Ladies & Gentlemen...Many Blogs Have Been Written, And This Is One Of Them.

I really don't think much of most blogs for one reason; oftentimes I feel each is one of thousands expressing the exact same things. There really aren't many unique viewpoints out there. So label me with the 'narcissistic' adjective if you would like, but I honestly feel I'm very different. What makes me so different?  Simple: I cling to my values and don't let one "herd" or another dictate what I should say on a particular subject.  Too often conservatives and liberals alike will check with their respective 'herd' before expressing their opinion.  I feel that instead of simply asking what is right, too many people ask what is the most widely accepted (conservative/liberal) point of view and go with that.  There will be no pundit with whom I'll need to check before dispensing my honest opinion.  I've already alienated many conservatives because I strongly condemn the inane protesters at town-hall meetings on the topic of health care.  You can be angry with a righteous indignation without losing your civility.

Conservatives are very angry. (I know--"how many more obvious statements will he make?") It's because we're being backed into a corner. It's also because that as America slides further and further down the spiral of (im)morality, we're pushing conservative values to the ground and kicking dirt onto them like a dog burying a turd. It's not a good thing. Our quest to become the most immoral nation in the world is directly commensurate with the quantity of calamity we invite. Floods, droughts, fires, economic woes, crime, drugs, poverty...all rising in direct proportion with our love for ourselves, our booze and partying, our pornography, our intellectual gymnastics, and our liberal social "values." (...Talk about your oxymoron...)  The Bible calls it reaping what you've sown, others call it Karma.  Whatever you call it, there aren't too many people out there who would disagree that "what goes around, comes around!"

Now, already I've been labeled an "idiot" by many liberals (even those who have dared to call me their "friend") out there. I've caused many to say "Gee-zus!" as they roll their eyes. Yet, conservatives are alleged to be the "narrow-minded" ones exclusively. Liberals are so often so full of themselves; so elitist, and so closed-minded that they have established an automatic "hall-pass" for themselves. They are 'excused' from listening further when they have deemed one to be unworthy of their attention. And because they are liberal, they have decided that they are superior and smarter than the rest of us--equipping them with special powers which excuse them from such perfunctory hypocrisies.

But I hope liberals and conservatives alike have made it to this paragraph and can hang on until the very end. Because although I just gave an honest rebuke of typical liberal rationale, they are all my brothers and sisters under God; we all share the light of the same sun, and we're all (presumably) Americans. Hopefully you don't have so much hatred in your heart that you will shun me for my beliefs and opinions.

Besides, you will find that I do not dis-include myself in my many criticisms. And if ever you see me make a self-effacing remark followed up by a lame excuse; please call me out on it. I want to learn and grow; something it's really hard to do without a regular glance in the mirror. I encourage any and all of you reading these words to do the same with fearless honesty...which means that you look at yourself with enough courage to tell yourself the truth about yourself no matter how much it may hurt to do so.

People in general--liberals & conservatives alike--are very insecure. It's maddening. I can't tell you how many times I thought I was merely having an amicable disagreement with someone only to find out (too late) that the other person's ass was becoming increasingly chapped as the discussion went along. Why can't we disagree without hating the other person for having opposite beliefs? Frustration is one thing; bitterness and hatred is another.

It's like the (now infamous) town hall meetings which even caused Starbucks to jape conservatives in one of their commercials. I can understand the anger, but the incivility and pointless insults I can neither defend nor excuse. Granted, the media focused like a laser on the most idiotic conservatives they could find, but such behavior is inexcusable to me nonetheless. It made me embarrassed to call myself a conservative to some degree.

The town hall meetings were especially sad because I didn't hear too many of the facts--which would have been much more effective than acting like a bunch of apes who just had too many lattes (perhaps from Starbucks...but I digress...)

How about mentioning the fact that there's a microcosm of universal health-care right here in my home state of Massachusetts? It's been the bane of the past couple of years. We can't pay for it! Not to mention the quality of care is rapidly disintegrating back to the 1700's.

My dad happens to work at a hospital where he's been a respiratory therapist for about 30+ years. He's always telling me about how badly things have become...how people are rushed through with no real scrutiny given to underlying problems...some of those get missed. It's as if people think doctors are superhuman and should be able to handle tenfold the patient-load they had to handle during the previous year with no problems or fatigue whatsoever. Guess what? They can't.

When you mandate that everyone get healthcare, some conspicuous things occur. Doctors start seeing people who are convinced they've got Hodgkin's when all they really have is hangnails. And doctor's offices and emergency-rooms alike are flooded with these people, making it difficult to maintain any level of diagnostic acuity.

Also, there's plenty of room for corruption. I recently heard about a local phony who had learned that if he raised his blood-sugar level just enough, he'd get a hospital room for five days and $75/a day for his troubles. He'd been doing it on a regular basis and using the money for his gambling habit at Foxwoods casino--on our dime. ...And that's just one example of thousands. The government can never correctly assess an accurate projection of what one of their programs will cost the taxpayer because they never put human greed and thievery into the mix. It makes me wonder if liberals are among the guilty...why would they not mind their tax dollars contributing unless they were going to take part in the manipulation?

I'm not a heartless bastard. ...Far from it, in fact. I'd love to make every sick person well. But I despise the idea of the government taking my money and just handing over to a bunch of thieves while diminishing the quality of my medical care in the process. It's called common sense. It's too bad that so many people aren't using any. I don't hate people who don't use it, I just disagree with them. If you disagree with me, I hope you can appreciate the fact that I'm just a loving human being who is merely standing up for his beliefs just like you do. I hope you can even say that you love me as a fellow child of God. If you can't...