This is my new favorite website; its fascinating. In the Roots of US Government page, they list the Ten Commandments as the primary inspiration of US law. And this is cited. And the citation is for the Conservapedia page for the Ten Commandments. I love it. It reminds me of Dick Cheney leaking stuff about Hussein having WMD to the NYT, and then citing the NYT article in his justification for war. Brilliant!
Here, here! If it sounds right, it is! My theory is that most conservatives never did well in a science class or a critical thinking class. As they fail with deduction, fact checking, proving theories by testing their arguments and so on. I remember when Dick Cheney did that move, really scary and surprisingly not talked about that often.
One of the most well known political parties of the 20th century which was socialistic was the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI) which was headed by the atheist and Social Darwinist Adolf Hitler.
-Their description of Hitler would ring true for their current hero Ayn Rand too. It's amazing to me how many conservatives are able to compartmentalize such things as bad in one instance and then ignore it in another.
I have never seen the southern strategy not spoken of in this way.
very careful skirting of an issue.The success of the Civil Rights movement came in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Most conservatives supported both, but Barry Goldwater opposed them. Until then southern whites (both liberal and conservative) had been locked into the Democratic party. That lock was now broken and southern conservatives started voting for Republican candidates for president in 1964-68, and by the 1990s they were also voting for GOP candidates for state and local office. The southern blacks now began to vote in large numbers, and they became Democrats, moving that party in the south to the left. By 2000, for the first time, all southern states had a conservative GOP and a liberal Democratic party. The region favored the GOP heavily in presidential elections, but split in state contests. In 2008, however, the Obama campaign broke into the solid Republican South, carrying Florida, Virginia and North Carolina.
Much of Conservapedia is interesting. Contrast this article with the one on Liberalism. Don't miss the 'See Also' links. Here are the Wikipedia articles:
This type of thing is exactly my inspiration for my self help book about frying food to make it healthier. Its simultaneously so awesome and so dangerous that we live in a society where we can say whatever we want and believe whatever we want, without regard for what actually is.
I can't wait for this book. I look forward to your press junket. Long, obese lines of people waiting for b_b to autograph their copy.
It has a great history too it is pretty much ruled by shafly with an iron fist.
This is also a great pair to read: