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	<description>Unfair. Unbalanced. Unmedicated.</description>
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		<title>By: 4 of 7</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-6127</link>
		<dc:creator>4 of 7</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Months ago I read a comment here that really inspired me. 
It was in reference to working American&#039;s reaction to foreign trouble-makers; 
&quot;We&#039;re busy! Don&#039;t make us kill you!&quot; 

It might work as a campaign slogan, as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Months ago I read a comment here that really inspired me.<br />
It was in reference to working American&#8217;s reaction to foreign trouble-makers;<br />
&#8220;We&#8217;re busy! Don&#8217;t make us kill you!&#8221; </p>
<p>It might work as a campaign slogan, as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Ralph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t worry were smart enough to tell the difference between the charlatans and the real deal. Currently because of comments like yours almost all we have is the former.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t worry were smart enough to tell the difference between the charlatans and the real deal. Currently because of comments like yours almost all we have is the former.</p>
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		<title>By: Ralph</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5997</link>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also your quibble about Pain is unfair. We need repeat need more Palin&#039;s. She can obviously take the barbs from the media and the left but when spears start coming from the right I&#039;m sure those hurt her more than anything. We need to encourage politics as a career path for those on our side, not take swipes at our newest bright spot for her career path.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also your quibble about Pain is unfair. We need repeat need more Palin&#8217;s. She can obviously take the barbs from the media and the left but when spears start coming from the right I&#8217;m sure those hurt her more than anything. We need to encourage politics as a career path for those on our side, not take swipes at our newest bright spot for her career path.</p>
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		<title>By: Ralph</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5996</link>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All that you wrote is true. But there is another thing. Conservatives are chicken shit. I read many blogs written by many good people with great educations. They seem to have nothing better to do than write about politics. Yet they won&#039;t run. Our leaders who do run are chicken shits. They&#039;re scared to death of the media. We need a generation of politicians who go into politics and journalism as a matter of sacrifice for their country, much as a young man goes into the Army. Yes this runs counter to our beliefs in individual liberty but this country needs it. Our Founding Fathers were of such a generation. We need another.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All that you wrote is true. But there is another thing. Conservatives are chicken shit. I read many blogs written by many good people with great educations. They seem to have nothing better to do than write about politics. Yet they won&#8217;t run. Our leaders who do run are chicken shits. They&#8217;re scared to death of the media. We need a generation of politicians who go into politics and journalism as a matter of sacrifice for their country, much as a young man goes into the Army. Yes this runs counter to our beliefs in individual liberty but this country needs it. Our Founding Fathers were of such a generation. We need another.</p>
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		<title>By: Freemon Sandlewould</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5942</link>
		<dc:creator>Freemon Sandlewould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RE: Paul Gross --- If we conservatives do not stick our nose into gov&#039;t business and put a stick in the spokes of socialism we are going to go the way of the religious sect called the economites.   They did not believe in reproducing.  They now only exist in the history books.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RE: Paul Gross &#8212; If we conservatives do not stick our nose into gov&#8217;t business and put a stick in the spokes of socialism we are going to go the way of the religious sect called the economites.   They did not believe in reproducing.  They now only exist in the history books.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Gross</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5926</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul Gross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Its not just that we have jobs, we dont find it necessary to stick our noses in everyone&#039;s business.  Conservatives are content to let you do your thing as long as you dont mess up my thing.  Consequently they do not easily band together for any causes.  Look at this years Republican primary.  Liberals on the other hand believe that not only is their way better, but you must be reformed.  Think the environmental movement, PETA, Global Warming, etc.  Despite their claim that they are tolerant (one mans terrorist is another&#039;s freedom fighter), they actually believe that if you disagree with them, you are an ignorant, racist, Christian redneck.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its not just that we have jobs, we dont find it necessary to stick our noses in everyone&#8217;s business.  Conservatives are content to let you do your thing as long as you dont mess up my thing.  Consequently they do not easily band together for any causes.  Look at this years Republican primary.  Liberals on the other hand believe that not only is their way better, but you must be reformed.  Think the environmental movement, PETA, Global Warming, etc.  Despite their claim that they are tolerant (one mans terrorist is another&#8217;s freedom fighter), they actually believe that if you disagree with them, you are an ignorant, racist, Christian redneck.</p>
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		<title>By: AndrewZimmern(not really)</title>
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		<dc:creator>AndrewZimmern(not really)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would hazzard to guess that liberals taste a little bit gamey.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would hazzard to guess that liberals taste a little bit gamey.</p>
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		<title>By: Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5905</link>
		<dc:creator>Barack Obama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem with you racist crackers is that you dont have an effective Organizer for your Community.

