Rush:
You are my favorite talk show host -because you are a
true conservative, but I have a bone to pick with you!
OK, now that I've shown that I'm not a "back-stabber" (I
was even 'non-hateful' WRT Hannity! LOL), here is my bone of contention: (I
couldn't get thru this Friday, so here's an email instead)
You say you are a conservative, alright, but you support
vouchers? Vouchers offer an influx of tax dollar$ into the free market (of
elementary education) and thus "distort the free market," in strong violation of
'Conservative' principles you and I share. (Even your semi-liberal friend, Sean
Hannity, has opposed Gov't involvement into Higher-Ed, which is really no
different in being victimized by liberals by distortion on that. For a good
explanation of why Hannity is right on this one point and you are wrong, see
e.g., my op-ed here:
OK, now that I've gotten that off my chest, thank you for
taking my call on Healthcare a while back (Hannity's screener was afraid to do
what you did: Look me up as 'Gordon in Lakeland, Fla.) --but (with all due
respect), you are also wrong to make fun of me being a vegetarian. You
know, "Vegetarianism" is actually Conservative.
Observe:
1) Vegetarianism is fiscally
conservative, since much of what we feed cows turns to bone &
gristle -and other non-edible products (think cow patties?)
"...[O]nly a fraction of the energy at one trophic level
can be passed on to the next. This fraction varies from a high of about 35
percent for the most efficient ... to below 0.1 percent...Given the inefficiency
of the energy transfer from one trophic level to the next, it might seem
that the earth could support more humans if we all stopped being
omnivorous, and lived on a wholly vegetable diet instead of the combined
animal and vegetable diet..."
-- BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 5TH EDITION by KEETON &
GOULD: (ISBN: 0-393-96223-7) {William T. Keeton; James L. and Carol Gould}
Publishers: W. W. Norton & Company, New York and London. pp.
1156-1157
2) Vegetarianism is morally
conservative, since the Bible frowns upon mistreatment of animals
(killing them for food when you don't have to) “A righteous man regards the life
of his animal…” Proverbs 12:10, NKJV
3) Vegetarianism conservative from a 'Personal
Responsibility' viewpoint, since you and I both know that vegetarian
countries have less cancer, more fertile women, longer life-spans, etc.
(See the 'health' link on my blogs -or research it yourself if you
doubt.)
4) Vegetarianism is
'practically' conservative, since, IMHO, that Veggie Boca burger I
bought at Denny's yesterday morning -and the salad that preceded, tasted great.
(OK, you may disagree, but be that as it may, 3 out of 4 is not
bad.)
Now, I'm not a "militant vegetarian" as you seemed to
infer: I believe in Free Market choice, not Big Gov't forcing us to "eat
healthy," but since you yourself got in shape by eating well and exercising a
little, you ought to now preach what you practiced so others can be educated.
-LOL already,!
PS: I really am a 'Conservative,' as is documented here,
where I almost won my case in court to save Terri Schiavo, doing far better than
everybody else:
Sources:
[1] In Re: GORDON WAYNE WATTS (as next friend
of THERESA MARIE “TERRI” SCHIAVO), No. SC03-2420 (Fla. Feb.23, 2003), denied 4-3
on rehearing. http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/clerk/dispositions/2005/2/03-2420reh.pdf[2] In Re: JEB BUSH, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, ET AL. v. MICHAEL SCHIAVO,
GUARDIAN: THERESA SCHIAVO, No. SC04-925 (Fla. Oct.21, 2004), denied 7-0 on
rehearing. http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/clerk/dispositions/2004/10/04-925reh.pdf[3] Schiavo ex rel. Schindler v. Schiavo ex rel. Schiavo, 403 F.3d
1223, 2005 WL 648897 (11th Cir. Mar.23, 2005), denied 2-1 on appeal. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200511628.pdf[4] Key Phrase search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22florida+house%22+64+%22gordon+wayne+watts%22&cts=1255495265724&aq=f&oq=&aqi= and http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22florida+house%22+64+%22gordon+wayne+watts%22&fr=yfp-t-155&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8 -- Official Campaign pages: http://GordonWayneWatts.com/Campaign.html and http://GordonWatts.com/Campaign.html
IN CONCLUSION: I would seek your support regarding the
three (3) conservative causes outlined herein (e.g., (1) getting Gov't out of
ALL education, per free market principles; (2) Veganism/Vegetarianism; and, (3)
Pro-Life issues)
PS: I did check with Jerry Hughes of 'Straight Talk'
(Accent Network), when I called into *his* show and asked his view on the matter
of vouchers: Both he and his (conservative) guest agreed that, ideally, we ought
to get ALL government out of education, both elementary ed (vouchers) and higher
ed (see my op-ed linked above) -- But Mr. Hughes, who also lives in Lakeland,
said that at least vouchers (with some portability) are better than just being
taxed and forced to be on one school without any choice. I would agree that
vouchers are the "lesser of 2 evils."
What do you think? (Same question to Mr.
Hannity & Mr. Beck -and friends.)
Gordon Wayne Watts, editor-in-chief, The
Register
821 Alicia Road, Lakeland, FL33801-2113 more contact date
here:
BS, The Florida State
University,Biological & Chemical Sciences
AS, United Electronics
Institute