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happypervert -> RE: Why are conservatives happier than liberals? (11/15/2006 7:56:23 PM)
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Examples of Conservative "works"?
I see -- changing your question from "doctrine" to "works" so you can make a list. Ok, I'll play along even though most on your own list don't meet your own criteria of not being needed anymore, and it appears that the term "conservative work" is also being applied to claim things enacted by liberals:
The Constitution -- interesting that you would claim that a bunch of rebels are conservatives, and even more interesting considering how the current administration is trying to undermine the personal liberties described in the constitution. Nice try, but I'm not buying it, and listing it here looks to me like just another example of conservatives pretending to have cornered the market on patriotism.
The 'bail out' of Chrysler Motors under Lee Iaccoca. -- that was merely a loan guarantee, but it did come from a democratic congress. But then liberals have other high profile financial success stories such as what Robert Rubin did under Clinton with the Mexican financial crisis and also with the meltdown of the Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund -- that stuff makes Chrysler look like chump change..
The Panama Canal -- well, Teddy Roosevelt gets credit for finishing a project started by the French! At least he had sense enough to follow their lead; too bad Dubya didn't. The French also built the Suez Canal; is that a liberal or conservative success story? And if you are fond of large scale construction projects as "proof" that an ideology is righteous, how do you like the Aswan and Three Gorges Dams built by the commies? Anyway, I didn't realize industrial projects rose to the level of "policy"; if I had, I could have mentioned landing a man on the moon as a liberal accomplishment.
US Stock Exchange -- this is a comical example considering the Stock Market crashed in 1929 under the not-so-watchful eye of Herbert Hoover and the conservatives who preceded him. The reason the markets are stable now is because of the SEC which was founded under FDR. Speaking of FDR, I considered mentioning other programs such as Social Security, the TVA, and others but figured they were relatively unimportant compared to something like civil rights.
As for the ones that follow, about all I can say is *yawn*.
Interstate Commerce
Federal Deposit Insurance (this was FDR's too)
UCC Regulations
Lloyds of London
US Patent Office
It makes no sense to me to to diminish women's suffrage and civil rights as liberal accomplishments, and then hold these up as conservative successes. Sure they're useful, but it isn't clear to me that conservatives have an edge; as a matter of fact, based on my observations above on your own list (ignoring your bogus claim of the constitution as conservative), it looks like the edge in terms of overall impact goes to liberals. Thanks!
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