<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: What Conservative Paradigm?</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/05/22/what-conservative-paradigm/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/05/22/what-conservative-paradigm/</link>
	<description>Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator>
	<item>
		<title>By: JohnnyZ</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/05/22/what-conservative-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-6712</link>
		<dc:creator>JohnnyZ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/what-conservative-paradigm/#comment-6712</guid>
		<description>Rich is right on the money, no pun intended. Capitalism does not attempt to remove God, and works very well when the people are a moral people who recognize God as the foundation of their moral convictions. Socialism (liberalism), on the other hand, rejects any concept of God EXCEPT where it itself takes that role. Morality then becomes subjective and rights become civil or human (grants from the state), not God given. Right and wrong then become  subjective concepts to the individual which are easily bent to fit any given situation. This has ripple effects on the economy resulting in strict government control.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rich is right on the money, no pun intended. Capitalism does not attempt to remove God, and works very well when the people are a moral people who recognize God as the foundation of their moral convictions. Socialism (liberalism), on the other hand, rejects any concept of God EXCEPT where it itself takes that role. Morality then becomes subjective and rights become civil or human (grants from the state), not God given. Right and wrong then become  subjective concepts to the individual which are easily bent to fit any given situation. This has ripple effects on the economy resulting in strict government control.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Rich Sherlock</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/05/22/what-conservative-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-6267</link>
		<dc:creator>Rich Sherlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 15:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/what-conservative-paradigm/#comment-6267</guid>
		<description>Dana, I don&#039;t agree that Christianity and leftism have the same ideals.  Leftists use the power of government to take by force from one person and give it to another, calling it compassion.  Christians (and others) when moved in their hearts with compassion, choose to give to those less fortunate.  

Capitalism demands moral behavior to function, and Christianity supplies it.  A person who cheats someone else is not behaving as a capitalist or a Christian, he is behaving as a thief and lawbreaker.  There is no such thing as a greedy capitalist, for as soon as greed manifests in a transaction, the transaction no longer is in the realm of capitalism.

Again, a capitalist must be moral and be law-abiding.  If either of these things are absent, then he is no longer a capitalist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dana, I don&#8217;t agree that Christianity and leftism have the same ideals.  Leftists use the power of government to take by force from one person and give it to another, calling it compassion.  Christians (and others) when moved in their hearts with compassion, choose to give to those less fortunate.  </p>
<p>Capitalism demands moral behavior to function, and Christianity supplies it.  A person who cheats someone else is not behaving as a capitalist or a Christian, he is behaving as a thief and lawbreaker.  There is no such thing as a greedy capitalist, for as soon as greed manifests in a transaction, the transaction no longer is in the realm of capitalism.</p>
<p>Again, a capitalist must be moral and be law-abiding.  If either of these things are absent, then he is no longer a capitalist.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: dana</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/05/22/what-conservative-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-6180</link>
		<dc:creator>dana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 21:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/what-conservative-paradigm/#comment-6180</guid>
		<description>conservatives are by and large christian.  christianity and leftism have the same philosophical ideals, altruism, collectivism and mysticism-.  leftists believe man can (and should) be brainwashed into living up to those ideas, and will always TRY to brainwash men into them if given power.  christians on the other hand believe man is &quot;fallen&quot; from the state where he exemplifies those ideals and that he must strive to attain them, but since he is in a &quot;fallen&quot; state, the worldy governance of man can deal with man as he &quot;really is&quot;--&quot;greedy&quot; &quot;selfish&quot; &quot;materialistic&quot; and a whole host of negative words for the opposite fundamental philosophical ideals, individualism, rational self interest, and capitalism.

