Friday, May 05, 2006

If You Say Smaller Government Is Better, But Your Actions Yield Bigger Government, You're a Neo-Con


Photo grabbed from Whitehouse web location

I don't know, but today the W did his bit to look like the leader of the free world by going to speechify at a local hardware store. But if you ask me, the rouse is not working.

And then it hit me. There are certain characteristics of this new brand of "conservatism" that really isn't. The actions and reality foisted upon the American people by the W, Rove and Co smacks very much of some other brand of government. For example, if you espouse a love for "smaller" government, but act to expand government, you must be a "neo-con." Have a look and let me know what you think:
At the same time, Congress should be wise about how they spend the people's money. They've got to make sure the supplemental comes to me at a rate that I'll accept, $92.2 billion, plus money for the pandemic flu. We've got a plan to make sure this economy keeps growing, but today's news is good news for the American people.
Notice that this is a supplemental, not the actual budget; as in, in addition to the existing budget. So, by the very nature of this action, what do we get? Bigger government!

So, today's weekend challenge is to identify similar characteristics of the Neo-Con. Let's call this:

Windspike's You Know You're A Neo-Con When...
Weekend Challenge.

  • Quite simply, fill in the blanks: If you do....but then do...you must be a "neo-con."

6 comments:

Yukkione said...

We do need better verbage to describe these guys. Neocon is so yesterday.. hmm Now I'll have to think about this.

isabelita said...

If you scream loudly in support of war, yet your fat doughy ass remains firmly ensconced in your college dorm room chair or your cushy office chair and you do not enlist to go to Iraq, then you are a neo-con. Or baby con. Or whatever kind of piece of excrement who likes the current US administration.
I'll tell you what theyse people are called: Evil and wrong.

SheaNC said...

If you do [everything the Bush crime family, going all the way back to the Reagan administration, does to get themselves "elected"] but then do [everything the Bush crime family, going all the way back to the Reagan administration, does afer getting themselves "elected"] you must be a "neo-con."

8^)

isabelita said...

Yeah, I think you got it about covered there!

Neil Shakespeare said...

..when you have to resort to doing 'Tool Time' to try to lift your poll numbers.

Anonymous said...

You know you're a neo-con when:

You have a unhealty attachment to garlands and Patton.