Conservatives move to the center" dragged considerably to the left
By George Scaggs
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas After Republicans convincingly regained control of the U.S. House it not surprisingly took all of a few days for the traditional powers that be to pull out their demands for compromise. Theirs is an automatic assumption that conservatives particularly those nasty Tea Party types need to compromise with President Obama. Same old drill from the same old playbook.
We conservatives are to simply go along with the Democratic agenda regardless of its merit in the spirit of the government getting things done. No further explanation is needed.
Conversely as we know all too well when it comes to Republican proposals or in this instance a grass-roots conservative revolution there are no such calls for adversaries to get on board. This is the stuff of traveling one-way streets.
Actually when it comes to Democrats it seems that doing something anything at all is the general idea. Government must get things done regardless of whether or not its a good idea or even whether or not most Americans happen to agree with it. In the age of Obama theres been no need for any benchmarks at all. The motto is just do it!"
At the risk of bursting anyones bubble in response to the Cant we all just get along" crowd lets clear something up straight away no we cannot.
This concept of compromising for the mere sake of compromise is over-rated anyway. Some things are not to be compromised with only defeated. When it comes to good versus evil there is no middle ground. Compromise means evil will persist. The only solution is to utterly and completely defeat it.
We learned this lesson with the Adolf Hitlers of the world. We learned it with the abomination of slavery. We are still battling it today with Communism Islamic
terrorists and countless other threats to our safety and morality.
The silly notion that compromise is good as in
always good while parroted by the left is largely the domain of the political moderate. In truth such a stance or perhaps the lack thereof is as much the path of least resistance as it is a principled determination.
Moderates somehow believe that the middle of any two opposing sides is always the sacred ground. Their goal seems to be to stay as far away as possible from any perimeters what they view as the extremes.
The problem here is that the extremes" have long been miscast by that pervasive elite ruling class those who create what was once considered conventional wisdom. Note that it is only conservatives who are tagged with labels such as extremist or radical resulting in the center" being dragged considerably to the left.
We need not look any further than the recently completed election cycle which featured the ascendancy of the very
conservative-minded Tea Party. While conservative upstart Christine ODonnell for example was routinely portrayed as extreme Nancy Pelosi or Barbara Boxer were never presented in such a manner.
The moderate" animal appears to have a desperate desire to be liked by all believing that neutrality is the most noble of causes. When it comes to many issues of a serious nature certainly anything perceived as potentially divisive they are content to stand on the periphery often the most casual of observers.
In large part it is this mushy middle that has delivered us to our present dilemma for governments natural momentum is to grow. Left largely undeterred and coupled with trendy authoritarian philosophies the result over the last century has been an exponential expansion in government.
The real result of continuous so-called compromise in the battle between denizens of big government and small government has always been more government. In truth there has never really been any compromise at all government never shrinks. At the very best its rate of growth both in size and intrusiveness is merely slowed for a short time.
As harmful as the desire to compromise (remain neutral) has been to our political apparatus it has been equally destructive to our intertwining culture and socio-economic system ultimately producing an epidemic of political correctness that has turned society on its head.
We have become conditioned to tolerate the intolerable. Our over-zealous need to get along" has transformed us into a nation of enablers. Unleashing a continuous wave of dangerous trends America has now become its own worst enemy both at home and
abroad.
Certainly we have long enabled our politicians and in turn government.
Our once great halls are constantly filled with a caliber of people who we view as unworthy of our respect. You know the drill everyone hates Congress and then 95 of them get re-elected. Should it be any surprise that government has run-amok?
As for the predictable protests that our system of government is built upon the need to compromise so it is. However that need is in the context of central government as it was designed one of very limited authority.
Todays increasingly divisive and fractious body politic is largely due to the federal government involving itself in an ever-growing list of issues it was never intended to deal with. In short the federal government has literally overwhelmed itself with the sheer volume of duties it has assumed.
