There are things inherent in a conservative philosophy...  both good and bad...
On one hand,.. respect for tradition, and history... We hope...
On the other,... and element of denial, and rejection of change, for good or bad...
... but, in combination, these things all look back instead of ahead,.. and create a skeptical view of the future...  and a sort of "head in the sand" point of view towards making anything better...

Change still happens... it always will...  there will always be those that go with it, resist it, deny it, embrace it... and those that try to make it better, and those that try to destroy it...
...but, Sh!t still happens...
Blacks vote,... women too... women have choice,.. gays can serve,   and soon can marry,...
Healthcare, representation, information, and communications, are becoming human rights, globally...
Liberals push it forward,..  conservatives hold it back...
The tug-of War never seems to end,... until it does... then it becomes accepted and we go forward to the next war... where conservatives try to hold it back and liberals push it forward...
It never ends,... but it always goes forward...
It's in the nature of time...

Conservatives fight a hopeless cause... trying the reverse the clock...
That's not always bad... but it always loses...
...

Seems like we do just lay new laws over the top of old ones... to correct what goes wrong...
Just creates huge piles... ...

If there's one thing we humans do well,... it's hoard...
Stuff over stuff over stuff...

I spent many years acquiring stuff,.. and then realizing it wasn't quite the right stuff, and getting more, better, stuff...

Seems more satisfying to get rid of something, than get something new... now...
That is probably a conservative ideal...
Shocking!... ...

Really,.. this bike I choose, is a conservative choice...
I hate Rap music... I detest cell phones (Although, I did get one 3 years ago... I've used about 1hr of minutes, and have 1800 in account... I just can't think of anything that urgent to say, so I wait 'till I meet up in person)...
I find that money in the bank account is more satisfying than payments on a credit card...
I am more conservative than most people think I am...
Morally, financially, traditionally,... conservative...
Socially,... liberal...
Although,.. by morally, I don't mean selective bible bashing... (I'm atheist)...
I mean, ... honor, compassion, chivalry, tolerance, respect, integrity...
Conservative qualities?...
It all fits hand in hand in my book...

As an atheist,.. I do see Jesus as roll model...
Not a god, or demi/semi god... but, as a man that lived as true  as he could in his heart...
Every lesson... honor, compassion, chivalry, tolerance, respect, integrity...
A decent guy...
Nobody can ever get it right... Jesus is a fiction... but, a good and decent one...
I think the lesson is to try...

That's part of why I decided to leave the TT section... for the most part...
I think too many people here, that I disagree with, are actually trying, as I am, to be decent people...
It makes no sense to argue...
Kinda' sad...
These arguments are depressing... they suck away my energy and spirit...

Think about it, next time you post... and ask if it makes you feel better or worse...

Sew; I suspect if I stopped riding to have a brew at a bar and sat down next to you; we’d find a lot of things in common and have a good conversation. The internet is like driving; the anonymity behind the wheel and behind the keyboard is similar. It’s easy to throw a dirty look at 50 mph; much harder sitting next to someone. The social instincts God gave mankind designed to foster unity are harder to ignore in person; as it should be. We are not animals; we have very little in common with animals.

I would disagree with your analysis just as strongly, but in a conversational tone. It seems easy to say the conservative members of our society aren’t always “ready” for this new twist or that new twist. But, it’s our role balance hope and change against tradition and remembrance of experiments gone bad in the past.

I think it’s fair to say conservatives are the old members in a group who are cautious while liberals are the youngsters full of energy, ideas and ready to plunge ahead. A conservative’s greatest fear is to be standing in the ruins of society and think back to a time when we should have stood up and said NO.

Id say we are just about there..  Amen!

HUGE difference between fear & knowing the truth. Better to know the truth than believe a happy faced lie.

Those who believe that all we need to get this together & get the economy going & make everyone happy & with enough income to be okay is give the left more power are just screwed in the head. Same is true of those who believe the far right can save the nation.
You wanna future? Learn what Ron Paul is about & support that kind of person..
OHHHH Wait,, there is no one else,,

MOney doesnt buy happiness, but it sure makes it easier to lay hands on,
Some people will never be happy. Its just "Them",, & some are content & at peace with dang little, Money alone isnt the answer,, but poverty makes life hard. Its not real easy to be real happy when life is hard, UNless someone is REally at peace with themselves.. Take hours to explain, or even get close.. I believe spirituality plays a role in many people's ability to be happy when life is hard,

Someone can commit a crime in Wahington that can rip this country in two like the bailouts but no one ever goes to jail. The Federal Reserve gave away 16 Trillion behind our backs but no one ever goes to jail. Cheyney, Bush and Romsfield can tell out and our lies to get a war started but no one goes to jail. They should be hung for committing war crimes. There's no justice in Washington. Obama hasn't made anything better, he's too busy fighting scandal after scandal and trying to do away with the 2nd Amendment of the constitution while he should have been working on jobs and the economy.