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The Problem with Conservatives

Posted by Redhead on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:15:59 AM

I was reading through some thread here on Townhall the other day, and some liberal twit was telling us poor, stupid conservatives that we may as well give it up, because liberalism always wins. The point they were trying to make was that throughout history, the country has become more and more liberal, and that the fate of the Republic was a given, and we don’t stand a chance.

This got me thinking, and when that happens, I feel so proud of it, I simply must let everyone else know about it, so here it is.

To a degree they were right. (Maybe I’ll think more about that “to a degree” part later, and alert everyone to my findings then…) The question then becomes, Why? It is a problem that I actually noted some time ago. There is a problem with conservatives getting their voices out to the people, and to the politicians. I think I know a couple of major sources of this problem.

The first problem with conservatives is: We are too individualistic. Our very philosophy makes it difficult for us to congregate in groups, to send mass e-mails to our representatives, and to take group action against others.

It is difficult to get conservatives to participate in marches, rallies, or protests. You will rarely see a collection of conservatives like this. For one thing, we are trying to lead productive lives, and tend to our jobs, our families, and our friends. In short, we’re too busy. Many conservatives have already put time in the military, and feel as if they have already “given at the office.” For another, we have too much sense to go out of the house dressed like this. We also recognize these protests for what they are: a bunch of bored children with nothing better to do, screaming for their nannies.

Most of us believe in the individual to such an extent that when the time comes for action, we do it on our own. Occasionally, this coincides with a lot of other people participating in the same cause, but often, there are only one or two loners who take action, while the rest of us sit back and cheer them on from our armchairs, and maybe donate a few dollars to the cause. Then, when they are defeated, we forget about the whole thing. After all, we didn’t have a dog in the hunt.

When conservatives have tried to come together in some meaningful way it is a hit-or-miss type of experiment, and is often taken over by the fringe elements. A bunch of Ron Paul supporters are congregating in Texas to build their own little community, “off the grid.” A bunch of libertarians got together to move to and take over New Hampshire. Never heard of these projects? Neither have most people. Conservatives aren’t very good at advertising, either. On the other hand, conservatives have successfully brought people together to preserve our rights. Think the Gathering of Eagles, or Tennessee’s Tax Revolt.

I believe that Townhall.com is a good step in the right direction. (Newsmax could have had this distinction, but they never allowed comments, and didn’t take blogging seriously.) In the past, the political internet has been dominated by left wing groups, like those Divisive Ulcers over at Democratic Underground, the Huffy Huddle Pests over at Huffington Post, or the Delusional Kids over at Daily Kos. It was not until Townhall really came into being that we conservatives really had something similar. Sure, there were other news sites, and some blog sites, but I don’t think that anything really took on the tone and the leadership in the sphere like Townhall has.

As such, I would like to provide support for the idea of a Townhall Convention, even if it means having several in different locals, so that it would be easier for people to attend.

The other problem with conservatives is: We believe in the rule of law. This means that when someone does finally stand up for himself, (or herself, if we’re going to keep it politically correct, which I won’t for the rest of this piece. Live with it, gals. You are included in this!) and takes matters into his own hands, we sit back and congratulate the police on doing a good job when they take him down.

Conservatives don’t believe in sit-ins, or blocking the streets in protest. For one, we’re too d@mn polite. For another, we’ve got other things to do, and recognize that other people do, too. We don’t see getting arrested as a badge of honor, or a right of passage for the cause. We see it as the mark of an idiot. It may be time to change this perception.

It may be time for conservatives to start backing the woman who carries her gun into the restaurant, or the guy who refuses to pay his taxes. Perhaps we start small, with a fund set up to pay the fines for these people. Yes, I know there are several groups who will provide defense attorneys for some of these, and each has their little niche. We need a broader one, set up just to pay the fines, so that all can continue on with their productive, conservative lives. If anyone knows of a group already set up this way, please pass it on. This would have the effect of taking away some of the pain of civil disobedience. It may also encourage this type of disobedience. This could be a good thing. It’s about time conservatives were heard.