Rush comes closest, but admittedly he pretty much just hangs around the broadcast booth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with you racist crackers is that you dont have an effective Organizer for your Community.</p>
<p>Rush comes closest, but admittedly he pretty much just hangs around the broadcast booth.</p>
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		<title>By: Paleo Pat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paleo Pat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am assuming you&#039;re being funny. I live here in Liberal Michigan and I cannot a freakin&#039; Job. Nothing that pays anything worth getting outta the bed for. I&#039;m 36, and I&#039;m just not getting out of bed for less than $15.00 an hour, I would for around $10.00 an hour, if it was close by. 

Thanks to the stupid assed Liberals here, who want to tax this fookin&#039; state into Communism lite. that runs the fookin&#039; businesses out!   

So, I&#039;m blogging full time and doing various other stuff make money...

Thank you Marxist liberals! I even got a damn CDL-A (no hazmat) and cannot get a job!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am assuming you&#8217;re being funny. I live here in Liberal Michigan and I cannot a freakin&#8217; Job. Nothing that pays anything worth getting outta the bed for. I&#8217;m 36, and I&#8217;m just not getting out of bed for less than $15.00 an hour, I would for around $10.00 an hour, if it was close by. </p>
<p>Thanks to the stupid assed Liberals here, who want to tax this fookin&#8217; state into Communism lite. that runs the fookin&#8217; businesses out!   </p>
<p>So, I&#8217;m blogging full time and doing various other stuff make money&#8230;</p>
<p>Thank you Marxist liberals! I even got a damn CDL-A (no hazmat) and cannot get a job!</p>
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		<title>By: Burt</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5888</link>
		<dc:creator>Burt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re-read &quot;The Time Machine&quot;. Then ask yourself what a liberal would taste like. Heck, if we are feeding them and taking care of them cradle to grave, why shouldn&#039;t we eat them? Yeah, I consider myself a good Morlock.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re-read &#8220;The Time Machine&#8221;. Then ask yourself what a liberal would taste like. Heck, if we are feeding them and taking care of them cradle to grave, why shouldn&#8217;t we eat them? Yeah, I consider myself a good Morlock.</p>
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		<title>By: GiantJellyFishKiller</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5882</link>
		<dc:creator>GiantJellyFishKiller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At their core, liberals are meddlers.  Kinda like the Scoobie gang, but not in a good way.  For liberals, the world is imperfect and they meddle to make it perfect.  Of course, they often end up destroying things of great value (traditions, morality, religion, etc. - which they blame for the imperfection) and muck things up, which, of course, justifies even more meddling and mucking. It is a never ending cycle.  People who see the world like that will always see government as the best way to meddle and will be drawn to it like Scooby to his Scooby snacks (or Buffy to vampires). 