Discarding its limited role in the lives of its citizens has made it increasingly difficult to achieve any true sense of compromise. Ignoring regional distinctions and the sovereign authority of states defying the axiom that the best government is one closest to home we have wreaked havoc with our ability to maintain a workable governing system.
Effectively increasing calls for compromise are a clear signal that Washingtons continual abandonment of constitutional principles is not working. They are dire warnings of a desperate need to de-centralize authority.
In truth more compromise" at the federal level is the last thing we need. It is time to send power home and unleash the 50 little experiments that were intended for us.
George Scaggs is a writer commentator voice actor & audio-video producer. You can find his work at Bargain Citizen Media Ramparts360.com and TexasInsider.org.
By George Scaggs
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas After Republicans convincingly regained control of the U.S. House it not surprisingly took all of a few days for the traditional powers that be to pull out their demands for compromise. Theirs is an automatic assumption that conservatives particularly those nasty Tea Party types need to compromise with President Obama. Same old drill from the same old playbook.
We conservatives are to simply go along with the Democratic agenda regardless of its merit in the spirit of the government getting things done. No further explanation is needed.
Conversely as we know all too well when it comes to Republican proposals or in this instance a grass-roots conservative revolution there are no such calls for adversaries to get on board. This is the stuff of traveling one-way streets.
Actually when it comes to Democrats it seems that doing something anything at all is the general idea. Government must get things done regardless of whether or not its a good idea or even whether or not most Americans happen to agree with it. In the age of Obama theres been no need for any benchmarks at all. The motto is just do it!"
At the risk of bursting anyones bubble in response to the Cant we all just get along" crowd lets clear something up straight away no we cannot.
This concept of compromising for the mere sake of compromise is over-rated anyway. Some things are not to be compromised with only defeated. When it comes to good versus evil there is no middle ground. Compromise means evil will persist. The only solution is to utterly and completely defeat it.
We learned this lesson with the Adolf Hitlers of the world. We learned it with the abomination of slavery. We are still battling it today with Communism Islamic 
terrorists and countless other threats to our safety and morality.
The silly notion that compromise is good as in always good while parroted by the left is largely the domain of the political moderate. In truth such a stance or perhaps the lack thereof is as much the path of least resistance as it is a principled determination.
Moderates somehow believe that the middle of any two opposing sides is always the sacred ground. Their goal seems to be to stay as far away as possible from any perimeters what they view as the extremes.
The problem here is that the extremes" have long been miscast by that pervasive elite ruling class those who create what was once considered conventional wisdom. Note that it is only conservatives who are tagged with labels such as extremist or radical resulting in the center" being dragged considerably to the left.
We need not look any further than the recently completed election cycle which featured the ascendancy of the very conservative-minded Tea Party. While conservative upstart Christine ODonnell for example was routinely portrayed as extreme Nancy Pelosi or Barbara Boxer were never presented in such a manner.
The moderate" animal appears to have a desperate desire to be liked by all believing that neutrality is the most noble of causes. When it comes to many issues of a serious nature certainly anything perceived as potentially divisive they are content to stand on the periphery often the most casual of observers.
In large part it is this mushy middle that has delivered us to our present dilemma for governments natural momentum is to grow. Left largely undeterred and coupled with trendy authoritarian philosophies the result over the last century has been an exponential expansion in government.
The real result of continuous so-called compromise in the battle between denizens of big government and small government has always been more government. In truth there has never really been any compromise at all government never shrinks. At the very best its rate of growth both in size and intrusiveness is merely slowed for a short time.
As harmful as the desire to compromise (remain neutral) has been to our political apparatus it has been equally destructive to our intertwining culture and socio-economic system ultimately producing an epidemic of political correctness that has turned society on its head.
We have become conditioned to tolerate the intolerable. Our over-zealous need to get along" has transformed us into a nation of enablers. Unleashing a continuous wave of dangerous trends America has now become its own worst enemy both at home and 
