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How to Tell a Democrat from a Republican
by Leon Felkins
Conservative, n. - A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who
wishes to replace them with others.
-- Ambrose Bierce
Many of you have expressed great confusion, in these troubled times, in trying to tell a Republican from a
Democrat. Sure, we know what they say they are; most of them have well displayed nameplates. But could
you tell one from the other in a blind test? That is, without prior knowledge and access to his/her nameplate,
could you determine which was which simply by his/her actions? Probably not. The purpose of this essay is
to assist you in making such an identification. In the following paragraphs, I will list the major issues of our
times and clearly identify the differences between the Republican and Democrat approaches to these issues.
• Abortion
• Democrats are generally for abortion. Unwanted pregnancy is -- like addiction to drugs or alcohol,
tardiness, and procrastination -- an affliction and therefore needs to be treated by the government.
• Republicans are generally opposed to abortion unless of course it is one's own daughter that got
knocked up, in which case the decent thing to do is to ship her off to some distant city where private but
expensive medical care can be provided and the local community is spared the details.
• Animals
• Democrats believe that wild animals should have all the rights of humans, protected from any harm and
allowed to die slow and agonizing deaths like most of the world's humans do.
• Republicans believe that wild animals were put here for the sport of hunting, provide a little expensive but
gamy and tough meat, and an occasional fur coat for the missus.
Both think that domestic animals and the raising thereof need massive government support. This often
results in an excess of such animals, which are then killed, burnt or buried instead of being shipped off to
starving humanity around the world because to do so might upset the local economy.
• Capital Punishment
• Democrats
Because Democrats are genetically compassionate, they are opposed to capital punishment especially if it is
someone who has tortured and molested 27 women and children to death as it is self evident that such a
person has had a bad childhood, probably having his pacifier forcibly taken before he was nine years old.
However, Democrats do make an exception to this opinion, if the victims were actually a close friend or part of
the family. That family includes the family of government employees such as those that were blown up in
Oklahoma City. In cases like that, the guy ought to be hung out in the sun by his testicles and left to die a slow
death.
• Republicans
The Republican's position on this issue is clear and is based upon the Judeo/Christian bible: an eye for an
eye. That we are not always completely sure that we have the right dude before we send him on his way to St.
Peter is not really all that serious of an issue. "God will sort it out" is their most commonly stated rationale for
slaughtering a group of people that from their very looks it is obvious that they are guilty -- of something.
Actually God really only gave us a hint as to the real possibilities: how about a lopped head for a mashed
finger, for instance? That certainly should work even better. I understand that there are now over 50 offenses
for which you can be given a quick dispatch to meet your maker.
• The Children!
• Democrats love children as a group but find individual children a pain in the butt. "We do it for the
children" is an extremely effective slogan for the populace whether the particular program at issue is robbing
the tobacco companies or grabbing more land in Colorado. The annoyance of individual children is easily
appeased by hiring illegal aliens for house nannies.
• Republicans love individual children but find supporting the class of children as not part of God's plan
(see Jeremiah 18:21: "So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword.")
• Crime
• Democrats know that when someone commits a crime, it is society that has failed and should have to
pay -- in the form of higher taxes and reduced freedom.
• Republicans believe that every person inherently knows right from wrong, whether they were raised by
harlot on the mean streets of East St. Louis or by a wealthy Episcopal minister in the ritzy 'burbs of
Germantown. They know that the solution to violent crime is to beat the hell out of the perpetrators.
• Drugs
• Democrats
Democrats have no qualms about about recreational drugs. In fact they think the use of such drugs is cool.
However, medicinal drugs are another matter. Since they think of the general populace as children, they want
these drugs highly regulated.
• Republicans
Recreational drugs are absolutely verboten according to the Republicans. It is rumored that many folks
actually have great fun with such drugs, therefore they are opposed, of course, as it is a basic principle of
Conservatism that having too much fun is bad for the character.
On the other hand, Republicans would allow you to prescribe and buy medicinal drugs without constraint as
the drug industry is quite profitable. If you use the wrong drug or a bit too much, then the subsequent repairs
to your body will again raise the national income just a bit.
Republicans support the consumption of vast quantities of alcohol even though it kills more people by a factor
of ten than all the "illegal" drugs combined. This makes sense because while it may get you high and out of
control, technically it is not a "controlled substance".
