In Today’s World

What Is a Conservative? - What Is a Liberal?

I'm not sure what moderate conservative means, then or now, as Dwight D. Eisenhower depicted a very aggressive stance in his beliefs in the fight for peace, and what appeared to be an at-all-cost use of U.S. nuclear threats against other countries.  I don't think that type of aggression will work in today’s world.  Reference:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower

Do we see other countries looking at us, now, as they did during the Eisenhower days?  What I do see? 

I saw John McCain making it clear in HIS Presidential speeches/race/stance, the Republican Party being stuck in a past mentality.  With the introduction of the ultra-conservative, Palin, this opened the floodgates to an aggression that has turned Republican Party lines into a battlefield of chaos.  (Simply put in my humble words:  The world and the Republican Party, enough chaos.) 

I look at Mitt Romney, the handy-wipe man with an indecisive look in his eyes, and a stance echoing of corporate greed, all lying in the forefront of his running.  Someone who made it obvious, change in his party is needed, finding a true platform to succeed again, as an independent party system with respectable and meaningful values.  Respect is the operative word I see here. 

 Times change, countries, beliefs, people...EVERYTHING changes with time.  But the value in respect should never change.  History is best when seriously looked upon, as it WILL give an objective view of the future.  Balance, weigh, measure.... History teaches what was once good for the country, is not necessarily good for the current times, or the future, but true respect should never alter.

We now look at gun control...how many people live in the dark ages when seeing their right to bear arms?  Are these moderate conservatives or Liberals?  Just who are these people?  How many CAN'T see what guns have become, what people have become, in this day and age?  Archaic thinking clouds judgment, and clouds respect for any other view. 

We don't live in the backwoods, with friendly neighbors with small town thinking.  The world is no longer isolated.  We are no longer isolated.  And what's good for us, is not always good for the neighbors.

I can only speak for myself, I know, and what I want for this country and for this world.....The bottom line is, I want peace, and that only comes with a nurturing respect for each other, whether they live next door or a country away.