Conservatives are  the anti-meddlers.   That is why it is very hard to find a conservative political candidate.  Any true conservative, his first instinct is to run far, far, away from government, which is full of meddlers, and should therefore be avoided at all costs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At their core, liberals are meddlers.  Kinda like the Scoobie gang, but not in a good way.  For liberals, the world is imperfect and they meddle to make it perfect.  Of course, they often end up destroying things of great value (traditions, morality, religion, etc. &#8211; which they blame for the imperfection) and muck things up, which, of course, justifies even more meddling and mucking. It is a never ending cycle.  People who see the world like that will always see government as the best way to meddle and will be drawn to it like Scooby to his Scooby snacks (or Buffy to vampires). </p>
<p>Conservatives are  the anti-meddlers.   That is why it is very hard to find a conservative political candidate.  Any true conservative, his first instinct is to run far, far, away from government, which is full of meddlers, and should therefore be avoided at all costs.</p>
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		<title>By: Freemon Sandlewould</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5879</link>
		<dc:creator>Freemon Sandlewould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frank you are probably in your 30&#039;s and still wrapped up in your career as electrical engineer.  Wait till you get to your 40&#039;s.  You realize you are a technical whore and might as well try some other stuff that are a little out of the box.

Have you ever noticed there are not alot of engineers in their 50&#039;s and beyond working at your company?  I sure did when I worked at a large company.  I looked around and noted they could not have all died.  Where they heck did they go? Think about it.

Let&#039;s put up a blog based candidate and get him in the senate.  Then we can all kibutz to write his speechs humorous and otherwise.  And best of all lots of gentleman filibusters where he shuts it all down when there is even a faint whiff of socialism contained in the bill in question.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank you are probably in your 30&#8242;s and still wrapped up in your career as electrical engineer.  Wait till you get to your 40&#8242;s.  You realize you are a technical whore and might as well try some other stuff that are a little out of the box.</p>
<p>Have you ever noticed there are not alot of engineers in their 50&#8242;s and beyond working at your company?  I sure did when I worked at a large company.  I looked around and noted they could not have all died.  Where they heck did they go? Think about it.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s put up a blog based candidate and get him in the senate.  Then we can all kibutz to write his speechs humorous and otherwise.  And best of all lots of gentleman filibusters where he shuts it all down when there is even a faint whiff of socialism contained in the bill in question.</p>
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		<title>By: Organizing the conservatives &#124; Prepare To Be Offended</title>
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		<dc:creator>Organizing the conservatives &#124; Prepare To Be Offended</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] IMAO touched on why he believes it won&#8217;t work either. I think his reason is rather humorous:  If I can be Allahpundit for a moment, I’d like to pour some cold water on these big plans because I think any big effort to organize conservatives will run into trouble because of the fundamental difference between conservatives and liberals: [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] IMAO touched on why he believes it won&#8217;t work either. I think his reason is rather humorous:  If I can be Allahpundit for a moment, I’d like to pour some cold water on these big plans because I think any big effort to organize conservatives will run into trouble because of the fundamental difference between conservatives and liberals: [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Writer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Writer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As Conservatives (not Republicans) we have an Independent and Chaotic streak in all of us.  That is why we hate having too many Rules and Regulations.  When we see a problem, we like to take care of it for ourselves.  We  become disgusted with the inevitable tedious slowness of bureaucracies.
Moreover, we do not seek the limelight, leaving that for others who do.  This makes it appear that there are fewer of us than reality bears out.  Not seeking to draw attention to ourselves seems to usually work, while we allow the Liberals to act up and become obnoxious until we can bear it no more and flatten them!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Conservatives (not Republicans) we have an Independent and Chaotic streak in all of us.  That is why we hate having too many Rules and Regulations.  When we see a problem, we like to take care of it for ourselves.  We  become disgusted with the inevitable tedious slowness of bureaucracies.<br />
Moreover, we do not seek the limelight, leaving that for others who do.  This makes it appear that there are fewer of us than reality bears out.  Not seeking to draw attention to ourselves seems to usually work, while we allow the Liberals to act up and become obnoxious until we can bear it no more and flatten them!</p>
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		<title>By: ILoveMyFreedoms</title>
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		<dc:creator>ILoveMyFreedoms</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s an old saying that if you want something done, give the task to a busy person.

Conservatives are generally busy people.  Busy with work, education, family, community, life in general.  Conservatives are thoughtful, but are rarely seen gimmicking in front of tv cameras.    Conservatives are givers, not takers.  Conservatives place country before self.  

