What We Believe - American Exceptionalism

Despite this entire series being outstanding, this is hands down my favorite segment. This is the core belief of conservatives, and, I would venture to say, true patriots. I simply don't understand Americans who seem hell-bent on self-loathing, self-bashing, or America-hating, and those who seem to think that America is the root of all evil in the world befuddle me. Bill Whittle addresses this topic by establishing in no uncertain terms just how exceptional America is:

It's incredible. No, it's exceptional.

God bless America!

What We Believe - Immigration

What We Believe - Gun Rights

What We Believe - Natural Law

If you read about the Founders and what they actually believed and intended for this country, you'll find that their belief in God and His blessing was woven through all of it. Even the least religious of the Founders agreed on the concept of natural law, which is essentially the embodiment of God's establishment of truths that transcend human laws. If you're interested in learning more, check out The 5000 Year Leap: The Miracle That Changed The World.

And watch this, of course:

What We Believe - Wealth Creation

It's too bad the government run public education system is so awful nowadays. If they actually taught some decent real world economics, videos like this would be unnecessary. But, since they don't, it is. Dig in, this is good stuff!

What We Believe - The Problem With Elitism

Another way that makes sense to me to think about this one is that whole two-sets-of-rules thing. When there's one set of rules for certain people and another set of rules for most everyone else, you have elitism. Global warming is a beautiful example of this, where rich Hollywood types can have their multiple gigantic mansions, private planes, and frivolous lifestyle, but they simultaneously chastise you and me for driving an SUV to work because its massive carbon footprint is going to destroy the planet. Two sets of rules. Elitism.

What We Believe - Small Government And Free Enterprise

I've posted a couple of these over the past few months, but the entire series is now complete so I wanted to make sure to get them all up here in one big group.

Bill Whittle has one of the most outstanding video series I've ever seen called What We Believe that is a phenomenal way of explaining conservatism in the context of the real world on real issues. Over the next few posts, I'm going to put up all of these videos. I cannot encourage you strongly enough to take the few minutes it takes to watch each and every one of these. If you wonder what conservatives believe and why, these videos are for you. If you think you're a conservative but have a hard time explaining yourself to other people, these videos are for you. If you struggle yourself with some of the biggest hot button issues of the day and how they fit into the conservative world view, these videos are for you.

The first one is, appropriately, focused on small government and free enterprise. Commence the awesomeness now...