Fine, I'll walk into that.

Conservatives have views about how a government should act in regards to regulations on industries and society.

In regards to industry, they like to let the industry survive on it's own with little or no governmental involvement (economic capitalism). Although they may disagree with other conservatives about the specific points in which they view governmental involvement is needed (minimum wage is one that many conservatives have different views), but they all believe that the government should only get involved when it is needed and that industry is good and is grows best when the government trys to stay out of it.

In regards to Social, conservatives tend to believe that people have both good and bad triats about them and that they need to strive to not do the bad and to do the good, and that the government should help them with that by restricting those activities that are bad (in many cases libertarians, who call themselves conservative, will have the economic conservative beliefs but view the social conservative beliefs differently).

A typical trait of conservatives is that they are slow to make a change and will wait until they are 100% sure of it. They don't like to act on impluse, and like to do the research and studies before commiting to it.

__________________
Set your destination with your heart, get there with your mind.

"The wisest men follow their own direction." - Euripides

I agree with everything you've said, but isn't the defining point the last two sentences, that conservatives generally don't want to change what's going on?

Because that would still be consistent with what you've said, seeing the present situations.

__________________
steve

Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!
NOTE: If you agree with what I have said in this post, there's a new feature on Political Fever that allows you to express agreement. Look in the top right-hand corner of my post, and you should see a little silver scales button. Please, use that.However, sign it with your username so I know who sent it please...thanks all.

To tell the truth, the difference over all is the "liberal" aka neo-libeal is really the people that smoked dope and could give a flying rats *** about anything in the 1960s and early 70s. Really yes the commie was in the college system back in the 40s, 50s and really so today. So its more or less keeps on going. These are the people that want to destroy Marriage and think people that have aids sould spread it all over the place. Also these our the people that want us to surrender everything and even our country. Hell some of these people even believe in one world. In which would be so controled by the commies and islamis that freedom would be wiped off the face of this planet in less then a decade.

But hey keep believeing the cool aid. In no I'm no freaking Bush bot or Republican loving idiot. They screwed me when they joined with the democrats for illigals coming over our borders destroying everything in site. Enjoy your nap because it is almost over.

__________________
"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Hillary Clinton, June 2004.


"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity; it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war" -- George Washington, Fifth Annual Address to Congress, December 13, 1793

lol, wut?

What is the cool aid? and why is the nap over?

__________________
steve

Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!
NOTE: If you agree with what I have said in this post, there's a new feature on Political Fever that allows you to express agreement. Look in the top right-hand corner of my post, and you should see a little silver scales button. Please, use that.However, sign it with your username so I know who sent it please...thanks all.

Cool aid is something you drink when you don't have pop or other to drink. Nap over, because just look at france being burnt to understand why. Also take a trip to central America.

__________________
"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Hillary Clinton, June 2004.


"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity; it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war" -- George Washington, Fifth Annual Address to Congress, December 13, 1793

I'm genuinely confused, what do those have to do with liberalism and conservatism?

__________________
steve

Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!
NOTE: If you agree with what I have said in this post, there's a new feature on Political Fever that allows you to express agreement. Look in the top right-hand corner of my post, and you should see a little silver scales button. Please, use that.However, sign it with your username so I know who sent it please...thanks all.

To tell the truth, the difference over all is the "liberal" aka neo-libeal is really the people that smoked dope and could give a flying rats darn about anything in the 1960s and early 70s. Really yes the commie was in the college system back in the 40s, 50s and really so today. So its more or less keeps on going. These are the people that want to destroy Marriage and think people that have aids should spread it all over the place. Also these our the people that want us to surrender everything and even our country. Hell some of these people even believe in one world. Which would be so controlled by the commies and Islamics that freedom would be wiped off the face of this planet in less then a decade.


Also they believe in murdering millions of babies. Hell they go around the world accusing America of being all the bad in the world. I truly think that America should just close its borders and give no more aid to the darn world. But yes the left will do nothing about that. So nothing what so ever could make these people happy. Nothing short.

__________________
"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Hillary Clinton, June 2004.


"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity; it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war" -- George Washington, Fifth Annual Address to Congress, December 13, 1793

Political distinctions change when major political events force change. The revolutionary war, the civil war, the great depression, the civil rights movement, and just recently, the Iraq War as it relates to liberal Jewish Democrats changing their party affiliation to conservative republicanism.

I am afraid, Dustin, you will have to hit the history books a bit harder and study these social upheavals a bit more closely to actually trace the path of these political convergences to get a full answer to your question.

But political distinctions nowadays are used by the political elite more to pacify the electorate than anything else. Political distinctions are used by the power elite to maintain the illusion of democratic governance that has long ago been stolen by the moneyed interests.

__________________
ex animo
davidfarrar
The National Online Party

Nope...it has always been liberal ideas come from democrats. Republicans are the party of the wealthy and democrats are the party of the poor...the only one not represented at all is the middle class.

I think the extremes are being played now because what was once social programs of tax dollars, like medicare, social security which was to have been a trust fund but form which both parties have taken money, is now a corporate welfare system of the neocons...using your tax dollars to give to the rich and take it from the poor...like the lack of funds for veterans, but the stolen money not looked into by congress from the contractors in Iraq...