Not for nothing, but a true conservative is very similar to a libertarian. That is we are for less, more efficient government that lives within its means. There should not be any excessive regulation and in most cases, things are better handled at the local or state level rather than national level. Of course, some things need to have national focus such as metrication and perhaps, education but the implementation is local. After all, what works in Utah might not work in New Jersey. Unfortunately, there have not been any "real" conservatives in government in quite a long time. It seems that many confuse the "conservative" agenda with anti-abortion, flag-waving and moral crusades. True conservatives are for helping people, not coddling them. True conservatives understand that metrication is good for the country and will help save money in the long run.
The neo-cons who run things now are NOT true conservatives. Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jim Elwell > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 12:55 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:34325] Re: Bush, Liberals, Metric > > At 7 September 2005, 11:34 AM, Rodney Jones wrote: > >Also, this is one area where conservatives largely > >agree with those wing-nut libertarians: ok to > >metricate the government, but don't force it on > >businesses. > > Maybe if you conservatives actually paid attention to us "wingnuts", > you wouldn't have lost so many voters to the Libertarian candidate, > and the Governor of Washington would now be a Republican rather than > a Democrat. > > We may agree on metrication, but you moralist conservatives have a > long ways to go before you understand the concept of "freedom." > > Jim Elwell > > > > Jim Elwell, CAMS > Electrical Engineer > Industrial manufacturing manager > Salt Lake City, Utah, USA > www.qsicorp.com
