Very grateful to be welcomed into this wonderful conservative community.

Why Radical Traditionalism in Politics? by Jim Kalb

All authoritative American institutions are left-liberal in their principles. As such, they are profoundly at odds with the implicit habitual goods fostered by tradition and with any orientation toward the transcendent. The protection of those things must be at the heart of any orientation calling itself conservative. As a result, an American who wishes to be conservative must put himself radically at odds with the authoritative public institutions of his country. By doing so, he stops being anything that can be recognized as conservative. 

The natural man will far sooner believe that a dead person came to life, than that an imputed, alien righteousness, to which he contributes nothing, is necessary for his eternal salvation.

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed - and hence clamorous to be led to safety - by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary"
(H. L. Mencken)

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
(William Pitt, 1783)

Samuel Francis "The civilization that we as whites created in Europe and America could not have developed apart from the genetic endowments of the creating people, nor is there any reason to believe that the civilization can be successfully transmitted to a different people.

“No one idea has given rise to more oppression and persecution toward colored people of this country than that which makes Africa, not America, their home.”  Frederick Douglass

"Neither my father nor my father's father ever saw Africa, or knew its meaning or cared overmuch for it...there is nothing so indigenous, so completely `made in America' as we are."  W.E.B. Du Bois

"The Negro is an American. We know nothing of Africa." Martin Luther King
Any Republican who still thinks their party is a party for small government is either so dumb as to be hilarious or so loyal as to be best used as gun fodder.

Between 1800 and 1840, literacy in the Northern States was from 75% to 90%, and in Southern States from 60% to 81%. This, of course, was prior to compulsory public education. I'd like an explanation as to why there still is compulsory public education.

Some root causes of our difficulty: An entitled and immodest society which has bestowed validity to opinion, regardless of merit.

Gradual reform through mainstream channels is no longer an option at this point.

For about forty years now, under the tutelage of William F. Buckley, conservatives have dressed up cowardice as modesty.

Expediency, Haste, Fear and Remuneration are the Gods of Primary Care.

“It is our traditional belief that man was given liberty to ennoble him. We may infer that those who would take his liberty away have the opposite purpose of degrading him…. Now we are at the point where regimentation, which used to be suggested with apologies, comes couched in the language of prerogative. The past shows unvaryingly that when a people’s freedom disappears, it goes not with a bang, but in silence amid the comfort of being cared for. That is the dire peril in the present trend toward statism. If freedom is not found accompanied by a willingness to resist, and to reject the favors, rather than to give up what is intangible but precarious, it will not be long be found at all.”
Richard Weaver – American Social / Political Philosopher

The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be abused by human depravity; and that they may even, in some instances be made subservient to the vilest purposes. Should, hereafter, those incited by the lust of power and prompted by the Supineness or venality of their Constituents, overleap the known barriers of this Constitution and violate the unalienable rights of humanity: it will only serve to shew, that no compact among men (however provident in its construction and sacred in its ratification) can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchm[en]t can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other.”
George Washington, Draft First Inaugural Address, April 1789: “

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
Alexis de Tocqueville

"Since liberalism begins with the denial of objective essences, the transition from naive do-gooder to traitorous collaborator is built into liberalism from the start."

"Tolerance is the virtue of men who no longer believe in anything." - G.K. Chesterton

If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate. If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist.

The Mona Lisa was painted by an African artist and stolen from a museum in Ethiopia.

Frederick Douglass saw through this charade some one hundred and fifty years ago. “No one idea,” he wrote, “has given rise to more oppression and persecution toward colored people of this country than that which makes Africa, not America, their home.”

Hark the herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled" Joyful, all ye nations rise Join the triumph of the skies With the angelic host proclaim: "Christ is born in Bethlehem" Hark! The herald angels sing "Glory to the newborn King!"

But fraud is not worth it at our compensation rates.

These people, their attitudes and their words only exist because the majority culture brought them into existence, which it did when it adopted liberalism as its guiding philosophy and thus gave up its identity and legitimacy as a culture. Once that happened, the minorities, who previously would have deferred to the majority culture, became free to act out their animus.

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/10/30/limited-government-good-for-thee-but-not-for-me/ Limited Government: Good for Thee, But Not For Me.
Approximately 81 million Americans receive benefits from Government, either directly or as employment. What is the population of voting Americans? An even more shocking number is that from 1962, the rate of "dependent" Americans grows at 2.5 times that of the population growth! (One can only guess at how much Immigrants have augmented this number.) I was thinking of this in context to your amendment regarding Islam, and in the recent squabble over female suffrage: 1. As long as the state-sponsored egalitarianism remains the core philosophy of government and its' plurality of beneficiaries, there will be little incentive to systematically address long term problems. We already see this is the aborted reform of Social Security, and alas a Republican President has only increased Medicare dependency and costs. 2. What percentage of the recent grass roots response to the Senate amnesty proposal was based on concern for the short-term "pocket book," rather than for the long-term Traditionalist survival reasons that you carefully enumerate? Unless we amend our policy on the outsider (immigration/islam) and amend who can "vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury," the American Experience will end in failure.

casinos, the odds of surviving a cardiac arrest is over 50%. In contrast, the odds of surviving cardiac arrest in a hospital, according to this new study, is only 34%

If it is too hard to explain, I probably don't care.

Poor Planning On Your Part Does Not Constitute An Emergency On My Part.

Under a system of complex and contradictory regulations, everyone is always guilty of something.

Truth is only a compilation of some facts, whereas perception is everything.

Beyond caring for your self, what are you doing with the gift of responsibility that God has given you?

For Leftists, Government is a faith-based initiative.



Luk 12:48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

Psa 17:10 They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.(John 3:3)

And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?(Luke 12:25)

Gen 3:19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. 1Ti 2:1-6

Luk 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

(Mar 9:22)And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." (Mar 9:23) And Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! All things are possible for one who believes."

(Pro 29:18) Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.

(Mat 25:40) And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

(Mark 11:24) Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Heb 9:27 Indeed, just as people are appointed to die once and after that to be judged, Heb 9:28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. And he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly wait for him.

(Mat 25:13) Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Mat 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

Mat 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

1Co 5:12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?

Mic 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Mar 8:36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

Rom 8:38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, Rom 8:39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Mat 16:26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Gen 9:6 whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

Luk 12:29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. Luk 12:30 For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Luk 12:31 Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

And let us remember that without black and Hispanic murders, America's murder rate would be no higher than that of Europe, the continent that American liberals consider their model and exemplar of all good things.  Lawrence Auster at July 20, 2008 08:59 PM