Hello and welcome to my blog.
You won't find any pithy commentary here - but you will know exactly how I feel about politics, political corruption and the politicians who engage in it. Frankly, I neither like, nor respect those who refuse to stay true to the ideals of public service. However, I do have a deep and profound respect for the political process, as well as the few honest people who do try to make a difference in an our ever increasing indifferent world. Mark Twain once said "Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it."
Citizens deserve honest representation. When that doesn't happen, well, we need to stand up and make our voices heard. I also have a pet peeve that people don't always get the truth from those who are empowered to act on the Public's behalf - the media. Credible journalism is absolutely necessary. All to often, though, our mass media chooses to ignore issues due to a bias. It is for those reasons that I felt compelled to start this blog. I am not a professional writer, so please excuse me if my style deviates from good journalistic principles. But the idea here is to speak my mind as an average citizen. Policy wonks may understand the finer points of "sausage-making," unfortunately average Americans like me are left to their own devices to interpret what they perceive to be going on. If I err in my perception, then I apologize. However my views are as I understand them to be and I am open to debate from anyone. So please comment often and rest assured I will respect your views.
You should know that I am not an extreme ideologue. Matter of fact, I am an Independent Voter that chooses his candidates from either Political Party. I do my best to look for the best qualified person to represent my interests. Even though I may lean Conservative, I am also liberal. For instance, I believe in a woman's right to choose as well as accepting of gay rights. The way I see it, I do not have to agree with abortion or living a gay lifestyle. Yet, as a human-being I cannot judge people because of their personal life choices.
I will however encourage everyone to participate in the political process, but, I would never attempt to encourage anyone to abandon their ideological leanings. My aim really is as simple as asking people to just participate in the process. I have a firm belief that our right to vote is our nation's greatest gift and that apathy is not a solution.
A Favorite Quote:
"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted, it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience." - George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905
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