Let me say up front that I am a Conservative (a used to be Republican) and I am appalled at the apparent gullibility of many in the Republican Party. Yes, I am talking about the apparent support Senator John McCain has AS INDICATED BY THE POLLS AND PUNDENTS! Before I let into Mr. McCain, let me first say that I applaud his service to our country and the personal sacrifice he has had to endure at the hands of the Enemy. That being said, My Father was a war hero too. He was wounded many times;...

There is only ONE difference between our two presumably ‘for the people’ governmental parties. One is for CAPITOLISM and the other for SOCIALISM … period! Call them whatever you like, they have virtually nothing in common with the politicians of old, the ones that used to concern themselves with the welfare of America and its people. EVERYTHING they spew now is ‘propaganda’ used to recruit additional adherents and to motivate their bases which have already been suckered into their mad...

If there was a time for politics, it was before the first American soldier lost his or her life. We had many years of negotiations and talks before that fateful occurrence and they all amounted to naught … zippo … zilch! Once we were committed, the time for talking was over. Any further discussions at that point should only be over the surrender particulars of this despicable enemy of the whole human race. We didn’t wantonly jump into this war. There was OVERWHELMING support by a vast majorit...

A recent post entitled - Do you REALLY want to do something about CO2 emissions ? Link – got me to thinking and while I was trying to add a small comment … well, things kind of got away from me and the following article resulted. Point taken, but I think we already know the answers to this, hum ... Global Warming Dilemma. By the way, I was under the impression that China has already surpassed us in CO^2 emissions? It is my perceptive that the whole idea though is to promote the New Wo...

In light of current attitudes and the disposition of large segments of our society, some reclassification is in order. Now, as this will mostly be political in nature, I can just imagine the predisposed ire that will be forming before any references are actually made. The contrived indignation we pretend to suffer from merely mentioning simple qualifiers like, say, that I am a Reagan Conservative slams the blinders on and is tantamount to idiocy. Without any transference of information or sta...

Our political machine is completely broken and out of control. Bernard Goldberg put it best with the title of one of his books, “Crazies to the Left of Me and Wimps to the Right of Me”. I would imagine that most (rational) Americans fall in the middle here. This insane phenomenon has permeated all branches and levels of Government including the Executive, Judicial and Legislative. It is my belief that this internal degradation is fermented foremost by the power of the almighty $$$ to corr...

I suppose that your view on this simple question defines your political affiliation more than anything else. Now you could sit back in your guise as an armchair quarterback and nitpick everything taking place in the real world as is the want of most people, but this is unproductive at best, destructive at worst, solves nothing and produces ulcers and hatred amongst your fellow countrymen. Take a look around our country and what do you see? What kind of irrational human being develops a vi...

When I was Young and all-knowing, well, I used to be a Democrat. Being young and inexperienced and gullible beyond belief, I fell prey to the Carrots they brandished for all takers. Who was I to question all the wonderful freebees they were offering … after all they were FREE, weren’t they? It seemed reasonable to me, for them to take care of THINGS in my best interest that I didn't know enough about to do for myself, after all, I was young and foolish and unworldly. Then I spent 10 years...

I see today’s politics as pretty much black and white. Please don’t misunderstand me, I most assuredly don’t like this situation, but it isn’t of my making. Personally I think some of the things the liberals promote are good things and some of the things conservatives promote are not so good. But I just don’t know how to pick and choose anymore. Too much rides on a majority. I am more interested in the overall scheme of things, not the petty arguments that both parties use to enrage their bas...

I believe the merits should precede a conflict, not depend on its outcome. Unfortunately, I agree with a friends surmise; “… Bush's attempt to democratize Iraq will be considered brilliant if it works, and if it does not, idiotic in light of the Muslim ideal of the best community and the history of the region. It’s not over yet.” Terrorism is virtually a way of life in the Muslim culture and has been taking place there for 1000 years or more. It was pretty much ignored by the rest of the worl...

When I look at the media, what I see is a den of liberal bedfellows. Sure there are occasional conservative leaning article, but those are usually condescending in some way. Think back 10 years or so, before widespread internet access, talk radio and Fox News … where was one to go for something besides liberal biased information. Word of mouth will only go so far. The media wasn’t quite as deferential back then, but still favored the liberal view. Why is there such an outcry at the few conser...

On the one hand, the liberals and their elitist leaders are actually condemning President Bush, Republicans, American policy and the Coalition for attempting to foist our DEMOCRATIC principles on the unsuspecting innocent peoples of Iraq regardless of the fact that they repeatedly voted for it. However, on the other hand, guess what the liberals amongst us are doing (this is sweet and typical). They are trying to foist our DEMOCRATIC principles on the despicably culpable anything but in...

It seems that there is a misconception concerning my views on a lot of issues and in particular, GLOBAL WARMING (GW). I normally have NO RECOMMENDATIONS to make and readily admit that I at least am NOT A PROPHET. Were I able to make the global media outlets, I would be forced to at least express my own limitations and to somewhat tone down my opinions because of those limitations. My views (most anyway) are formed completely through second hand knowledge combined with just a little COMMON...

Just to set the record straight on why I view myself a conservative (not necessarily a present day Republican), I will go into some of my beliefs here. Many of my previous posts (elsewhere) have returned the argument that MY SOURCES are politically biased (??) and are offset by other views for instance Igor’s documentary (if you can really call it that) “An Inconvenient Truth” on global warming. I prefer to use something like “The Great Global Warming Swindle” Link instead. You see, I don...