Mercnbeth
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My 'conservative' weekend...
Actually it began Thursday afternoon, when my beth drove down to Long Beach to pick up a friend of ours who she's know for most of his life. she was a, if not a pseudo-mom to him, at least as close to him as any aunt. He lives in the 'gayborhood' of LB; appropriate since he is an out of the closet homosexual. He was coming to stay in our guest room, which rarely goes a weekend without being occupied. They went shopping together and he made us a nice authentic Mexican tostadas dinner for us all Thursday night. Friday he, beth, and her 21 year old daughter went to the Fashion District (Sorry WldHrt!) to pick up fabric for this year's Halloween costume. On the way home, they stopped at 'Rough Trade' to look at a new harness for Andy to wear when he joins us as we once again for head to SF the last week in September, for the Folsom Street Fair. One last stop before heading back to 'The Hill' was at a store front 'CA-Dispensary' and with our Doctor's prescription in hand, made a selection from the many samples available and purchased some marijuana; using a credit card and paying the soon to raised State sales tax.
Saturday, after taking Andy back to LB, we came back to the house and participated in a documentary film. We were interviewed by a film company, who has had a couple of their productions appear on 'Showtime', for 2 1/2 hours. We were asked about our life together as Master/slave. We disclosed a lot of our personal life, how we met, and many of the intimate details. Our participation involved no compensation and we did it in the hopes of illustrating that people involved in WIITWD, or the 'lifestyle' in any of its definitions, are not represented accurately by those appearing on 'Jerry Springer' type exploitation shows.
Today, we have a couple of our close 'community' friends coming over to our house to discuss how they want to have it set up and decorated for the wedding they are going to have here next week.
I make enough money to facilitate us enjoying a great life. I've worked and developed assists in the seven figures, had disaster and crisis in my life were I lost it all; and am working on trying to retire in 2-3 years. I pay as little tax as my accountant deems I can get away with. I don't see a need to pay more. I think the Administration's policies, funded by Congress, are fiduciary irresponsible and will not succeed. I think economic redistribution is a fairy tale which decreases self accountability and motivation. Rewarding failure generates more failure and, in this case, reliance on government. Were I to let my 'conspiracy theory' part of cynical perspective take control, I could built an argument that it was a deliberate effort to a desired goal of those in power.
I think Affirmative Action is racist and serves to perpetuate racism creating an acceptance that some people are 'more equal' than others. One of the key reasons it must be perpetuated is that without it - people receiving money on both polar ends of the argument would be out of business. Their job and livelihood depends on keeping AA on the books. Through it, every black person in position of authority will have the self doubt that they are a AA/eeo hire; and every bigoted person seeing them in authority can point and say that the job didn't go to a 'white' person for the same reason.
Prop 8 in CA was a misplaced law. Once again it provided a 'more equal' status to one group of people. Currently every person has the same ability to marry the same gendar. Pity that they love a gendar same as their own and that 'marriage' isn't 'legal'; but then again, neither is marring 2 or more people. Neither is marrying your sister, daughter, son, or bother. You can't get married at all prior to a certain age and you can't marry anything not legally defined as 'human'. I voted for Prop 8 because, if you want to eliminate one aspect of the law of marriage eliminate them all. Meanwhile, lets look at some of the same sex perks presently enjoyed. While in Vegas, beth and I were required to use separate steam and spa facilities after our 'couples massage'. Same sex partners had the ability to enjoy the facility together, we were separated - unfair! There are plenty of 'un-fair' statutes on the books; exposing nipples in public is gendar biased. Get rid of them all, or create more hypocrisy by selectively getting rid of some, based upon personal agenda.
I've been called 'neo-con', 'con', racist, homophobic. I see that as a representing the frustration and lack of cognitive argument of the name caller; needed a label to rally behind in lieu of a salient counter-point.
My 'conservative' ideals are that people should have no law that impedes them from doing whatever they want to do with themselves and/or consenting partners. That includes wearing a seatbelt or motorcycle helmet. You want to address the 'insurance' element - exclude coverage, or make it more expensive if there are consequences resulting from the personal choice you make. You may note that personal choice and accountability is an ongoing theme. I think charity is important and critical for society - I don't think charity should be a function of government. With today's technology, I don't think one US soldier should be deployed to defend, or liberate, any other country, nor should they be used to protect any 'special interest' industry that happens to be headquartered in the US. I belief all import tariffs and restrictions should be reciprocal. All government subsidies should be eliminated. PACs and special interest groups somehow deemed illegal. I think any industry or business found to have employed workers who are not citizens of the US should be fined $100k per employee and their owners incarcerated upon second offense. The tax code should be eliminated and replaced with a national 'consumption' tax on every transaction by any entity, commercial or personal; corporate jet, private home, jar of jelly.
Am I a "conservative in the D/s Community"? Agree on defining 'community' first and then let me know. Define me anyway you like; as I said on another topic - It would bother me if it bothered me.
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RE: Conservatives in the D/s Community - 
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The case of Clinton obsession these two have is absolutely stunning, even here in CM land. 
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