• The Drug War
Strangely, while Republicans oppose the use of recreational drugs and Democrats are much more tolerant,
they both support, with great enthusiasm, the so-called War on Drugs (WOD). That is because the WOD has
little to do with drugs but is big business with large profits and incentives as well as an expression of political
agendas and control.
Making a distinction between Republicans and Democrats with regard to the WOD is difficult for several
reasons that are fundamental to what government is all about. I list a few:
1. The WOD allowed that time-honored tradition of governments -- the seizure of private property -- to be re-
instated (amazingly, with citizen approval!). History tells us that in ancient times, governments satisfied their
desire for accumulating wealth by simple and honest plunder and property seizure. As governments got
smarter, they organized the theft, provided a stable environment for its culture and labeled it "taxation" (See
Mancur Olson's essay, "Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development", American Political Science Review,
Sept. 1993). I quote Olson (discussing the successful evolution of Chinese warlords): "The warlords had no
claim to legitimacy and their thefts were distinguished from those of roving bandits only because they took the
form of continuing taxation rather than occasional plunder." (In these modern times, the plunder sometimes
has even more sophisticated titles such as "surcharge" as used by the recently imposed fee on anyone who
has more than one telephone line.)
2. The WOD allows the meddling in the affairs of small defenseless countries at will.
3. The WOD provides another great opportunity to collect and spend great quantities of taxpayer's hard earned
cash without any serious opposition. The reason for this is that the Drug problem is very close to being a
natural disaster -- which governments love as they can spend freely without complaints.
That said, there are small but helpful differences:
• Democrats
The Democrats, as well as the Republicans, support the WOD, if for no other reason, because to do
otherwise would result in the loss of votes. However, Democrats also support the concept as it allows the U.
S. to act as the world policeman. Socialism is never going to work without one-world government.
• Republicans
The Republicans love the WOD because it allows us to build up the military, throw a lot of people in jail that
don't come around to the prescribed religious/moral values, and is very profitable.
• Education
• Democrats are for universal government provided education and to make it fair, all educational
institutions must be equally bad. Of course that only applies to the general population -- politicians send their
own children to private schools so that when they graduate they might actually be prepared to make a decent
living and they will not be biased against the values of public education for the masses.
• Republicans support private education but do not see any reason why the institutions shouldn't be
government funded. They particularly like the idea of religious or military schools that are better equipped to
teach a state of perpetual obedience.
• Environment
• Democrats see the "environment" as another means to control the masses. Even if "Global Warming"
only exists in the heads of some out-of-work pacifists, it is certainly a powerful tool to keep the masses towing
the line. Further, it is an unbelievable sink hole for public funds. Have you ever looked at what the asbestos
scare cost?
• Republicans were a little late in appreciating the merits of environmentalism and have therefore had to
live with some bad press. However, someone finally showed them how much money could be made by
simply declaring Freon 12 as the main cause of Global Warming from which billions were made developing
and selling a new coolant. This brought them around and now they frantically trying to find the next common
household product to ban -- like toilets that use too much water.
• Government Spending
• Democrats
Democrats make no excuses about massive government spending. For the government to provide a happy,
healthy, shameless, and even exciting society, for everyone, regardless of their personal means, requires a
massive amount of cash from the citizens as well as all you can borrow. Further, to make sure that no citizen
gets into trouble and is in bed each night at a reasonable hour, a huge government staff is a necessity. This,
in turn, requires every dime the public can spare and just a bit more.
• Republicans
Republicans, in their hearts, and especially at campaign time, really would like to cut back on government
spending -- especially such luxuries as the social, environmental, and health programs. But there are
necessities that it would be irresponsible to avoid. Such things as National Defense, which requires a military
budget far greater than any we have had in any major war, can no more be cut back than you can cut back on
helping the folks back home that need a superhighway to the new park out in the country. These are essential
expenditures unlike the "feel good" stuff of the Democrats. When Iraq threatens our shores by such hostile
actions as flying one of their planes over the southern half of their country, we better be ready for action.
