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In continuing our quest to define conservatism, it makes sense that we define the movement overall before continuing with various sub-groups.  This isn't as simple as it sounds though ... So on that note, today we'll take a brief look at the history of the movement, and finish with the first detailed description of a conservative, as written by one of the movement's intellectual founders.

Defining Conservatism (Introduction)
Conservative: What is a Neocon?
Conservative: What is a Paleoconservative?

The conservative movement began in the early 20th century, primarily in opposition to Hoover, FDR, and the New Deal.  Witnessing rapid growth and vast change in Washington, many Americans ...

Tony Romo just dumped Jessica Simpson, so I'm callin' dibs!

Ahhh ... a dream come true ... me and Daisy Duke at last!

Tony Romo Takes Jessica Simpson for a Ride in the Old Dump Truck
Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson are reportedly no longer dating, having broken up some time at the end of last week, according to a breaking newz report today in PEOPLE magazine.
And, according to the mag, the deal went down as awkwardly as possible, with Romo skipping out on ...

Last night I pulled an old copy of The Freeman (May 1993) off the shelf, just to skim through (it beats television these days), and found a brief op-ed regarding national service.

In light of god-king Obama's grand plan for service-learning, it's certainly a timely, worthwhile read.  Here's the whole thing.

National Service

Some years ago, German enacted a "Law for National Labor Service" that required one year of service for every youth between the ages of 18 and 29.  Like the current American proposals, the service was part military and part civilian.  The plan was initially voluntary, but was made mandatory after two years.

The proponents of the German national service law promised that all work "undertaken

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I'll be the first to admit that I can be a bit long-winded at times ... This post was written for Michigan Blogger, but it ended up so long (whether that's good or bad), I decided to cross-post it here too.

If you find it too long, or even if you find the topic a bit obscure, please scroll down and read the last 2 sections:
The Moral Case Against IP
A Christian Perspective

Both address a fundamental perspective regarding our individual relationships with government.  A perspective I feel, has been all but forgotten in America today.

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Seriously ... Who out there hasn't created a mixed-tape (back in the day), a ...

Ah, yes!  Today's the day of the infamous Rule 5, from "How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog in Less Than a Year!" If you're not reading The Other McCain, you're not paying attention!  I'm just sayin' ...

As Robert Stacy McCain succinctly notes, "Everybody Likes a Pretty Girl!" And who can argue with that?  So without further ado ... this week's Rule 5 is brought to you ...

In 2007, Flight 93 Advisory Commission member Tim Baird told Alec Rawls (the author of these blogburst posts) that everyone at the meetings he attended is fully aware that the giant crescent, originally named the Crescent of Embrace, really does point almost exactly at Mecca. Professor Baird says they all just assume (himself included) that the Mecca orientation must be an innocent coincidence.

Pretty crazy, when they have also been told the meaning of a crescent that Muslims face into to face Mecca. Every mosque is built around a Mecca-direction indicator called a mihrab, and the classic mihrab is crescent shaped. Geometrically, the Crescent of Embrace is the ...

To understand how unwise it is to have the Federal Reserve, one must first understand the magnitude of the privileges they have. They have been given the power to create money, by the trillions, and to give it to their friends, under any terms they wish, with little or no meaningful oversight or accountability. Thus the loudest arguments against greater transparency are likely to come from those friends, and understandably so.
- Rep. Ron Paul

The twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks are private institutions operating collectively in a quasi-governmental capacity, and aiding and abetting Congress in the blatant act of burying you, your children and your grandchildren in debt ... they'll never be able to repay.

This is beyond ...

In our continuing quest to define conservatism, we'll take a a stab at defining a paleoconservative.  If you haven't had the opportunity to read parts 1 and 2, please do, just click the following links!

Defining Conservatism (Introduction)
Conservative: What is a Neocon?

Anyone who studies the history of the conservative movement, will quickly learn it's not a movement of ideological purity.  Conservatives have always come in a variety of different flavors, and each flavor has had much at odds with each other from the start. In other words, the infighting that beltway-types claim to be a problem, has perhaps, been the movement's greatest strength!

Once again ... This post is not meant ...