So why a blog?

So here I am, writing my first blog post ever. I guess the question someone (but maybe I'm being overly optimistic) is asking is why?

Caveat emptor: I am an Army officer. Although I don't plan on discussing a lot about the military (mostly because I think Army things are very well blogged and I can't add much to the discussion), my affiliation limits to an extent the type of things I can say. Fortunately, I'm a big believer in courtesy and respect to everyone, and especially to those with whom I may disagree.

Mostly I wanted to start a blog because I haven't seen much written from an apolitical perspective...

Don't get me wrong. I am an almost stereotypical "religious right" conservative. I am a proud Presbyterian (even if my denomination has for the most part forgotten what that means). I believe that homosexuality is a sin, that big government is bad, that judicial activism has changed our government to something our founding fathers wouldn't recognize. I believe that people do not have the right to kill babies, even if they happen to be inside their mother's body. If you take a checklist from any of the popular conservative pundits, I can probably check off on nearly any issue on them.

But here's what I see in at least the national stage - on the one side, you have liberals that really do largely control the government or the media, or the universities, or any number of other things, that have truly wigged out ideas that many Americans, including myself, just don't believe in. On the other side, you have conservatives that come across as angry, being forever "against" this thing or the other thing. In all cases, whatever truly changes? How many times have you seen a politician make a speech thusly "It's the (opposing party)'s fault that (pet issue) is this way?"

That's why I'm here... I'm a Christian, and an American, and a Conservative, and I'm pretty happy anyway. If you're a Democrat or a social liberal, I think your party or ideological system is pretty wigged out, but I can talk with you about it anyway, and not be rude. If you're an angry Republican, I think you're right more than you're wrong, but you can be nicer about it. I'm not so convinced that politicians at the national level are so different regardless of party anyway.

So I'll try to write on a regular basis on whatever - hope you stay along for the ride!

God bless you all,

Dion