What do you picture when someone says they are CONSERVATIVE?

[Arby]

You know, I told a stranger once that I lived in the American South. Her reaction was a rather aghast "how awful for you" and then a noticeable step AWAY from me. When I asked her about her reaction, she sheepishly admitted that is was her prejudices speaking.

There are all kinds of conservatives. I am a fiscal conservative. I think people should live within their means, and generally consume far less than they actually do. I think conspicuous consumption is a curse that we have passed on to too many generations of Americans, and we have begun in earnest to export the stupidity to the third world.

When I picture a fiscal conservative, I look at myself.

By the way, if you saw me in a swim suit, you'd drop YOUR dentures. But that may be from my libertarian streak or my social liberalism.

Go figure.