• Individual Liberty
• Democrats
Democrats are great believers in the concept of Liberty for all of humanity. It's just that individual humans
need to be restrained -- for their on good of course. It would be irresponsible to let an individual endanger
their health by eating greasy theater popcorn or drinking water from a mountain stream that some fish has
peed in (and hasn't been tested by a government agency). Sadly, when you face the reality, every aspect of
human activity must be controlled by the superior knowledge of the government bureaucrat. That government
bureaucrats themselves are sometimes accused of being human is a fallacious argument as their holistic
association results in superior knowledge.
• Republicans
Republicans would like to give people lots of freedom especially those that are economically active such the
officers of large corporations and farmers. However, some aspects of human nature just cannot go
unpunished. There must be law and order. Violence must be stopped if we have to kill every one of the sorry
bastards. Republicans feel that they have the monstrous responsibility of enforcing God's word. It is not a
matter of public vote. People who have unapproved sex, get high on anything (including testosterone) except
approved drugs such as alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine, don't regularly go to an approved church, allow their
kids to kiss before they get married, and talk smart to policemen that are dutifully beating the hell out of them,
must receive appropriate punishment.
• Military
• Democrats are very fond of the military as it is a vast receptacle of funds and the defense industry has the
reputation of being basically a giant welfare program for mostly engineers and scientists, without which
millions of them would have to get a real job.
• Republicans also love the military for its capacity to absorb unbelievably large quantities of money. Even
more they appreciate the importance of importing American Justice to sometimes unreceptive countries by
means of our military.
• Privacy
• Democrats believe in the sacred right of privacy as guaranteed by our Founding Fathers. Unless, of
course, it involves money, children, or your conversation on the phone (it is well known that phones are
sometimes used by terrorists).
• Republicans see no particular reason why you would want privacy. What's the matter: You got something
to hide? If you are not doing anything criminal, then privacy should not be a concern, according to them. Too
much privacy is a real hindrance to getting every one in jail that ought to be there.
• Private Property
• Democrats believe that all property should be shared equally among the people and enough to the
animals to ensure their welfare (which they can't do for the people as there is just not enough). To insure the
proper usage of property, the government, of course, must be the actual custodian of the property. What you
think is yours is actually only on loan to you and may be recalled at any time. The whining of property owners
that lose up in the millions of dollars when the government declares that a piece of property is needed for
R&R for traveling geese is misplaced as it never belonged to these so-called property owners in the first
place.
• Republicans, on the other hand, definately believe in the right to private property as clearly enunciated by
our Founding Fathers. But there is one small catch: The Bible is older than the Constition and trumps it. The
bible points out very clearly, "When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned; the flesh
may not be eaten. The owner of the ox, however, shall go unpunished", Exodus 21:28. That means that if your
house or your car or your bank account is in any remote way associated with a crime, then it must be "stoned
to death". The modern translation of "stoned to death" is "given to the government".
Surprizingly, an amazing amount of property is in someway related to a crime. For example, let us say that
some pot dealer is driving down the street and decides to turn his car around using your driveway. It is
obvious that your property has now aided in a crime for if it had not been there, the druggie's auto would have
fallen into a bottomless pit. Case closed.
• Racial Issues
• Democrats believe all "minority" races to be "disadvantaged" and to need government help. An exception
is made for the Orientals because they stubbornly insist on doing quite well for themselves and refuse to
suck up. They see minorities mainly as large block votes at bargain prices. Classes should not be
encouraged to mix as we need to retain each of their cultures.
• Republicans have always been fond of the people of color as they have been very well behaved house
servants every since Lincoln freed them from slavery. Classes should not be allowed to mix as an inferior
offspring will result. Some claim that hybrids in the animal world are usually superior to their parents but this
is easily answered as humans obviously are not animals!
• Religion
• Democrats think religion is cool especially if it is "New Age", ancient Native American superstitions, Far
East shamanism, or African witch doctors. What they can't stand are the low class, red neck religions like
Church of God and Southern Baptists.
• Republicans are in full support of religion and see it as every citizen's duty -- as long as it is "main line".
The definition of "main line" is left up to the politicians, of course.
• Sex
• Democrats are in full support of sexual activity, especially if it is a little kooky. The concept of the old
fashioned "male-female" sexual interaction is best left to the lower animals.
