The Ten "Cannots"

Interesting history to these bullet-point "Cannots".  You can read the story here, but I'll post the "Cannots":

• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
• You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
• You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
• You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
• You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
• You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
• You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
• You cannot build character and courage by destroying men’s initiative and independence.
• And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

Just so happens that #s 1, 6, and 8 are very pertinent to the post below.  The nice thing about Conservatism is that you don't have to change the story every couple of weeks, or decades.  That's why Conservative values are called the Permanent Things.

It's also why John Boehner is NOT a Conservative.