The Beginning

So begins my blog on what I think and feel. Why would anyone want to know that? I have no idea and I really don't worry about who will read this. I don't care if no one reads it. I care about the ability TO write a blog and TO express my thoughts and ideas freely. Blogs, while given a whole lot more credence than they deserve, are a great place to get things off of your chest.

I begin by telling you what to expect - not who I am. I consider myself rather socially liberal but fiscally conservative. In other words I won't be labeled and I speak my mind. If you don't what to hear an opinion then leave this blog now because I have no intention of mincing my words! I'm going to say what I think and I don't care about being PC.

I am UNHAPPY with our current federal administration and I think our president is hell bent on ruling by decree and executive order to get his Socialist agenda entrenched in America.If I wanted to be a Socialist I'd have moved to Russia!
The absolute amount of regulation the government exercises in 2013 is appalling! I fear this is only the beginning. If I follow the issue to the logical conclusion we will be in a police state very soon - we are almost there now. Just think about it:

• Unions can FORCE people to pay dues even if they don't want to join - and the government wants to protect that!
• The government dictates how much a private business can charge for a commodity.
• We are FORCED to have healthcare insurance AND to pay for "affordable" healthcare for others (I don't mind giving assistance to the poor but I DO mind being told what we have to do ourselves).
• We are forcing private business to produce a product (electric cars for example) because the government decided we must regardless of the free market. 
• The government is giving money to businesses who are their friends without any input by the Congress in the name of economic stimulation - does Solyndra ring a bell!
• The government is destroying the coal industry by decree.
• The EPA is creating rules without any oversight by the Congress. *Who the hell elected them???

  And this is just the few things I can think of on the fly. I've been putting my thoughts mostly on my Facebook page but I thought I'd rather blog. Below is just one of the posts I've recently put up.

Women in Combat:

I've pondered the new rule allowing women in combat positions in our military. You would think as a feminist I would welcome the change. Well I would if the world were all feminists and women prisoners would be treated as they do in Western cultures. But they won't and I can't. I know it is instinctual in our culture for men to protect women. There is also the very real worry about the fate of American women if captured by men in a culture that HATES women and subjugates them. American men have suffered greatly when captured, American women would suffer much more at the hands of the fanatical Taliban or Al Qaeda. Is the American public ready for pictures of tortured American women? I think not. I know I'm not, even though I want women to be treated exactly the same way as men WHEN THEY CAN. I predict our enemies are going to go out of their way to show us just how brutal they can be. This is a bad idea IMHO!