• Republicans know that the purpose of sex is for procreation and not pleasure. If you must have
pleasurable sex, which by definition would be outside of the marriage, then for God's sake have the decency
to lie about it!
• Smoking
• Democrats consider any form of smoking of tobacco that is produced by the large corporations to be evil.
The only material acceptable for smoking is marijuana or Native American ritual tobacco. If you are invited to
the home of one of your cool friends and are handed a joint, do not think you have to eat it just because there
is a sign on the wall that says, "Thank you for not Smoking".
• Republicans think smoking is fine as long as it provides the opportunity to ship large quantities of money
to the subsidized tobacco farmers and producers. Of course the smoking of any "controlled substance" is not
permitted even if tobacco kills far more people. Because, it is the law, you idiot. Republicans are for law and
order. Lots of both.
• War and other "World Cop" Activities
• Democrats, the "Peace Party", are strongly against war and other police actions and will attempt to create
legislation to limit presidential powers and to influence public opinion -- during Republican administrations.
Of course, if the Democrats happen to be in charge, then such activities are OK because their purpose is to
stop violence and to "prevent further suffering and bloodshed".
• Republicans, on the other hand, have no hesitation in bombing any recalcitrant country (those that refuse
to accept aid in return for submission to U.S. control) "back to the stone age", unless, of course, the
Democrats are in power. In that case, they are opposed to such acts because Democrats rarely have a
decent "exit strategy". ("Exit Strategy" is a term often used in discussions of sexual activity. It is sort of the
opposite to "foreplay".)
• Wealth
• Democrats believe in the concept of "equal distribution of wealth" even if they happened to be hoarding
quite a pile of it. They justify this by the fact that to do their job requires that they live in a certain high class
style that allows them to associate with the influential.
• Republicans believe that hard work and the economic "invisible hand" will make sure that anyone who
deserves it gets it or the reverse as the case may be. By definition, if you are broke and living off the street, you
deserve it.
Leon Felkins is a coordinator for FEAR (Forfeiture Endangers American Rights), a national nonprofit
organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws.
Got a suggestion for Leon's dictionary? Drop him a line at leonf@magnolia.net
Copyright © americanpolitics.com & AMBIENTE MAGAZINE. Do not reproduce without citing this source.
How to Tell a Democrat from a Republican
by Leon Felkins
Conservative, n. - A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who
wishes to replace them with others.
-- Ambrose Bierce
Many of you have expressed great confusion, in these troubled times, in trying to tell a Republican from a
Democrat. Sure, we know what they say they are; most of them have well displayed nameplates. But could
you tell one from the other in a blind test? That is, without prior knowledge and access to his/her nameplate,
could you determine which was which simply by his/her actions? Probably not. The purpose of this essay is
to assist you in making such an identification. In the following paragraphs, I will list the major issues of our
times and clearly identify the differences between the Republican and Democrat approaches to these issues.
• Abortion
• Democrats are generally for abortion. Unwanted pregnancy is -- like addiction to drugs or alcohol,
tardiness, and procrastination -- an affliction and therefore needs to be treated by the government.
• Republicans are generally opposed to abortion unless of course it is one's own daughter that got
knocked up, in which case the decent thing to do is to ship her off to some distant city where private but
expensive medical care can be provided and the local community is spared the details.
• Animals
• Democrats believe that wild animals should have all the rights of humans, protected from any harm and
allowed to die slow and agonizing deaths like most of the world's humans do.
• Republicans believe that wild animals were put here for the sport of hunting, provide a little expensive but
gamy and tough meat, and an occasional fur coat for the missus.
Both think that domestic animals and the raising thereof need massive government support. This often
results in an excess of such animals, which are then killed, burnt or buried instead of being shipped off to
starving humanity around the world because to do so might upset the local economy.
• Capital Punishment
• Democrats
Because Democrats are genetically compassionate, they are opposed to capital punishment especially if it is
someone who has tortured and molested 27 women and children to death as it is self evident that such a
person has had a bad childhood, probably having his pacifier forcibly taken before he was nine years old.
However, Democrats do make an exception to this opinion, if the victims were actually a close friend or part of
the family. That family includes the family of government employees such as those that were blown up in
Oklahoma City. In cases like that, the guy ought to be hung out in the sun by his testicles and left to die a slow
death.
