The Peril of Being Conservative

Why are Liberals so apparently agitated to achieve their goals and why do Conservatives appear to be so passive about our condition?

Let me illustrate that for you.  On Sep 5, 2012 the Dallas Cowboys faced the New York Giants. With 2:30 to go in 4th Qtr, the Cowboys had the ball and a 7 point lead. The Cowboys needed only one 1st down and they could vanquish the Giants. What did they do? They ran the ball three times until a holding call put them back in 3rd and long.  Then they got pro-active again and passed for a first down.

There's the metaphor. With 2:30 to go, the Cowboys had achieved their objective - a points advantage over their competition. All they needed was to CONSERVE that advantage, not take risks, not even do the things that got them the advantage. When they fell back to 3rd & long, they still had the advantage, but they realized they had to be more aggressive in protecting their advantage.

Conservatives in America HAVE WHAT WE WANT (mostly). We have a capitalist, free market enterprise system of business, we have laws that generally lean right, protecting our way of life / our morals / our property and our preference for where the culture is heading. We have a government that seizes 30-40% of our personal property (income) every year, but we're used to that and we'll take that IF it doesn't go any further.

Liberals in America DO NOT HAVE WHAT THEY WANT. Not yet.  They want a thoroughly socialized (Marxist) economic system where no one has more property than anyone else (except for the ruling oligarchy). They want a centralized command-and-control federal government which dictates standard of living for all citizens. They want socialized, single-payer health care system. They want government-funded abortion on demand. They want open borders which feeds a permanent underclass to which they can pander with enslaving social programs.  They want a labor force dominated by Unions. And if you think I have exaggerated even one aspect of this, you have not watched their actions for the last 50 years. These conditions are the LEAST that they will settle for.

Conservatives are AMERICA'S TEAM. We have what we want and we are PASSIVE in protecting it. Liberals want to be GIANTS. They want to dominate the American social and economic landscape. THEY ARE NOT PASSIVE. They are AGGRESSIVELY pursuing their agenda and they are brilliantly agitating (community organizing) the people who would benefit from their cultural overtake. Watch them, they're angry. They hate Conservatives. They say sweet, ambivalent things when pressed, but their agenda is plainly written.

I don't blame Conservatives for being passive and expecting tomorrow will be at least as good as today, but it won't - not for long. Times are changing and the Liberals are the ones pressing the change. It's 3rd & Long and we have to be more assertive in protecting our advantage.

This blog is a father/son adventure in explaining and illustrating the principles of conservative politics and economics in hopes of agitating our readers and friends to be more AGGRESSIVE, pro-active if you like, in advancing the conservative cause.

Clark H Smith