because of the christian conservative view of human nature he often SEEMS amenable to classic &quot;conservative&quot; thought,  limited government, capitalism, individual rights, but its a mistake to think that he is.  he sees those things not a the best way to do conduct human affairs, but as intrinsically BAD, but &quot;necessary evils&quot; required to deal with &quot;human nature&quot;, which as stated before is &quot;fallen&quot;.  his TRUE ideals are IDENTICAL to those of the leftists and thats why the left can always shame him into &quot;compromising&quot; and eschewing his STATED political goals for leftists goals.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>conservatives are by and large christian.  christianity and leftism have the same philosophical ideals, altruism, collectivism and mysticism-.  leftists believe man can (and should) be brainwashed into living up to those ideas, and will always TRY to brainwash men into them if given power.  christians on the other hand believe man is &#8220;fallen&#8221; from the state where he exemplifies those ideals and that he must strive to attain them, but since he is in a &#8220;fallen&#8221; state, the worldy governance of man can deal with man as he &#8220;really is&#8221;&#8211;&#8221;greedy&#8221; &#8220;selfish&#8221; &#8220;materialistic&#8221; and a whole host of negative words for the opposite fundamental philosophical ideals, individualism, rational self interest, and capitalism.</p>
<p>because of the christian conservative view of human nature he often SEEMS amenable to classic &#8220;conservative&#8221; thought,  limited government, capitalism, individual rights, but its a mistake to think that he is.  he sees those things not a the best way to do conduct human affairs, but as intrinsically BAD, but &#8220;necessary evils&#8221; required to deal with &#8220;human nature&#8221;, which as stated before is &#8220;fallen&#8221;.  his TRUE ideals are IDENTICAL to those of the leftists and thats why the left can always shame him into &#8220;compromising&#8221; and eschewing his STATED political goals for leftists goals.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Patrick Mulligan</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/05/22/what-conservative-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-5977</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Mulligan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 08:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/what-conservative-paradigm/#comment-5977</guid>
		<description>I&#039;ve often commented on this subject myself: conservatives, and the Republican party have no guts. They have no charisma. They stand for nothing, they don&#039;t rally around their causes, and they are always apologizing for being conservative. Most American&#039;s, including traditionally-democratic-voting black minorities, align themselves with conservative values in opinion polls. So what are conservatives scared of? Why don&#039;t they expose liberalism for the absurdity that it is? What do they have to apologize for? I think if Republicans embraced the conservative values they supposedly support, they would see such a voter surge from their base that they&#039;d actually gain seats in both houses. But as it is now, conservatives don&#039;t agree with a lot of the ideology Republicans have embraced for the sake of political correctness, but they also don&#039;t want to elect Democrats to office, so they are going to voice their opinion by not voting at all. And in response, Republicans keep turning more and more liberal and more and more spineless and pandering to try and pick up those &quot;swing&quot; votes instead of concerning themselves with the majority that put them into office in the first place. What we need here in America is a new, viable political party that can represent the politically disenfranchised majority.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve often commented on this subject myself: conservatives, and the Republican party have no guts. They have no charisma. They stand for nothing, they don&#8217;t rally around their causes, and they are always apologizing for being conservative. Most American&#8217;s, including traditionally-democratic-voting black minorities, align themselves with conservative values in opinion polls. So what are conservatives scared of? Why don&#8217;t they expose liberalism for the absurdity that it is? What do they have to apologize for? I think if Republicans embraced the conservative values they supposedly support, they would see such a voter surge from their base that they&#8217;d actually gain seats in both houses. But as it is now, conservatives don&#8217;t agree with a lot of the ideology Republicans have embraced for the sake of political correctness, but they also don&#8217;t want to elect Democrats to office, so they are going to voice their opinion by not voting at all. And in response, Republicans keep turning more and more liberal and more and more spineless and pandering to try and pick up those &#8220;swing&#8221; votes instead of concerning themselves with the majority that put them into office in the first place. What we need here in America is a new, viable political party that can represent the politically disenfranchised majority.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Dean</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/05/22/what-conservative-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-5466</link>
		<dc:creator>Dean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 06:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/what-conservative-paradigm/#comment-5466</guid>
		<description>Because Republicans have  become what they always claimed the Dems were: servants who now run the house. Elected officials along with the bureaucratic leeches should be treated like the servants they are, instead we have rampant nepotism among Repulican and Dem. family members, so in other words we are on the way to self perpetuating royalty. First they (Republicans) put the first dent in the block of unlimited free speech, how they got away with with  I&#039;ll never know. But its the first of what will be many chips and dents in what was uniquely the American experience. 

