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The fact that you believe this only proves you do not understand
or chose to ignore what conservatism is.
Well it proves how much you do not understand about anything.
Please keep cutting and pasting mind control articles.

Oh, I am a huge fan of conservatism. The problem is none of you practice it. It is like preaching chastity in a brothel.

Well, technically speaking Dems are the new conservatives as defenders of the status quo. Of course that status quo is wealth transfer, and falling standard of living but /shrug

As long as Dems "say" good things, who cares what they do right? Cutting food stamps wasnt on their agenda

Texan leading in Texas 2 years before campaign... go figure

You can start marinating your crow, it will go down easier this way in 16.

Actually considering hes the highest profile Texan.. the fact that hes only in 30's in Texas is pretty weak TBH.

I recommend yogurt and mustard marinade.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/how-republicans-lost-the-farm/283349/

Conceptually - I oppose farm subsidies and support food stamps. I am not entirely unsympathetic to TP stance here, but for TP it is clear case of shitting where you eat.

I only oppose farm subsidies in concept, but I do realize that they are absolutely necessary - there is no way for US farmers to compete internationally when labor costs, environmental regulation costs and so on so much higher in US.

At the same time I like my food non-toxic and sustainable, given a choice of expensive US food and cheap Chinese (I am aware China is net importer) food I'd always buy US.

Thing is, cheap and toxic is likely the only thing that will be available anywhere at any price if market is deregulated. As such farm subsidies are necessary.

Honestly this whole issue has become one big clusterfuck. It would take hours to even provide a high level overview of the screwed up food landscape.

Many, but not all farm subsidies are all kinds of fucked up.

Also, its unfortunate but the regulatory and taxation regime in the US (and in some cases this varies by area) favors megafarm producers in the US. While its still a better situation than China regarding food quality regulation, slowly but surely we are getting there.