More successful? In what way pray tell? By any metric the Canadian Conservative party is doing much better than the US republicans. They have been in power much longer, controlling both parliament and the Prime Minister's office. The Canadian economy is doing much beter than the US - and that includes such socialistic things like a single payer medical insurance system. much wider unemployment benefits, a higher level of employment. But tell us why Sam you think that the US republicans are doing much better> We really would like to see how reality fits within your tiny fantasy world.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And the most successful. > Do I have to spell out why? > > BTW, thanks for proving my point. > > . > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> No what has happened in relation to the rest of the world, the US has >> become considerably more right wing. Not conservative, but right wing. >> In comparison to other industrialized states over the last 30 years >> the US has generally rejected classical conservatism and replaced it >> with a blind worship of corporatism. Very similar to the ideas that >> later became economic fascism. >> >> For example in Canada one of the most right wing national politicians >> is Stockton Day of the Conservative party. You compare his public >> statements and campaign propaganda to the US republican stance and he >> comes across as a very mild RINO. And that is typical of the rest of >> the world. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:51 PM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: Watch the Earth Cook >>> >>> >>> Aren't folks supposed to become more conservative as they mature? >>> You're like a little Benjamin Button. >>> >>> . >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The middle ground for Canada. Before moving to the US I was a member >>>> of the Conservative Party of Canada and was a moderate conservative >>>> for Canada. I suspect that given US politics, being a moderate >>>> Canadian conservative means being a extreme left wing radical for the >>>> US. Heaven help you Sam if you ever really meet a Canadian left wing >>>> extremist - probably your head will explode. >>>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345893 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm