If you seem to be a caricature of a conservative it's because you have led us to believe that. For instance, your blind faith with reason suspended in the Bush Administration, to the point where you cannot even admit to yourself that the regime lied to get the public into an unnecessary war.

Or your dedication to corporate interests at the expense of human beings. Your inability to see the faults and problems with the US while gleefully pointing out the difficulties others have.

And your rage at anything which might inconvenience you while endorsing practices and policies which cause untold misery to others. A complete lack of empathy.

You've laid it out quite clearly and unambiguously. Your self-portrait is out there for the world to see. You painted it, it's yours, and if you don't like it it's yours to change.

Looking past that belief system, you're a nice guy, a delight and a pleasure to have on these boards. And I do mean that.

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