The facts of life are conservative.
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
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- Martinsville, Indiana, United States
- Susan Hanscom 9/12/1949 Bachelors in Music Education, Masters in Music, Masters of Divinity Ordained, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1998. Have been a hospice chaplain for 9 years. Mother to Eric H. Hanscom, born 10/31/84 who is working on his bachelor's degree in computer graphics. Hopefully, soon, will be mother-in-law to Amy Farrell, who is a licensed massage therapist and who works with Sycamore Services (services for the developmentally disabled). There are 3 dogs in our house--Kujo, Winston and Honey--and 2 cats--the Runt and Sammy. I spend my free time quilting, working in my yard, reading and taking walks with the dogs. My son Eric (25) and his long-time girlfriend Amy (23) were married--to my delight--this past July 11, 2009. I had the wonderful privilege of officiating at this joyful service.
Margaret Thatcher? Any Brit will tell you she has the present day relevancy of Millard Fillmore.
ReplyDeleteI have decided I was harsh here. "Thatcherism" is a very solid philosophy.
ReplyDeleteI have been to Britain maybe six times. The problem here is what the "Iron Lady" means by Conservatism as what present day "Conservatives" mean by the term are not the same, nor is the present day American movement what has always been Conservatism.
Until very recently, as far as US History goes, Conservatism was two steps above Anarchy and one step above Libertarianism. Conservatism agrees Government is necessary, and there should be some social restrictions on individual liberty for the good of the social order [therefore different from the first two mentioned], but that Government should be very small and as non-invasive as possible.
Recently, there has been a radical wing of Conservatism established, sometimes dubbed the "Neo-Con" movement which has modified traditional Conservatism. Though they involve Ronald Reagan continuously, they hold positions RR would not and did not promulgate.
They want to pick and choose when to hold Conservative values, yet still call themselves Conservative. They have no problem with "Big Government in areas they like [reference the government expansion under GWB], especially the military. They have no problem with Government dictating morality, as long as it their own. They have no problem with"activist judges" if these judges agreed with them. They have no proble with Government interfering in commerce, as long as it is in the direction they wish [for example, even though the Neo-Cons scream long and hard abut the money spent on "Federal Bailouts," this was a program BHO inherited from GWB]. None of these are Conservative values. Even in defense, a true Conservative would advocate only the minimum for safety of the nation, and "nation building" invasions would be anathema.
Their various rants on social issues, some of which appear on this blog, are a case in point. The true Conservative position would be t say, "I radically disagree [with this or that], bur Government should not interfere." The Neo-Cons say, "I radically disagree, and I am going to make Government enforce my beliefs Nationwide. This is not a Conservative position.
I dare say, on social issues, I am far more Conservative than is my sister, as I believe there should be as little Government interference on individual liberty as possible. I am almost Libertarian (not Liberal) on social issues.