rumblin'rabbit's Journal: Conservatives

I am a conservative. Or rather, I'm a laissez-faire liberal who finds himself more at home in the conservative than the progressive-liberal camp. I would probably call myself a libertarian if that term ever establishes a fixed meaning.

Having said that, conservatives have to start dealing with reality. For instance:

• Evolution happened. The evidence is vast and overwhelming. Deal with it.
• Global warming due to pollution is likely happening, and the smart thing to do, subject to the receipt of better information, is act on that assumption.
• Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter are an embarrassment.

Not all conservatives disbelieve the above, but they have not done enough to disagree with those who do.

The conservative cause is not helped by burying one's head in the sand. You just end up getting bit on the ass by the truth.

Libertarian is just a way of Saying

[WillAffleckUW]

that you disagree with the people who call themselves Conservative but spend like Fish

and that you agree with the actual practice of people who call themselves Liberal but don't agree with you on everything other than actual spending practices (just 90 percent, when you look at it).