Born Again Redneck's Daily Duh!: The "Country First" controversy

Friday, September 05, 2008

The "Country First" controversy

Several bloggers whom I read (including jay Nordlinger at the Corner) are concerned that Mac's "Country First" campaign is anti-individual. Our republic was founded on the ideals of individual freedom and sovereignty and Reagan emphasized "rugged individualism." But our Founders also sacrificed a lot of their individual liberty and happiness (and in some cases their lives) to create our republic.

To me it's balancing act. "Country" is not some abstract idea. It is us, our families, friends and neighbors. Sure we have to be selfish to survive and succeed but there's such a thing as "enlightened self-interest" where one balances one's own needs against the needs of the community in which one lives.

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From Fred Thompson's blog, Fred08 on November 26th, 2007:

More Praise for Fred’s Tax Relief Plan - Patrick Joubert Conlon at Born Again Redneck called the plan, “music to a businessman’s ears.”

C.D. Jewell,

Liberalstein,

"This blog interested me first because of the title. But the quality of Patrick Joubert Conlon's writing has kept me coming back. His style is not presumptuous or pompous or condescending; it's plain and simple. Good old American English. Which is funny because Mr. Conlon was born and lived in South Africa for his first twenty one years and after that spent eight years in England before finding his home here in the U. S. His blog provides a rare outsider/insider perspective on the U. S. of A. He's been linked to by CNN on a couple of occasions and one of his posts was cited by the official Fred08 website. He does a lot of politics but also some lighter fare as well. He frequently posts spectacular photos taken on his Oregon farm."