It’s about time we all stood up and shouted, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" So who’s going to get all of this started? Who’s going to set up our civil disobedience fund? Who’s going to organize the rallies and marches across Washington and our states’ capitals? Who’s going to set up and find a suitable setting for the Townhall Convention?

Don’t look at me. I’m too busy… I gave at the office… Besides, crowds make me nervous… I’ve got a job and a family to take care of…
 
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Help for CASH

Posted by Redhead on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:02:16 PM

The Crimson Apex Solidarity Horde (CASH) needs help coming up with a motto for its organization. We all know that every good rights group has a catchy motto or phrase to get people’s attention and to promote their cause.
 
There’s the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition: “PUSH the little white guy to the back of the bus.”
 
There’s CAIR: “Because 19 bitter, Koran toting, Kaffiyeh wearing, airplane packing terrorists can’t be wrong.”
 
There’s The New Black Panther Party: “Freedom or Death”, “Because this racist nation locks us up and won’t let us speak! Do you know how hard it is to type with shackles on?”
 
There’s the National Council of La Raza: “A Stronger America Together” “without all you white people”


So, CASH needs your help to come up with our own catchy motto! Currently, we’re going with “Because the world needs another special interest victims group.” We are now taking your proposals, however. Proposals will be taken from any direction, but those received by CATHeters will receive priority.  There will be a vote among members only at the next convention.
 
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Money vs. Money

Posted by Redhead on Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:09:49 PM

This is part eight of a seven part series on Liberal Logic.  You can see the whole set here.

We have learned from many on the left over the years that, “It’s not about the money. You can be rich in so many other ways!” This attitude can be seen in my brother, Karl. Yet, at the same time, they make constant calls for more money for this, that, and the other, usually to be paid by “The Rich.”

“Money doesn’t buy happiness.” This is what we’re told by feel good liberals when talking about the accomplishments of some business leader. If that is the case, then why do they feel the need to expand the welfare rolls? These people may already be rich in love. Why do they always demean those who have made it big time for themselves, and for their kids? Why is it that they want to take their hard earned money, if it’s not important?

“It’s not about the money” can also explain why liberals ignore the fact that as tax rates have gone down, tax revenues have gone up. Because “it’s not about the money,” liberals are free to advocate tax schemes that will clearly, and have been shown historically, to actually reduce tax revenues. “It’s not about the money,” they say, and they are telling the truth. It’s about social engineering and trying to modify society’s behavior.

Come to think of it, this may also explain why so many liberals are unhappy. Despite all of their tax schemes, they have not yet figured out a way to tax those that are “rich in love.” Don’t worry, though, I’m sure someone is working on it…The Happy Tax. This should make liberals truly happy. This way they can tax people for smiling, laughing, and making fun of them. Of course, they won’t get any real joy out of this. It might make them one of the “evil rich.”

Liberals also love to complain about all of the jobs that seem to get sent overseas during a Republican Presidency. At the same time, they call for an increase in the corporate tax rates, when we already have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the industrial world!

Of course, the dirty little secret that no one will admit is that it is the Democrats that are the party of the dollar! They boast the richest members of congress.  They raise the most money from big dollar donors. Their policies continually benefit big business in opposition to the little guy.

So why do liberals want to take people’s money from them? Why do they tell us that “it’s not about the money,” while complaining about those that have money? Why do they fear capitalism, which creates far more wealthy people than any other system? The answer, my friends, is simple.

It’s not about the Money, it’s about control.
 
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C.A.S.H. Position Statement

Posted by Redhead on Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:57:14 PM

Due to the recent heated discussions sparked by the latest update from the Crimson Apex Solidarity Horde (CASH), we have felt the need to issue a policy statement to clarify our positions.
 

