Card Carrying Conservative
This is the inaugural certification of the University of Conservatives.
The courses within this category have been selected to teach basic conservative principles.
Additionally, one will discover the historic cores of conflict between the individual vs. the collective. In other words, one will learn the difference of voluntary and involuntary relationships.
To successfully complete the Card Carrying Conservative category, one must take all the courses and pass the final exam. You will be awarded a Card Carrying Conservative Certificate that fits nicely in your wallet as illustrated below.
After completion, simply email (uofcsv@gmail.com) us your photo that you would like to be on your certificate and the address where you would like it to be mailed.
As a successful graduate, your knowledge and thus your standing will be increased when discussing conservative ideas and issues. Also, it will demonstrate a completed task that can be included on a resume.
You can register as a student or simply click the "Guest" button when prompted by the login screen to take the courses. Also, there are test quizzes after each course which can used for practice.
Note: You must register as a student to take the test quizzes. See the login box for instructions. (We only need your name, email address and city/state).
The final examination will require that you pay for ($27.00) and pass the exam. You will be able to take the final exam three times to pass. Please be advised that additional random questions will be added into the mix.
A passing grade is 70%. You must know your stuff, take excellent notes if you are to become a credentialed conservative."
Good Luck fellow conservative! Tell your friends, too.
Estimated completion effort: 10 hrs.
This 10 min. video clearly and concisely explains the form of government we have in America. One will be surprised at how often even our contemporary leaders often mislabel our actual form of government.
One will learn the difference between an oligarchy, democracy, republic, monarchy and anarchy.
Considered by many to be "The Speech" delivered by Ronald Reagan to the 1964 Republican Convention. His endorsment of Barry Goldwater highlighted the principles that propelled Reagan to the presidency.
Reagan touches upon vitrually every core conservative principle in this historic speech.
Then Gov. Reagan's 1975 speech to CPAC is powerful in his description of contrasting our free market system to that of the Soviet Union's.
Here is an excerpt:
"We could match them, but it would take a little doing on our part. We’d have to cut our paychecks back by 75 percent; move 60 million workers back to the farm; abandon two-thirds of our steel-making capacity; destroy 40 million television sets; tear up 14 of every 15 miles of highway; junk 19 of every 20 automobiles; tear up two-thirds of our railroad track; knock down 70 percent of our houses; and rip out nine out of every 10 telephones. Then, all we have to do is find a capitalist country to sell us wheat on credit to keep us from starving!
"Our people are in a time of discontent. Our vital energy supplies are threatened by possibly the most powerful cartel in human history. Our traditional allies in Western Europe are experiencing political and economic instability bordering on chaos."
Excerpt from speech by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty delivered on November 14, 2008:
So, this isn't about moderating to get independents. It's about getting Independents and Democrats to become conservatives. Now – amending those two things shouldn't be confused. There's some nuance to this. But you'll hear a lot of talk about, oh, you know – some of these people just want the party to be moderate. No, no, no. It's how do you take our tried and true conservative principles that are time tested, constitutionally based, we know our right, and be able to convince the voters and people in our time and our circumstances that they should become conservative? So, how do we do that?
The Foundation of Economic Education's founder Leonard Read composed this essay noting that no single person in the world can make a pencil.
Milton Friedman has a thoughtful post script, as well as a short video reinforcing the free economic principles.
This is a You Tube video that runs just under an hour.
UC Berkeley professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics, George Lakoff, explores how successful political debates are framed by using language targeted to people's values instead of their support.
This course will give you a clear understanding of the logical worldviews from which liberals and conservatives base their values.
Lakoff is a liberal. He is quite fair in his analysis of how conservatives think.
- This nine minute video from 1995 features Dr.Clifton L Ganus explaining the economic freedoms that launched the greatest economic boom in history. If only we knew now what we knew then.While younger students may think this a bit "hokey," the lesson of increased productivity will be clear simply by comparing the fax machine to email.
- Suzanna Gratia-Hupp explains the 2nd Amendment to the US Senate. This is a must see video! Real life, with real smug politicians. Her story embodies the vital importance of protecting ourselves.
A brief history of how the words "under God" were placed in the Pledge of Allegiance. There are two stories that seem to compete with each other but can assumed to compliment each other.
Also, beloved comedian Red Skelton remembers his roots with the pledge.
This is the final exam for the category "Become a Card Carrying Conservative."
It is highly recommended that you have completed all the courses within this category and taken the practice exams since most of the questions on this final exam are from the practice quizzes.
You will be prompted to pay $27.00 before taking the final exam. This financial transaction is done via PayPal which accepts most credit cards or other PayPal accounts.
You will have three attempts to successfully pass the exam.
Upon successful completion, please email your photo and name as you would like it to appear on the wallet-sized Card Carrying Conservative Certificate.
We will also need your mailing address to ship your newly minted credentials!
Email to uofcsv@gmail.com.
Good luck and thank you for helping promote our conservative principles.
