To Reduce Them Under Absolute Despotism
L. Neil Smith at The Libertarian Enterprise - a good reminder that all the politicians in DC are socialists, whether they label themselves republican, democrat, conservative, liberal, whatever. They all believe that the collective overrides the individual. The only difference between them is exactly which things they think the collective has the authority to mandate or forbid. [tle]
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, by I don't know who: "A liberal is a socialist who worship safety. A conservative is a socialist who worships order."
Conservatives--Republicans--are socialists.
True, they may desire to hold you down atop the stone altar and cut your still-beating heart out with an obsidian knife for a set of entirely different reasons--national security, Judaeo-Christian traditions, "common" decency--than the liberals or "progressives" or Democrats do, but to you, the important part is cutting your heart out with an obsidian knife, not whatever excuse they may offer for doing it.