Frank, I don't see how you can view yourself as anything else but a Southern Conservative. Which is all right.

I think you try to give a balanced view, and then always come down on the Conservative side. For instance, your remarks about a "workable universal health plan". All for universal health care, if it's "workable". But nothing so far has been "workable", nor will it be. (You're not outraged about paying more than anyone else in the world, and having 36 countries charge less and have better outcomes as measured by time-honored standards. That is considered "workable".)

I agree about some corruption in government, and I'm under the impression it benefits big business, which is as corrupt as it can get away with. The recent financial crisis was due to government corruption not regulating big financial institutions. Madoff got away with what he did because of government corruption. Government corruption must be counted as big business corruption.

Who's evil? I'm not saying anyone is, part of human nature is greed and unfettered greed ("Get the government out of the way of progress!!!") is a trait expressed more by big business than any other sector of society.

Another example of governmental corruption benefiting big business is the Executive Order preventing the prosecution of Halliburton and Bechtel for overcharging, shoddy work, plain stealing or any and all other criminal activities in the Iraq war. I didn't see anything preventing prosecution of food stamp fraud. All on the side of big business.

All of the Union corruption in the US would not have cost what one Enron did.

You've described what is to me a Southern Conservative attitude, not an evil attitude but not one which considers the needs of the less fortunate, either.

At least, that's my impression based upon your posts over time and as exemplified by your above post.

BTW, you may be the only Conservative around here who is a college graduate, though it is in a strongly capitalistic major. :-)