At 08:47 PM 4/21/05 -0400, Eric Goldstein wrote: >Marc James Small: > >> The Right now consists of a mixture of economic conservatives (tax cuts= and >> no government) (snipped) > > >You'd be hard pressed to argue this definition in the US. We now have= record >big government (in terms of structural size/employees), record government >spending (even backing out war costs), and record deficits in the 5th year >or a solidly right wing administration... Eric Please read the REST of my post. The economic and philosophic conservatives are most opposed to the current economic structure of the US government (for example, tune in and listen to Neal Boortz tomorrow morning for a rather pro-active statement of the position that the current administration is a threat to US economic success and personal liberty). =20 Note: I am personally about as right-wing as you can get, and I did NOT vote for Geo. W. Bush for President either in 2000 or in 2004. I feel that the war in Iraq is a huge mistake and felt so before we went there. I have a military background and several units with which I served in the Reserves have been activated and deployed, so, yes, I stand behind the troops. But I feel that the entire Bush Administration is a disaster though, thank heavens, it is not the disaster-with-constant-comedy which was the mark of the previous regime. Bring back Calvin Coolidge, America's most outstanding President: this was the man who did nothing when nothing needed to be done and did not generate crises where none existed. And, when some twerp of a reporter asked him why the Allies should repay their war debts, he didn't waffle: "they borrowed the money, didn't they?" Wouldn't it be great to have a Chief Executive who could be so frank today? Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Cha robh b=E0s fir gun ghr=E0s fir!