, for introducing a similar question). "People Got To Be Free"
Interesting that I should come across Glenn Beck's definition of being a "conservative" since I just looked up a few definitions myself, just a day or two ago. I like his definition the best; it comes from a fellow 'Shrugger' (one who enjoys or promotes Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged) and he throws in a good portion of capitalism along with objectivism (objectivism in the terms that is defined in many of Rand's book, that there are principles that cannot be seen but are real). Here it is:
"To be a conservative is, in my definition, is somebody that believes in the power of the individual, somebody that believes, please let me make my decisions, that I have a right to succeed and not be penalized for it. I have a right to fail and have no one run to me if I don't want them to run to me. A conservative believes I have a right to manage my family, I have a right to discipline my family in the way I see fit, as long as it is not criminal. A conservative believes I have the right to worship God, I have a right to worship the God of my understanding, and I do not have the right to jam my version of God down anybody else's throat or my version of no God down anybody's throat. A conservative believes live and let live. That's what a conservative believes. A conservative believes in the smallest amount of government, the smallest government you can get without anarchy. That's what a conservative believes."
Glenn Beck has a unique approach to talk radio; as he tends to deal with cause and effect; the economics of an issue; not just a one-sided viewpoint. His radio and TV shows look at the effects and possible consequences of current events and ideas.
--Dave Charbonneau, C.E.R.
"See that train over there?
Thats the train of freedom
It's about to 'rrive any minute, now
You know it's been'a long, long overdue
Look out 'cause its a'comin' right on through"
--The Rascals
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