• Republicans
The Republican's position on this issue is clear and is based upon the Judeo/Christian bible: an eye for an
eye. That we are not always completely sure that we have the right dude before we send him on his way to St.
Peter is not really all that serious of an issue. "God will sort it out" is their most commonly stated rationale for
slaughtering a group of people that from their very looks it is obvious that they are guilty -- of something.
Actually God really only gave us a hint as to the real possibilities: how about a lopped head for a mashed
finger, for instance? That certainly should work even better. I understand that there are now over 50 offenses
for which you can be given a quick dispatch to meet your maker.
• The Children!
• Democrats love children as a group but find individual children a pain in the butt. "We do it for the
children" is an extremely effective slogan for the populace whether the particular program at issue is robbing
the tobacco companies or grabbing more land in Colorado. The annoyance of individual children is easily
appeased by hiring illegal aliens for house nannies.
• Republicans love individual children but find supporting the class of children as not part of God's plan
(see Jeremiah 18:21: "So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword.")
• Crime
• Democrats know that when someone commits a crime, it is society that has failed and should have to
pay -- in the form of higher taxes and reduced freedom.
• Republicans believe that every person inherently knows right from wrong, whether they were raised by
harlot on the mean streets of East St. Louis or by a wealthy Episcopal minister in the ritzy 'burbs of
Germantown. They know that the solution to violent crime is to beat the hell out of the perpetrators.
• Drugs
• Democrats
Democrats have no qualms about about recreational drugs. In fact they think the use of such drugs is cool.
However, medicinal drugs are another matter. Since they think of the general populace as children, they want
these drugs highly regulated.
• Republicans
Recreational drugs are absolutely verboten according to the Republicans. It is rumored that many folks
actually have great fun with such drugs, therefore they are opposed, of course, as it is a basic principle of
Conservatism that having too much fun is bad for the character.
On the other hand, Republicans would allow you to prescribe and buy medicinal drugs without constraint as
the drug industry is quite profitable. If you use the wrong drug or a bit too much, then the subsequent repairs
to your body will again raise the national income just a bit.
Republicans support the consumption of vast quantities of alcohol even though it kills more people by a factor
of ten than all the "illegal" drugs combined. This makes sense because while it may get you high and out of
control, technically it is not a "controlled substance".
• The Drug War
Strangely, while Republicans oppose the use of recreational drugs and Democrats are much more tolerant,
they both support, with great enthusiasm, the so-called War on Drugs (WOD). That is because the WOD has
little to do with drugs but is big business with large profits and incentives as well as an expression of political
agendas and control.
Making a distinction between Republicans and Democrats with regard to the WOD is difficult for several
reasons that are fundamental to what government is all about. I list a few:
1. The WOD allowed that time-honored tradition of governments -- the seizure of private property -- to be re-
instated (amazingly, with citizen approval!). History tells us that in ancient times, governments satisfied their
desire for accumulating wealth by simple and honest plunder and property seizure. As governments got
smarter, they organized the theft, provided a stable environment for its culture and labeled it "taxation" (See
Mancur Olson's essay, "Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development", American Political Science Review,
Sept. 1993). I quote Olson (discussing the successful evolution of Chinese warlords): "The warlords had no
claim to legitimacy and their thefts were distinguished from those of roving bandits only because they took the
form of continuing taxation rather than occasional plunder." (In these modern times, the plunder sometimes
has even more sophisticated titles such as "surcharge" as used by the recently imposed fee on anyone who
has more than one telephone line.)
2. The WOD allows the meddling in the affairs of small defenseless countries at will.
3. The WOD provides another great opportunity to collect and spend great quantities of taxpayer's hard earned
cash without any serious opposition. The reason for this is that the Drug problem is very close to being a
natural disaster -- which governments love as they can spend freely without complaints.
That said, there are small but helpful differences:
• Democrats
The Democrats, as well as the Republicans, support the WOD, if for no other reason, because to do
otherwise would result in the loss of votes. However, Democrats also support the concept as it allows the U.
S. to act as the world policeman. Socialism is never going to work without one-world government.
• Republicans
The Republicans love the WOD because it allows us to build up the military, throw a lot of people in jail that
don't come around to the prescribed religious/moral values, and is very profitable.