Red Hair Dye:

It is the position of CASH that Red Hair Dye is a racist product. It is clearly the equivalent of blackface. As a result, people who dye their hair red will be outed as the ginger-phobic racists that they are. We will not be mocked! We are tired of people who try to claim our inherent traits as their own, yet do not possess one ounce of red haired blood!

It has been said that some sixty percent of women who dye their hair do so at home. Of them twenty six percent choose to go blonde, twenty seven percent go basic brunette, and thirty percent choose to become redheads. The sale of at home red dye kits has gone up seventeen percent since the year two thousand hit.

As a result, and in order to raise awareness of this relatively new phenomenon, CASH will be bringing this issue to the attention of Hollywood, since they are always looking for some new cause to champion. CASH will be seeking volunteers to peruse all movies, preferably with some of the bigger stars, to ensure that all rugs match the drapes, so to speak. Any faux reds that are found should be immediately reported to CASH management, along with all supporting documentation and evidence, for inclusion in our official Hollywood lobbying files. These will be reviewed at the next CASH management meeting to ensure that they are up to our high standards.

CASH does not support even the dyeing of ones hair for “research” purposes. We will not condone a replay of the fiasco perpetrated by John Griffin in 1961. Anyone seeking to understand our plight needs only to talk to one of us. We are not diseased. We are not an inherently angry people. We will appreciate the chance to explain our points of view in a human way.


“Strawberry” Blondes:

As previously mentioned, the topic of “strawberry” blondes has been a hotly contested issue within CASH. At our last convention a riot nearly ensued as a direct result of this debate. (Yes, of course we have conventions. Yes, they are usually held in cloudier climates, or indoors.) It is currently the position of CASH that “strawberries” are not representative of the Crimson Apex Solidarity Horde. These posers have not had to suffer the humiliation that many of us have as a direct result of the color of their hair. They often hide behind the dominant blonde coloring of their hair to accomplish their goals, or to make up for their short comings. They will then retreat to “strawberry” when the need arises.

Imagine, if you will, someone who is half black and half white. Imagine if this person was brought up in the finest white neighborhoods, and attended fine private schools usually enjoyed only by whites. Imagine further that this person descended from white slave-owners, and whose relatives fought in the Civil War, for the Confederate Army. Now, imagine if this person then moved to a predominately black town, and joined a predominately black church. Can you imagine the outcry that would happen if this person were to then come onto the national stage in some way, and try to appeal to people, based on his “blackness”? His whole background would be ayer’d! This person would be derided for his audacity. And wrightly so! If this person then disagreed with some national black leadership figure, he would be wrightly accused of grandstanding in front of white people.

It is just this kind of pandering that CASH will not tolerate. We will not condone the minimalization of the Red Haired Experience. It is for this reason that we will not allow these mongrels into our ranks.

On a further note, we will not discriminate against those that are not descended directly from red haired parents. This is clearly taking the issue too far, and we will not take part in this kind of discrimination. So, if both of your parents happen to have dark hair, or one is red and one is blonde, you are welcome into our ranks, as long as your hair color is clearly crimson.
 
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C.A.S.H. Update

Posted by Redhead on Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:21:50 PM
Reason for C.A.S.H.

Over the next few paragraphs, prominent scholars of the Red Haired tradition from several different disciplines - theologians, historians, ethicists, professors of the Bible, homiletics, hermeneutics, and historians of religions - those scholars will join in with sociologists, political analysts, local church pastors, and denominational officials to examine the Red Haired religious experience and its historical, theological and political context.
The workshops, the panel discussions, and the symposium will go into much more intricate detail about this unknown phenomenon of the Red Haired than I have time to go into in the few moments that we have to share together.  And I would invite you to spend the next few posts getting to know just a little bit about a people that is as old as and, in some instances, older than this country.