The RNC is a hopeless hodge-podge, lacking in creativity and gameplay, heavy on money and light on compassion.  Reagan is rolling over in his grave.  The RNC befuddles true conservatives and mocks true conservative ideology.  It needs a major overhaul to not only pull off a win, but to pull off a win for the future of the U.S.  

True, busy, everyday  conservatives - such as Palin - stand ready for the revolution - but we are in dire need of one leader fearless enough to speak the truth, move forward without hesitation, and be unmotivated by the lure of money and power and RNC directives.

Until then, we&#039;re stuck with Obamuhamad oatmeal laced with arsenic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s an old saying that if you want something done, give the task to a busy person.</p>
<p>Conservatives are generally busy people.  Busy with work, education, family, community, life in general.  Conservatives are thoughtful, but are rarely seen gimmicking in front of tv cameras.    Conservatives are givers, not takers.  Conservatives place country before self.  </p>
<p>The RNC is a hopeless hodge-podge, lacking in creativity and gameplay, heavy on money and light on compassion.  Reagan is rolling over in his grave.  The RNC befuddles true conservatives and mocks true conservative ideology.  It needs a major overhaul to not only pull off a win, but to pull off a win for the future of the U.S.  </p>
<p>True, busy, everyday  conservatives &#8211; such as Palin &#8211; stand ready for the revolution &#8211; but we are in dire need of one leader fearless enough to speak the truth, move forward without hesitation, and be unmotivated by the lure of money and power and RNC directives.</p>
<p>Until then, we&#8217;re stuck with Obamuhamad oatmeal laced with arsenic.</p>
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		<title>By: Freemon Sandlewould</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freemon Sandlewould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...and one more thing... the sooner you stop paying for the welfare recipients the sooner the whole house of she-ite falls.  Excuses for softness is all I hear.  Man I am riled</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;and one more thing&#8230; the sooner you stop paying for the welfare recipients the sooner the whole house of she-ite falls.  Excuses for softness is all I hear.  Man I am riled</p>
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		<title>By: Freemon Sandlewould</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freemon Sandlewould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And just to disabuse your previous commenter who said &quot;being a soldier is different than being a politician&quot; ........completely wrong

-1- shall we start with Julius Caesar ?  -- the original democratic party dictator the while noting that war is merely a form of political policy ... yeah so people die but in reality they are just more visible than other more mundane political policy

-2- note Eisenhower - back from war he got elected on much the same dynamic as J.C.

-3- The armed forces of the USA are very very very political places where you do not move up if you do not take orders and be a company man....well hate to tell you the company is the US Gov&#039;t and that huck is a very political place.

No the most effective and conservative like place for a conservative to be is to get his bloody arse elected to the Senate or the House and start voting the way a real conservative would vote and getting tossed out by his group the  minute  he stops voting that way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And just to disabuse your previous commenter who said &#8220;being a soldier is different than being a politician&#8221; &#8230;&#8230;..completely wrong</p>
<p>-1- shall we start with Julius Caesar ?  &#8212; the original democratic party dictator the while noting that war is merely a form of political policy &#8230; yeah so people die but in reality they are just more visible than other more mundane political policy</p>
<p>-2- note Eisenhower &#8211; back from war he got elected on much the same dynamic as J.C.</p>
<p>-3- The armed forces of the USA are very very very political places where you do not move up if you do not take orders and be a company man&#8230;.well hate to tell you the company is the US Gov&#8217;t and that huck is a very political place.</p>
<p>No the most effective and conservative like place for a conservative to be is to get his bloody arse elected to the Senate or the House and start voting the way a real conservative would vote and getting tossed out by his group the  minute  he stops voting that way.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jimmy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frank, perhaps there&#039;s a real difference between the terms &quot;public servant&quot; and &quot;politician.&quot;  I think Mrs. Palin would view herself as the former.