• Education
• Democrats are for universal government provided education and to make it fair, all educational
institutions must be equally bad. Of course that only applies to the general population -- politicians send their
own children to private schools so that when they graduate they might actually be prepared to make a decent
living and they will not be biased against the values of public education for the masses.
• Republicans support private education but do not see any reason why the institutions shouldn't be
government funded. They particularly like the idea of religious or military schools that are better equipped to
teach a state of perpetual obedience.
• Environment
• Democrats see the "environment" as another means to control the masses. Even if "Global Warming"
only exists in the heads of some out-of-work pacifists, it is certainly a powerful tool to keep the masses towing
the line. Further, it is an unbelievable sink hole for public funds. Have you ever looked at what the asbestos
scare cost?
• Republicans were a little late in appreciating the merits of environmentalism and have therefore had to
live with some bad press. However, someone finally showed them how much money could be made by
simply declaring Freon 12 as the main cause of Global Warming from which billions were made developing
and selling a new coolant. This brought them around and now they frantically trying to find the next common
household product to ban -- like toilets that use too much water.
• Government Spending
• Democrats
Democrats make no excuses about massive government spending. For the government to provide a happy,
healthy, shameless, and even exciting society, for everyone, regardless of their personal means, requires a
massive amount of cash from the citizens as well as all you can borrow. Further, to make sure that no citizen
gets into trouble and is in bed each night at a reasonable hour, a huge government staff is a necessity. This,
in turn, requires every dime the public can spare and just a bit more.
• Republicans
Republicans, in their hearts, and especially at campaign time, really would like to cut back on government
spending -- especially such luxuries as the social, environmental, and health programs. But there are
necessities that it would be irresponsible to avoid. Such things as National Defense, which requires a military
budget far greater than any we have had in any major war, can no more be cut back than you can cut back on
helping the folks back home that need a superhighway to the new park out in the country. These are essential
expenditures unlike the "feel good" stuff of the Democrats. When Iraq threatens our shores by such hostile
actions as flying one of their planes over the southern half of their country, we better be ready for action.
• Individual Liberty
• Democrats
Democrats are great believers in the concept of Liberty for all of humanity. It's just that individual humans
need to be restrained -- for their on good of course. It would be irresponsible to let an individual endanger
their health by eating greasy theater popcorn or drinking water from a mountain stream that some fish has
peed in (and hasn't been tested by a government agency). Sadly, when you face the reality, every aspect of
human activity must be controlled by the superior knowledge of the government bureaucrat. That government
bureaucrats themselves are sometimes accused of being human is a fallacious argument as their holistic
association results in superior knowledge.
• Republicans
Republicans would like to give people lots of freedom especially those that are economically active such the
officers of large corporations and farmers. However, some aspects of human nature just cannot go
unpunished. There must be law and order. Violence must be stopped if we have to kill every one of the sorry
bastards. Republicans feel that they have the monstrous responsibility of enforcing God's word. It is not a
matter of public vote. People who have unapproved sex, get high on anything (including testosterone) except
approved drugs such as alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine, don't regularly go to an approved church, allow their
kids to kiss before they get married, and talk smart to policemen that are dutifully beating the hell out of them,
must receive appropriate punishment.
• Military
• Democrats are very fond of the military as it is a vast receptacle of funds and the defense industry has the
reputation of being basically a giant welfare program for mostly engineers and scientists, without which
millions of them would have to get a real job.
• Republicans also love the military for its capacity to absorb unbelievably large quantities of money. Even
more they appreciate the importance of importing American Justice to sometimes unreceptive countries by
means of our military.
• Privacy
• Democrats believe in the sacred right of privacy as guaranteed by our Founding Fathers. Unless, of
course, it involves money, children, or your conversation on the phone (it is well known that phones are
sometimes used by terrorists).
• Republicans see no particular reason why you would want privacy. What's the matter: You got something
to hide? If you are not doing anything criminal, then privacy should not be a concern, according to them. Too
much privacy is a real hindrance to getting every one in jail that ought to be there.
• Private Property
• Democrats believe that all property should be shared equally among the people and enough to the
animals to ensure their welfare (which they can't do for the people as there is just not enough). To insure the
proper usage of property, the government, of course, must be the actual custodian of the property. What you
think is yours is actually only on loan to you and may be recalled at any time. The whining of property owners
that lose up in the millions of dollars when the government declares that a piece of property is needed for
R&R for traveling geese is misplaced as it never belonged to these so-called property owners in the first
place.
