Well, you certainly consider yourself an expert on conservative views. Where the Sam Heck did you learn that? Obviously not from a conservative!
sabro said:
What does that have to do with cutting housing funding and changing overtime rules?
If you're spending everything on keeping an overseas war running, you have to cut back somewhere else. Just because it's U.S. government money doesn't mean that there's an endless supply. Maybe you could persuade Kerry or Edwards to vote for military budget increase
after they vote for it?
sabro said:
86 percent of the American Public say they agree with the goals of the Civil Rights movement.
Ah, that was 40 years ago. Your point is what, that the remaining 14% are all conservative Republicans?
sabro said:
83% agree with the goals of the environmental movement.
...with the
stated goals of the environmental movement. What about the BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything)environmentalists? Do 83% agree with the goals of ELF (Earth Liberation Front)? Ever notice that the people you see at environmental rallies are the same ones at anti-capitalist functions?
sabro said:
94% want federal safety regulations enacted on the manufacture and use of handguns.
What?!?!? You mean there are NO federal safety regulations regarding the manufacture of firearms?!?!? Riiiight. As for the same percentage applying to handgun
use, I'd like to see your stats on that. How about all those great guns laws? Doing a lot of good, huh?
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sabro said:
Eight in ten believe health insurance should be provided equally.
80%? Provided by
whom? Are you suggesting that 80% of all Americans want socialized medicine, or better yet, HillaryCare? What about Bush taking the biggest step towards socialized medicine in the country's history? Y'all have been awfully quiet about that (except to opine that it wasn't enough). Even Teddy Kennedy couldn't get that job done.
sabro said:
62% want to change laws so that fewer nonviolent offenders go to prison.
This is a left/right issue?
sabro said:
85% support equal opportunity in the workplace for gays and lesbians.
You mean that gays and lesbians are turned down for jobs en masse? First I've heard of it. What about the EOE or EEOC or whatever it's called?
sabro said:
58% support labor unions.
Once again, I'd like to see the survey. Labor unions are one thing, but labor unions becoming partisan political machines and forgetting to represent their members... Uh, hello NEA, Teamsters, Firefighters union?
And now...
sabro said:
Meanwhile conservatives would like to cut taxes for the rich.
It's the rich that pay taxes. It's the rich that invest their wealth in industry. If you don't pay taxes but want a tax cut, that's income redistribution.
sabro said:
Erase gains in civil and women's rights.
Absolute, complete myth. I seem to remember a teacher talking about a black student in his class who believed that if Bush were elected (2000) that the country would return to slavery. Sounds like you and that kid have the same sources.
sabro said:
Deregulate industries in areas of worker pay, safety, rights, and pollution.
Nope, waaaay nope, nope, and.... I think I read something about that last one not long ago. Let me see if I can find it.
sabro said:
Cut environmental protection.
See: BANANA, above.
sabro said:
Sell off, our forrests, gas and oil reserves.
You mean the private lands that Clinton confiscated during his term and labeled 'parks'? And wasn't it Clinton who sold our reserves as a political move, and then the oil went overseas? Japan, wasn't it? I don't remember CNN or NPR screaming about Bush selling our reserves.
sabro said:
You mean fight the enactment of new laws which would prevent legal owners from using the weapons in self-defense, right?
sabro said:
Privatize social security.
I think that's a bloody good idea.
sabro said:
Send money to private and religious schools while they cut the funding for public education.
Black and Hispanic parents are overwhelmingly in favor of school vouchers. They
want their kids out of underperforming public schools where teacher performance isn't even checked, much less rewarded/disciplined. Kids aren't passing? Lower the standards again! Do you have something against minority kids from poor families being able to attend private schools, or do you want to keep those schools for rich white kids, like Al Gore's kids, Chelsea Clinton, Kerry's kids, Edward's kids and the Kennedys?
sabro said:
And what's that PATRIOT-USA act about? You call Janet Reno a fascist, what if she had these powers?
I dunno, haven't read it. You? And yes, I do call Janet Reno a fascist. She didn't need the Patriot Act to violate court orders, kill children, raid private farms and kidnap a kid to ship to a communist dictator for use a propaganda tool. Oh, and then there's the blocking of investigations into her boss. I actually remember a new conference where she said,
and I quote: "We're not going to investigate until we know all the facts."
What the Sam Heck is an investigation for?!?!? And just think, Ashcroft hasn't committed any such acts, and he's had the Patriot Act.
We caught Zarqawi? COOL!!! Think we'll behead him?
Edited: Some days I just can't type.