power of king and aristocracy, maintaining the influence of landholders against the rising industrial bourgeoisie, limiting suffrage, and continuing ties between church and state. The conservative view that social welfare was the responsibility of the privileged inspired passage of much humanitarian legislation, in which English conservatives usually led the way. In the late 19th cent. great conservative statesmen, notably Benjamin Disraeli, exemplified the conservative tendency to resort to moderate reform in order to preserve the foundations of the established order. By the 20th cent. conservatism was being redirected by erstwhile liberal manufacturing and professional groups who had achieved many of their political aims and had become more concerned with preserving them from attack by groups not so favored. Conservatism lost its predominantly agrarian and semifeudal bias, and accepted democratic suffrage, advocated economic laissez-faire, and opposed extension of the welfare state. This form of conservatism, which is best seen in highly industrialized nations, was exemplified by President Reagan in the United States and Prime Minister Thatcher
in Great Britain. It has been flexible and receptive to moderate change, favors the maintenance of order on social issues, and actively supports deregulation and privatization in the economic sphere. Conservatism should be distinguished both from a reactionary desire for the past and the radical right-wing ideology of fascism and National Socialism.

conservatism

Political attitude or ideology denoting a preference for institutions and practices that have evolved historically and are thus manifestations of continuity and stability. It was first expressed in the modern era through the works of Edmund Burke in reaction to the French Revolution, which Burke believed tarnished its ideals through its excesses. Conservatives believe that the implementation of change should be minimal and gradual; they appreciate history and are more realistic than idealistic. Well-known conservative parties include the British Conservative Party, the German Christian Democratic Union, the U.S. Republican Party, and the Japanese Liberal-Democratic Party. See also Christian Democracy; liberalism.

Source:  http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Political+conservative

Here's another:



Definition of CONSERVATIVE
1:   preservative
2  a : of or relating to a philosophy of conservatism b capitalized : of or constituting a political party professing the principles of conservatism: as (1) : of or constituting a party of the United Kingdom advocating support of established institutions (2) : progressive conservative
3  a : tending or disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions : traditional b : marked by moderation or caution <a conservative estimate> c : marked by or relating to traditional norms of taste, elegance, style, or manners
4  : of, relating to, or practicing Conservative Judaism

Definition of CONSERVATISM
1  capitalized a : the principles and policies of a Conservative party b : the Conservative party
2  a : disposition in politics to preserve what is established b : a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change; specifically : such a philosophy calling for lower taxes, limited government regulation of business and investing, a strong national defense, and individual financial responsibility for personal needs (as retirement income or health-care coverage)
3  : the tendency to prefer an existing or traditional situation to change

Sources: 
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservative
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservatism

[Warph]

What is a conversative?

Lewis Carrolls "Through the Looking Glass" - Chapter six:


`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'

...or to put it another way, Wilma... I'm a stupid typist, always getting ahead of myself.... and if it wasn't for spell-check...     

[Patriot]

S'ok Warph.  Seems my dyslexia is far advanced too.  LOL