• Republicans, on the other hand, definately believe in the right to private property as clearly enunciated by
our Founding Fathers. But there is one small catch: The Bible is older than the Constition and trumps it. The
bible points out very clearly, "When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned; the flesh
may not be eaten. The owner of the ox, however, shall go unpunished", Exodus 21:28. That means that if your
house or your car or your bank account is in any remote way associated with a crime, then it must be "stoned
to death". The modern translation of "stoned to death" is "given to the government".
Surprizingly, an amazing amount of property is in someway related to a crime. For example, let us say that
some pot dealer is driving down the street and decides to turn his car around using your driveway. It is
obvious that your property has now aided in a crime for if it had not been there, the druggie's auto would have
fallen into a bottomless pit. Case closed.
• Racial Issues
• Democrats believe all "minority" races to be "disadvantaged" and to need government help. An exception
is made for the Orientals because they stubbornly insist on doing quite well for themselves and refuse to
suck up. They see minorities mainly as large block votes at bargain prices. Classes should not be
encouraged to mix as we need to retain each of their cultures.
• Republicans have always been fond of the people of color as they have been very well behaved house
servants every since Lincoln freed them from slavery. Classes should not be allowed to mix as an inferior
offspring will result. Some claim that hybrids in the animal world are usually superior to their parents but this
is easily answered as humans obviously are not animals!
• Religion
• Democrats think religion is cool especially if it is "New Age", ancient Native American superstitions, Far
East shamanism, or African witch doctors. What they can't stand are the low class, red neck religions like
Church of God and Southern Baptists.
• Republicans are in full support of religion and see it as every citizen's duty -- as long as it is "main line".
The definition of "main line" is left up to the politicians, of course.
• Sex
• Democrats are in full support of sexual activity, especially if it is a little kooky. The concept of the old
fashioned "male-female" sexual interaction is best left to the lower animals.
• Republicans know that the purpose of sex is for procreation and not pleasure. If you must have
pleasurable sex, which by definition would be outside of the marriage, then for God's sake have the decency
to lie about it!
• Smoking
• Democrats consider any form of smoking of tobacco that is produced by the large corporations to be evil.
The only material acceptable for smoking is marijuana or Native American ritual tobacco. If you are invited to
the home of one of your cool friends and are handed a joint, do not think you have to eat it just because there
is a sign on the wall that says, "Thank you for not Smoking".
• Republicans think smoking is fine as long as it provides the opportunity to ship large quantities of money
to the subsidized tobacco farmers and producers. Of course the smoking of any "controlled substance" is not
permitted even if tobacco kills far more people. Because, it is the law, you idiot. Republicans are for law and
order. Lots of both.
• War and other "World Cop" Activities
• Democrats, the "Peace Party", are strongly against war and other police actions and will attempt to create
legislation to limit presidential powers and to influence public opinion -- during Republican administrations.
Of course, if the Democrats happen to be in charge, then such activities are OK because their purpose is to
stop violence and to "prevent further suffering and bloodshed".
• Republicans, on the other hand, have no hesitation in bombing any recalcitrant country (those that refuse
to accept aid in return for submission to U.S. control) "back to the stone age", unless, of course, the
Democrats are in power. In that case, they are opposed to such acts because Democrats rarely have a
decent "exit strategy". ("Exit Strategy" is a term often used in discussions of sexual activity. It is sort of the
opposite to "foreplay".)
• Wealth
• Democrats believe in the concept of "equal distribution of wealth" even if they happened to be hoarding
quite a pile of it. They justify this by the fact that to do their job requires that they live in a certain high class
style that allows them to associate with the influential.
• Republicans believe that hard work and the economic "invisible hand" will make sure that anyone who
deserves it gets it or the reverse as the case may be. By definition, if you are broke and living off the street, you
deserve it.
Leon Felkins is a coordinator for FEAR (Forfeiture Endangers American Rights), a national nonprofit
organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws.
Got a suggestion for Leon's dictionary? Drop him a line at leonf@magnolia.net
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