Conservative ideas are responsible for the two great urban-policy successes of the last quarter-century: the breathtaking drops in crime and in welfare dependency since the early 1990s.

In one brief note: I would like to state that this article is not intended to discourage anyone from impacting their communities, and I look forward to working with anyone that believes in achieving the annexation of dependency within our urban and surrounding communities. For those who may take offense, then this article may very well be a reflection of character; however for others, this article can and should serve as a challenge to be unique, not by titles, but by deeds. In the end, a Conservative can impact any structured society; however, an Urban Conservative can only limit his or herself to the urban community. One should not need to call himself “urban” to build up the urban community, but one cannot call himself “urban” and expect to transcend across all environments. This is not an attack, but a challenge!

With respect to my friends within the urban community who consider themselves “Urban-Conservatives,” I am writing this article in response to an unfair criticism that was directed against me and others, who reside in an urban community but refuse to identify ourselves as urban conservatives. Often, people who hyphenate a term, do so in the hopes to gain a distinction from the core in which their adjective is connected.

Conservative pundit and unlikely gay ally Ann Coulter is set to headline the first annual Homocon, “a party to celebrate gay conservatives” put on by GOProud, the “only national organization representing gay conservatives.” The festivities are scheduled to take place in New York City on September 25.

“The gay left has done their best to take all the fun out of politics, with their endless list of boycotts and protests. Homocon is going to be our annual effort to counter the ‘no fun police’ on the left,” said Christopher Barron, Chairman of the Board of GOProud, in a statement. “I can’t think of any conservative more fun to headline our inaugural party then the self-professed ‘right-wing Judy Garland’ – Ann Coulter.”

“I can promise you, Homocon 2010 will be a hell of a lot more fun than chaining yourself to the White House fence,” Baron pledged, making light of an incident earlier this year where gay soldiers protesting the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy chained themselves to the gates of the White House.

Recently, a Conservative Police Officer came banging on my door asking me to drop the term “Urban” because it means “Black”—or else he’d lock me up!

I don’t know his politics, I don’t know which issues he’s campaigning for, and I don’t know about his background but I do know Democrats. Most importantly, I know racism when I see it. That’s why I’m supporting the candidacy of Alvin Greene in South Carolina. I am not endorsing him but I do endorse his right to run. Liberals hate that I constantly accuse them of being the racists that they are. Too bad. The colossal push to force a black man out of a race he won fairly provides more proof why the Democratic Party is the most racist institution in America today.

The Alvin Greene story reads like a Hollywood script. Here you have a veteran without any political pedigree, get rejected by the party machine then miraculously gets accepted by the people. He achieves the improbable goal of winning his party’s nomination in a statewide race with few resources. Unfortunately for Greene, he has reached far beyond the boundaries reserved for black politicians. He will now suffer the wrath of the Democratic machine because of his ambition and desire to serve his state. While blacks are the most loyal Democrat voters, the party has made it clear that as long as a black person runs for a seat in an all-black district, he won’t have any problem with his party. For the record, Obama doesn’t count. When I say “black,” I am referring to Americans like me that trace their roots to enslaved Africans.

During an especially poignant moment, the former slave and abolitionist, Olaudah Equiano, opens his shirt displaying the brand burned into his chest when he reached the West Indies from Africa. In his words it was a mark that let him know that he no longer belonged to God, but to men. This moment in the film is striking not because it affirms the cruelty of slavery. Slavery was/is not evil because of its cruelty, but because it violates the natural state of man by reducing the divine to the profane.

For me this moment eloquently illustrates the seed idea of conservatism—that all men belong to God! Thomas Jefferson was equally eloquent when he said that “some men were not born with saddles on their back and others with boots and spurs to ride them by the grace of God.” Jefferson of course codified this idea into the Keystone document of our Republic.

I am a Conservative because I believe in American Exceptionalism; I believe that Democracy and the rule of law is man’s best hope on Earth and that our way of life must be defended. As President Kennedy said, “we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” I believe that in the absence of American as the defender of Freedom, the world would dissolve into chaos, leaving Totalitarianism to rule the day and enslave the people. I am a Conservative because I believe in Open and Free Market Capitalism, and that Capitalism is the engine for economic growth and a nation’s prosperity, not wealth redistribution.

When I say Capitalism, I mean Laissez-Faire, with little to no government intervention into the private enterprise. I believe and history has shown that it is because of Government intervention, that Economic prosperity evades a nation. It is because of Capitalism and the Free Market that America has remained the envy of the world in terms of our standard of living, which is second to none.

Klan hats? Confederate flags? Tom Tancredo-like ignorance? Nope. All of the above were thankfully NOT a part of my CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) experience.

It is unjust that homosexuals cannot in most states obtain the kinds of basic rights, protection, and dignity for their relationships that the rest of us take for granted. But is there really a right to gay “marriage” lurking somewhere in the U.S. Constitution?

Capitalism, with its ideals of self-interest, cannot occur in a restricted society, only a free society can house capitalism, and therefore, those that condemn capitalism are condemning a form of freedom.

Local Republicans tapped Scozzafava as the nominee in July because they believed her centrist views would appeal to a coalition of centrist Republicans, independents and Democrats in a moderate-minded district that Barack Obama won with 52 percent of the vote in 2008. The national party supports her for the same reason: her perceived electability. This is a case where the wingnuts are…well acting like wingnuts and the national party is acting more pragmatic. The hard right is not concerned about winning as much as they are about being heard, even if it means handing the seat to a Democrat.

The reality is that you aren’t going to win NY-23 with a staunch progressive or a staunch conservative. McHugh has served the district well and is known as a moderate. That is why he was such a tough election foe. In order to serve the district, you have to be able to balance yourself.