Having read you for 1-1/2 years now, I know what you think of social and political scientists. It&#039;s been my experience that actual engineers really do have better ideas about politics. They also get turned off easily and usually never get involved. The State of Washington had a two-term civil engineer as governor when I was young: Dan Evans. He treated our state government like a PERT chart and it ran like a top.

So what happened to &quot;Frank J. &#039;16&quot; ? I&#039;ve been hoarding campaign contributions for you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank, perhaps there&#8217;s a real difference between the terms &#8220;public servant&#8221; and &#8220;politician.&#8221;  I think Mrs. Palin would view herself as the former.</p>
<p>Having read you for 1-1/2 years now, I know what you think of social and political scientists. It&#8217;s been my experience that actual engineers really do have better ideas about politics. They also get turned off easily and usually never get involved. The State of Washington had a two-term civil engineer as governor when I was young: Dan Evans. He treated our state government like a PERT chart and it ran like a top.</p>
<p>So what happened to &#8220;Frank J. &#8217;16&#8243; ? I&#8217;ve been hoarding campaign contributions for you!</p>
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		<title>By: Freemon Sandlewould</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5830</link>
		<dc:creator>Freemon Sandlewould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gees I can not rag on yuo enough about this.   The very core of conservatism and this country is the volunteerism that created it.  What your entire tome said was == &quot;I Frank am fat and lazy&quot;  .... for once I am not entertained but enraged. 

A disculpa ...that&#039;s what you gave.  You might as well be a liberal saying &quot;You&#039;ll eat my crap and like it&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gees I can not rag on yuo enough about this.   The very core of conservatism and this country is the volunteerism that created it.  What your entire tome said was == &#8220;I Frank am fat and lazy&#8221;  &#8230;. for once I am not entertained but enraged. </p>
<p>A disculpa &#8230;that&#8217;s what you gave.  You might as well be a liberal saying &#8220;You&#8217;ll eat my crap and like it&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Freemon Sandlewould</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5828</link>
		<dc:creator>Freemon Sandlewould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well don&#039;t worry Frankly we won&#039;t have jobs if we follow your line of reasoning....er not real jobs.  We&#039;ll have activist jobs at somewhere like ACORN.   It does not require gobs of time to be effective.  A for instance.....we form a website to take over a particular gov&#039;t position let&#039;s say Idaho Senator #1.  Normal folk can like you could us the same amount of energy you put into the IMAO blog and when its all summed up coherently it is bound to best even the most rabid activists.

I don&#039;t want to hear any more of this negativity.  Not getting involved has yielded what we have now....which is a cluster fudge of mamouth proportions from which I doubt we will recover the lost economic freedoms until genetic engineering allows us to augment our intelligences 10000X and there are no more democrats ( only libertarians will be left after that! )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well don&#8217;t worry Frankly we won&#8217;t have jobs if we follow your line of reasoning&#8230;.er not real jobs.  We&#8217;ll have activist jobs at somewhere like ACORN.   It does not require gobs of time to be effective.  A for instance&#8230;..we form a website to take over a particular gov&#8217;t position let&#8217;s say Idaho Senator #1.  Normal folk can like you could us the same amount of energy you put into the IMAO blog and when its all summed up coherently it is bound to best even the most rabid activists.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want to hear any more of this negativity.  Not getting involved has yielded what we have now&#8230;.which is a cluster fudge of mamouth proportions from which I doubt we will recover the lost economic freedoms until genetic engineering allows us to augment our intelligences 10000X and there are no more democrats ( only libertarians will be left after that! )</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5823</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, Frank, somehow, millions of mostly conservative men and women found time to volunteer for the armed services over the years. For reservists, most have jobs and families but they do it anyway. People who feel duty bound to perform some kind of civil service (a very old term, indeed) within their lifetime somehow find a way.

The militiamen who fought and won our revolutionary war had farms, businesses, trades, etc., but they thought freedom important enough to risk their lives and fortunes.

