Conservative Donnybrook

I have a quick observation and something of a game.  Try to pin the theory on the Russian or the Paleo.

1.  America is an imperialist brute that needs to rethink her position in the world.  2.  The break up of these United States would be healthy for its citizenry.  3.  Secession is a moral duty under today’s circumstances.  4.  The break up of the United States is imminent.

Did you guess correctly?  Turns out the paleo conservatives in this country have a lot in common with the fascist Russians.  They both think that America, as she stands today, is rotten; they truly believe America is irretrievably broken.  Paleos have harped for years that America is lost, its citizens delusional.  Russia seems to think that the American people are ready to throw off the ties that bind them to their democratically elected leaders in Washington.  Both agree that the situation is dire and both camps couldn’t be happier about it.

The Russians see the destruction of our union as a opportunity for them to spread their influence.  After all, America is the prime reason they failed on their first attempt under the Central Committee of the Communist Party.  Many Paleos see the end of the Union as the only way to preserve the God granted rights of the several states (including the right to subjugation, discrimination, and taxation of interstate commerce).  While both agree that the end is near (and a good thing it is too) they do so for very different reasons.  Hmmm, a mutual enemy does tend to make strange bedfellows.

I contend that America is and always will be strong; that our Union shall not perish from this Earth, to borrow a phrase.  Sure, we experience hiccups and heart breaks.  Good times, bad times and everything in between.  I see strength in numbers, compacts and mutual devotion.  It is easy to drift into the sea of despair the Paleos envision and the Russians encourage but it is short sighted and patently un-American.  Our existence as a nation is based on progress, liberty and hard work.  When times, as they are, get tough the tough do not break up and quit, they buckle down and fix the problems.  Do not lose hope, do not write our nation’s obituary.  Be part of the solution:  Return conservatism to Washington and help Washington return to her foundations.  Taking a sledge hammer to it results in total destruction, not preservation or progress.   What is conservative about that?