Emprically Showing Conservatives Do Not Support Liberty

First, a study by George Mason University professor Daniel Klein: Conservative Magazines and the Presumption of Liberty: A Content Analysis on Sex, Gambling, and Drugs

Conservatives say they are for small government and individual liberty, but a content analysis of leading conservative magazines shows that most have preponderantly failed to take pro-liberty positions on sex, gambling, and drugs. Besides many anti-liberty commissions, the magazines may be criticized for anti-liberty omission—that is, failing to oppose anti-liberty policies.

This reminds me of a conversation I heard between two older gentleman last week. Within a span of a few minutes they complained about the United States moving towards "socialism" and they wanted Adjustable Rate Mortgages outlawed.

Or another person I know who will only vote Republican because he doesn't want to pay high taxes. Yet he has also said people who send spam faxes to fax machines should be severely punished and he wants the State to care for his autistic son when he turns 18.

Land Of The Free

On the heels of the DNA collections from innocent people. Via Reason.com, WaPo - U.S. to Insist That Travel Industry Get Fingerprints

The U.S. government today will order commercial airlines and cruise lines to prepare to collect digital fingerprints of all foreigners before they depart the country under a security initiative that the industry has condemned as costly and burdensome.