It is said the having red hair is a mutation, and that we are all mutants. If that is the case, then the fact that we have survived means that we have accomplished the survival of the fittest and the rest of you are not as fit as us. There are others that conclude that we have all descended from the King of Atlantis, and as such we are all royalty. Others speculate that the original Adam was a Redhead. Some say that Mary Magdalene was a Redhead. If that is the case, then according to The Da Vinci Code, the descendants of Jesus would also carry the red hair gene. Queen Boudica, of the Iceni people of Norfolk in Eastern Britain who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire was said to have had red hair. Queen Elizabeth also had red hair. Genghis Khan probably had red hair. Malcolm Little was known as “Detroit Red” due to his red hair color before he became known as Malcolm X. Russia means “Land of the Reds,” and was named after the Redheaded Viking, Rurik.

Whatever the case, it is clear that WE are the best that man has to offer! Redheads have always attained greatness in greater percentages then the rest of the population. The rest of you may bow to our superiority!

Despite our minority status, and the clear prejudice against us, we continue to be ignored by the oppressive dark haired establishment. It was upon recognition of this fact, and the favorable status given to other, much less maligned and larger groups, that C.A.S.H. was conceived. Although we continue to be treated like step children, and are often left to the sidelines lest we be seen by the public, we will carry on until our prosecution ends. This is an attack on the Red-haired launched by people who know nothing about the Red Haired experience. Let the reconciliation begin.

Reconciliation does not mean that red-haired become blondes or blondes become red, and black-haired become brown-haired or that brown-haired become grey.

Reconciliation means we embrace our individual rich histories, all of them.  We retain who we are as persons of different hair colors, while acknowledging that those of other hair colors are not superior or inferior to us.  They are just different from us.

We root out any teaching of superiority, inferiority, hatred, or prejudice.

And we recognize for the first time in modern history in the West that the other who stands before us with a different color of hair, a different texture of skin, different music, different preaching styles, and different dance moves, that other is one of God’s children just as we are, no better, no worse, prone to error and in need of forgiveness, just as we are.

Only then will liberation, transformation, and reconciliation become realities and cease being ever elusive ideals.
Thank you for reading my post this morning.


C.A.S.H. Organization Update:

It seems that TownHall.com has its share of people with red hair. As such, I have listed those that have satisfactorily identified themselves as members of the Crimson Apex Solidarity Horde on my blog roll.  You will find them under the caption of Other Eminent Crimson Apex TownHall’ers, or, “Other Eminent C.A.T.H.eters.” (Because we’ll take the fight straight to your pee-hole!) I would strongly advise that others add these members to their own blog rolls.  To do otherwise is a strong indication that you are a ginger-phobic racist. You may expect a call from C.A.S.H. in the near future. You have been warned. To apply for inclusion in this elusion group you must first proudly identify your self as having red hair. Do not try to con us, we will recognize any subterfuge. It’s a Redhead thing… you wouldn’t understand.

Members of the Crimson Apex Solidarity Horde (C.A.S.H.) should know each other on site, but, given the large numbers of women who die their hair red, we are currently taking applications for someone to ensure that “the carpet matches the drapes” of new applicants whom we suspect may be only bottled reds in order to avoid infiltration from those who would seek to undermine our just cause.

Since it is highly likely that most of our Redheaded ancestors were brought over as indentured servants, and as such were treated worse than slaves, C.A.S.H is asking our crack (pot) researcher to look into this. I would suggest this as a good place to start.

In keeping with the latest political atmosphere, C.A.S.H is also pleased to announce a new program to help those endowed with a Crimson Cranium who may not otherwise be able to afford health insurance. If you need to go to the hospital, simply identify yourself as “An American in good standing with C.A.S.H.” You should not have any further trouble. Upon receiving your C.A.S.H. your medical services provider should help you immediately. We are working to extend this system to our distressed brothers and sisters in Great Britain. A C.A.S.H. program for gas is also in the works.
 
 

Global warming update: Could global warming have prevented these needless deaths?
 
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