Editor,
Occupy, according to the American Heritage Dictionary, means to seize possession of and maintain control over by, or as if by, conquest. Yes, that captures a grab at power by resentful malcontents posing as a free speech movement.
Angry cries of “greedy Wall Street bankers” do not a rational argument make. They divert and distract from the source of today’s problems. That source is the President’s quest for “fundamental transformation,” with its dead-end stimulus, massive deficits, health care take-over, crony capitalism, expanded regulations and disastrous foreign policy.
America does not need to be fundamentally transformed, but returned to its roots and restored to its Constitutional basis.
The Conservative Republicans club will argue this in a teach-in, held Tuesday Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the SUB Atrium. Speakers include Conrad James, Rep. House District 24 and Paul Gessing, president of the Rio Grande Foundation.
Topics include the government’s role in the financial meltdown, restoring the promise of prosperity to New Mexico and the principles and history of conservatism. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.
We have suffered weeks of occupation and class-warfare. Let’s emerge from this miasma and talk about practical, liberty-enhancing solutions. Let’s take a direction consistent with the vision of the Founders.
Donald Gluck
UNM student, president of UNM Conservative Republicans
