Are these really conservative values?

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/03/05/20050305LNJWhiteColumn.html;COXnetJSessionID=Cq6zjJ5On1NIqL2H28F7uJQnr61XDreks4m2MpLGFf8Bxg5jHwaD!-781903378?urac=n&urvf=11100637951890.2091100941034223

The Republicans have virtual control of the federal government (and many states), and what are they doing about responsible planning and accountability? The federal deficit has been growing by leaps and bounds, which means we are borrowing tax dollars from our children and grandchildren. Remember when everyone used to complain about "tax and spend" liberals? Why aren't we hearing folks talking about "borrow and bankrupt" conservatives?

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Another favorite trick of the new Republican elite is to give their legislation catchy titles. These names have been called Orwellian by the opposition for good reason. The "No Child Left Behind" act penalizes struggling schools and weakens public education. "Clear Skies" legislation allows industry to spew more pollution into our nation's air. The "Healthy Forest" initiative lets loggers clear-cut America's woodlands. And the "Fair Pay" bill gets rid of overtime pay.

The White House is filled with industry insiders busy writing their dream regulations and sending legislation to our compliant Congress to enact. Jesus may be Mr. Bush's favorite philosopher, but it doesn't appear that the president believes in being a "faithful steward" of God's bounty.

I suggest moderate and average Republicans need to chastise their leadership, and Democrats and independents need to speak up loudly, challenging this one-party locomotive barreling down a dead-end track. Americans should have learned their lessons from the history of the 1920's pro-business Republican administrations. Reckless economic policies are bound to fail sooner or later.

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1. a good message here

albeit she seems to be a bit off the mark in places.

For example, she said that 'liberals need to speak up', as if the progressive community has been sitting on it's hands or something.

However, I am glad to see someone calling these allgedly fiscally responsible pols for what they are: 'borrow and bankrupt' conservatives.

We need to try and make that one stick, IMO.

[Vitruvius]

2. The only conservative values are smash-and-grab, anything for a buck,

anything to win, no matter how despicable. As Adlai Stevenson said in his "Nixonland" speech of 1956 -- which captured the Rethugncian values of his time -- and of our time.