Oh, yay! Another political blog! I can hear you, you know. So indulge me while I make feeble excuses for why anyone would want to read a total stranger's ideas on topics that make everyone angry.
I love politics. Not the power mongering part. No, the pursuit of power is not something I grasp on a fundamental level. I get it on a purely mental one, but my fundas just don't go along with that sort of nonsense. What I love are the principles. I love the principles of freedom, self-reliance, self-governance, and honor; all the things our country is founded on. And these are the principles that I believe most Americans still adhere to, when the government gets out of our way and just lets us be. Aha!! You've given yourself away, you say! Yes. Yes, I'm one of THOSE. A conservative. But honestly, I think most people are conservative in one way or another. Does anyone doubt that people are better equipped to run their own lives than some distant bureaucracy? Does anyone not think that Americans are good, generous, kind, intelligent and resourceful already, and that we don't need a government entity to tell us how to be those things? That's what I think. I like to think I'm not the only one. Yes, there are many social problems that need to be addressed, but that is for humans to solve, not governments. Governments have no place in social engineering.
So that's pretty much the perspective all my posts will be taking. You know, for the three family members who will read this, and likely agree with most of what I say.