Thanks Bush!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because Republicans have  become what they always claimed the Dems were: servants who now run the house. Elected officials along with the bureaucratic leeches should be treated like the servants they are, instead we have rampant nepotism among Repulican and Dem. family members, so in other words we are on the way to self perpetuating royalty. First they (Republicans) put the first dent in the block of unlimited free speech, how they got away with with  I&#8217;ll never know. But its the first of what will be many chips and dents in what was uniquely the American experience. </p>
<p>Thanks Bush!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Rich Sherlock</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/05/22/what-conservative-paradigm/comment-page-1/#comment-5454</link>
		<dc:creator>Rich Sherlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 20:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/what-conservative-paradigm/#comment-5454</guid>
		<description>I think the author sums up the problem pretty well, but really doesn&#039;t get at the root issue:  Why are we still in the stranglehold of leftist philosophies?

First problem: Leftists tell people what leftists believe, and leftists tell people what conservatives believe.  These two straw men are not demolished because there are too few prominent conservatives who are willing to speak powerfully and cogently to conservative positions and unmask the failures of leftist philosophy.  Newt is one, Rush is another, but by and large, conservatives retreat from their convictions at the first sign of opposition.  

After all, no one wants to be viewed as a bigot or a homophobe, which brings us to point two.  This favorite weapon of the Left, name-calling, is as effective as it is vapid.  One would think that by now conservatives would have developed a glib, potent response.  But conservatives engage the debate as framed by leftists rather than reject the premise and go on the attack.

That&#039;s the third point:  Conservatives never get around to advancing their agenda because they are constantly on the defensive, and always afraid of criticism.  Let&#039;s take tax cuts for example.  A little teeny tax cut was passed over the hysterical objections of the left, but it hardly amounts to anything given degree of opposition.  Since we know that tax cuts are going to be subject to all sorts of opposition, why don&#039;t conservatives go the whole way and cut 30%?

Lastly, the judges whom are violating the constitution in various ways must be impeached.  We have the power to do this, but no will.  Why?  After all, Roy Moore of Alabama was sent down the road by rabid leftists.  What’s stopping us from doing the same with leftist judges who egregiously violate the law and disregard the constitution at will?  What would happen if a legislature just ignored a judicial decree that exceeded constitutional boundaries?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the author sums up the problem pretty well, but really doesn&#8217;t get at the root issue:  Why are we still in the stranglehold of leftist philosophies?</p>
<p>First problem: Leftists tell people what leftists believe, and leftists tell people what conservatives believe.  These two straw men are not demolished because there are too few prominent conservatives who are willing to speak powerfully and cogently to conservative positions and unmask the failures of leftist philosophy.  Newt is one, Rush is another, but by and large, conservatives retreat from their convictions at the first sign of opposition.  </p>
<p>After all, no one wants to be viewed as a bigot or a homophobe, which brings us to point two.  This favorite weapon of the Left, name-calling, is as effective as it is vapid.  One would think that by now conservatives would have developed a glib, potent response.  But conservatives engage the debate as framed by leftists rather than reject the premise and go on the attack.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the third point:  Conservatives never get around to advancing their agenda because they are constantly on the defensive, and always afraid of criticism.  Let&#8217;s take tax cuts for example.  A little teeny tax cut was passed over the hysterical objections of the left, but it hardly amounts to anything given degree of opposition.  Since we know that tax cuts are going to be subject to all sorts of opposition, why don&#8217;t conservatives go the whole way and cut 30%?</p>
<p>Lastly, the judges whom are violating the constitution in various ways must be impeached.  We have the power to do this, but no will.  Why?  After all, Roy Moore of Alabama was sent down the road by rabid leftists.  What’s stopping us from doing the same with leftist judges who egregiously violate the law and disregard the constitution at will?  What would happen if a legislature just ignored a judicial decree that exceeded constitutional boundaries?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>

