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The Pirate Dogs are in a frenzy tonight. Commodore Cody took over the Nargle for most of the evening. Capt. 'Roid is agitated over the Somalian pirates. Seems they let the US Navy surround that hijacked munitions freighter. So rather than give up, the Somalis are threatening to blow the thing up. Let all the armaments sink and forgo the $millions in ransom. 'Roid and the crew wanted a share of the money (they'd love to help their dad retire this year) or the ship itself so they could stage a coup up the Potomac. Oops, that'll get the Pirate Dogs on the Homeland Security watch list...................Good thing their mom made a fresh batch of bone turks and there are leftover waffles from breakfast to sustain them.

Two pertinent definitions:

liberal
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1.favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
2.(often initial capital letter ) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.
3.of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism.
4.favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.
5.favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.
6.of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.
7.free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners.
8.open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.
9.characterized by generosity and willingness to give in large amounts: a liberal donor.
10.given freely or abundantly; generous: a liberal donation.
11.not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule.
12.of, pertaining to, or based on the liberal arts.
13.of, pertaining to, or befitting a freeman.
–noun
14.a person of liberal principles or views, esp. in politics or religion.
15.(often initial capital letter ) a member of a liberal party in politics, esp. of the Liberal party in Great Britain.
Synonyms 1. progressive. 7. broad-minded, unprejudiced. 9. beneficent, charitable, openhanded, munificent, unstinting, lavish. See generous.
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conservative
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1.disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
2.cautiously moderate or purposefully low: a conservative estimate.
3.traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness: conservative suit.
4.(often initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the Conservative party.
5.(initial capital letter ) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Conservative Jews or Conservative Judaism.
6.having the power or tendency to conserve; preservative.
7.Mathematics. (of a vector or vector function) having curl equal to zero; irrotational; lamellar.
–noun
8.a person who is conservative in principles, actions, habits, etc.
9.a supporter of conservative political policies.
10.(initial capital letter ) a member of a conservative political party, esp. the Conservative party in Great Britain.
11.a preservative.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

So if we are to move forward which should it be??