The Europeanization of America and How to Stop It.

[jayaprak]

http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed120809c.cfm



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Educate for liberty. The classroom should foster understanding and appreciation of founding principles. Instead, high schools tend to minimize or disparage the story of America's founding. They justify neglect of the founding by arguing it's outdated and difficult to explain. Or they give short shrift to the principles of constitutional government and fixate on the Founders' acknowledged flaws.

Engage the American mind. Despite constant scorn by academic elites and popular media, most Americans still believe our country is something special and still respect the Founders' ideas that make it so. Conservatives must repeatedly articulate these core principles and apply them directly to questions of the day, thereby giving voice to the majority of citizens who haven't given up on the American experiment in self-government.

Uphold the Constitution. Public officials take a solemn oath to support the Constitution, so they have a moral obligation to understand and abide by it. For members of Congress, this means refraining from passing bills that exceed their constitutional authority. For the president, it means rejecting unconstitutional bills and executing the law in a constitutional manner. Judges, who are uniquely positioned to spell out the meaning of the Constitution, must also recognize they aren't immune from its constraints.

Defend free markets and fiscal responsibility. Americans work hard to improve their families' condition. The fruits of their labor are moral goods contributing to happiness, as are opportunities to pursue the American Dream. Yet democratic capitalism is under attack by progressives. Principled leaders must reconnect the economic arguments for liberty and prosperity with the moral case for equal opportunity, free enterprise and creativity.

Revive self-government. In the 20th century, government assumed more and more tasks in more and more areas outside its responsibilities, greatly damaging American self-rule. When it fuels an entitlement mentality and dependency rather than promote self-reliance and independence, government encourages a character that is incompatible with self-rule. Determined to impose moral neutrality, the state pushes churches and other traditional social institutions into the shadows. To strengthen the fabric of civil society, we must restore the standing of those institutions to their proper roles.

Promote liberty. The United States has a special responsibility to defend the cause of liberty at home and abroad. Friends of freedom everywhere draw inspiration from our ideas and example. A confident understanding of our founding principles reaffirms what Americans hold to be self-evident. Anything less would deny our birthright and undermine our moral standing in the world.

Oh us crazy right wing nutjob NeoCons.

perfect expressions

 

[Mayhem]

Our ancestors didn't want things to be like they were in Europe because they knew what it was like. America is the lone super power in the world right now. Why would we want to be like Europe?

Better food, better booze and nekkid chicks on TV. :glugglug:

 

[bodie54]

America is the lone super power in the world right now.

We are?
What about China?
One could also argue Russia is, or at least that's it's back on track to be.

 

[Gordar]

I'll help you stop the Europeanization of America if you help me stop the Americanization of Europe!

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Never mind the Europinization, I'm more worried about:

- the rampant immigration from third world countries,

- the destruction of the already European culture that made America great/and what she is,

- and the continued infringement upon our culture by the radical left that continues to take over each day that goes by.

 

[grimey]

Yes, capitalism is a wonderful thing as is the free market.This is why American jobs are being exported to China , it makes perfect sense.

Has it not occurred to the writer that the world changes and it makes no sense to set things in stone. And to our American friends, you didn't invent freedom and you haven't got any more of it than most Europeans.Except the freedom to starve or not get medical attention.

Yeah - Free market capitalists, sellin out America! Takin everything over to China! Bunch of greedy pervert whore pushers without a shred of decency in their bodies! They took our jobs!

 

[jasonk282]

America is a country of people who came from Europe. What some people seem to forget is that they moved from Europe for a reason.

It wasn't easy back then for people to pull up stakes and move to a completely foreign land. They did it though, because they wanted a better life than they could get in Europe.

Exactly America was build in the exact OPPOSITE way that Europe was built. Europe was ruled by the Catholic Church then by Kings. America was founded on religious freedom and ruled by the people. People left Europe even in the early 20th Century, such as my great grandparents from Abruzo region of Italy, to get a better life for their children and away from the poverty they were living in. Tis is the American Dream we are always talking about and EVERYONE who is a LEGAL IMMIGRANT is entitled to give it their best shot. But why should the Government just give them handouts? IMO what Obama and the left are trying to do is some for of European Socialism in America, which IMO will not work.

 

[Baill Inneraora]

• In comparison, Western Europe has virtually no violent crime.
• Spend ½ on Health-care
• Get twice the results on Health-care
• Public transit
• Wonderful museums
• Paid sick days
• Paid holidays
• huge economic growth over the last 15 years (until this world slow down)
• Health-care being a right as a citizen
• No politicians trying to force their version of Christianity down throats of others and their kids


Sounds like hell to me!

 

[Mayhem]

• In comparison, Western Europe has virtually no violent crime.
• Spend ½ on Health-care
• Get twice the results on Health-care
• Public transit
• Wonderful museums
• Paid sick days
• Paid holidays
• huge economic growth over the last 15 years (until this world slow down)
• Health-care being a right as a citizen
• No politicians trying to force their version of Christianity down throats of others and their kids


Sounds like hell to me!

Well, shit. I didn't no that bullet points were required. Oh, OK:

• Better food
• Better booze
• Nekkid chicks on TV

Yup, count me out too.

 

[Will E Worm]

Baill Inneraora and Mayhem if you like Europe so much no one is stopping you from moving. :wave2:

 

[lurkingdirk]

 

[Mayhem]

Baill Inneraora and Mayhem if you like Europe so much no one is stopping you from moving. :wave2:

Sure, but according to this thread, we just have to sit tight and keep our berets and liederhosen on stand-by. Then when it finally happens, we will be in a position to use that time-honored conservative phrase that I love so much: America, Love it or Leave it.

 

[Hot Mega]

Exactly L/D!

Last I checked we were a sovereign, non homogeneous country allied with most European nations.

WTF is the BFD?

Oh, more Glenn Beckism whining just to keep from being quiet.

 

[Will E Worm]

Sure, but according to this thread, we just have to sit tight and keep our berets and liederhosen on stand-by. Then when it finally happens, we will be in a position to use that time-honored conservative phrase that I love so much: America, Love it or Leave it.

I didn't say that.

You were saying how much you like another country.

All I did was suggest you move to the country you love so much.

Because it's not America. :hatsoff:

 

[lurkingdirk]

 

[YMIHERE]

Because it's not America. :hatsoff:

Well according to your other posts even America is not America anymore. :tongue:

 

[Will E Worm]

Well according to your other posts even America is not America anymore. :tongue:

Because of people who love other countries, but will not move to them.

They have to move or we can deport them. :tongue:

 

[JacknCoke]

Cliff notes:

Conservatives hate Liberals and Liberals hate conservative :eek:

and Helldoucher is calling everyone a "stupid Neocon" again... :crash:

ohh and Lurkingdirk is sleeping is seems:wave2:

 

[Friday on my mind]

Well according to your other posts even America is not America anymore. :tongue:

Was there ever really an America like the one Will E talks about or was it just some fantasy he internalized while watching "leave it to beaver"?

 

[lurkingdirk]

Because of people who love other countries, but will not move to them.

They have to move or we can deport them. :tongue:

ohh and Lurkingdirk is sleeping is seems:wave2:

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