My generation was taught that being an honest &#039;civil servant&#039; was a virtue and its own reward. In this respect, Sarah Palin strikes a chord in the minority that still believe that.  Sarah Palin somehow found time to get involved in jobs, businesses, raising kids AND politics. Perhaps she found the later to be important and consistent with her outlook on life.

&lt;i&gt;[Being a soldier is way different than being a politician. Soldiers actually do useful things. Conservatives would find participation in the military very fulfilling. -Ed.]&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, Frank, somehow, millions of mostly conservative men and women found time to volunteer for the armed services over the years. For reservists, most have jobs and families but they do it anyway. People who feel duty bound to perform some kind of civil service (a very old term, indeed) within their lifetime somehow find a way.</p>
<p>The militiamen who fought and won our revolutionary war had farms, businesses, trades, etc., but they thought freedom important enough to risk their lives and fortunes.</p>
<p>My generation was taught that being an honest &#8216;civil servant&#8217; was a virtue and its own reward. In this respect, Sarah Palin strikes a chord in the minority that still believe that.  Sarah Palin somehow found time to get involved in jobs, businesses, raising kids AND politics. Perhaps she found the later to be important and consistent with her outlook on life.</p>
<p><i>[Being a soldier is way different than being a politician. Soldiers actually do useful things. Conservatives would find participation in the military very fulfilling. -Ed.]</i></p>
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		<title>By: Idaho Spud</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5821</link>
		<dc:creator>Idaho Spud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Being a conservative does not mean you have to hide your head in sand.  Conservatives do work and are occupied with fufulling life choices, but conservatives are also principled, and because of principle are forced to be involved in the political process.

Those who CHOOSE NOT TO participate in the political process and govern themselves WILL BE  governed by those who are less qualified.

Conservatives have no choice. They must participate for their own survival.  

(In Sand) shares much of the same spelling as insane!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being a conservative does not mean you have to hide your head in sand.  Conservatives do work and are occupied with fufulling life choices, but conservatives are also principled, and because of principle are forced to be involved in the political process.</p>
<p>Those who CHOOSE NOT TO participate in the political process and govern themselves WILL BE  governed by those who are less qualified.</p>
<p>Conservatives have no choice. They must participate for their own survival.  </p>
<p>(In Sand) shares much of the same spelling as insane!</p>
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		<title>By: MarkoMancuso</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5810</link>
		<dc:creator>MarkoMancuso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s just form commando groups.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s just form commando groups.</p>
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		<title>By: liberal blogger</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2008/10/the-problem-with-conservatives-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-5807</link>
		<dc:creator>liberal blogger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Conservatives have jobs.&quot;

OMG you are SO Racist!!!!! clearly you are alluding to poor black people not having jobs because of EVIL BUSH!!!!!!!   

Conservatives have jobs because they are white and Bush is white and Bush gave them the jobs


YOU ARE RACIST!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Conservatives have jobs.&#8221;</p>
<p>OMG you are SO Racist!!!!! clearly you are alluding to poor black people not having jobs because of EVIL BUSH!!!!!!!   </p>
<p>Conservatives have jobs because they are white and Bush is white and Bush gave them the jobs</p>
<p>YOU ARE RACIST!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Alucard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alucard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s a handful of us fighting the good fight in the uber-liberal world of journalism. Check out this article (or just look at the headline): http://www.ecnmag.com/Editors-View-September08.aspx. Then again, I&#039;m also an Army reservist, so compared to your typical crumb-spewing anti-military &quot;reporter,&quot; I probably don&#039;t count.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a handful of us fighting the good fight in the uber-liberal world of journalism. Check out this article (or just look at the headline): <a href="http://www.ecnmag.com/Editors-View-September08.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.ecnmag.com/Editors-View-September08.aspx</a>. Then again, I&#8217;m also an Army reservist, so compared to your typical crumb-spewing anti-military &#8220;reporter,&#8221; I probably don&#8217;t count.</p>
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