Just a short reminder that I still have a December fundraiser in progress.
Folks, I’ll just be perfectly honest with you. I’m under no illusion as to the popularity of this blog. I really did not get into writing about politics to be popular. I started writing about politics in 2006 as a skeptical left of center. By the time the middle of 2007 rolled around, I had basically given up on the Democratic Party and on the progressive movement.
My biggest problem is this: I am simply not a partisan blogger. I am NOT a part of the Republican establishment either. I see flaws in partisanship and in establishment politics. I also was not a big fan of George W Bush. The only reason I ever voted Democrat, since I have been eligible to vote is because my family voted democrat.
My change of heart when it came to the Democratic Party, when the party decided to choose someone, that I felt was not only unqualified to be President of the United States; but also someone who possessed anti-American sentiment.
For this reason and this reason alone, I essentially switched to a belief system of pro America, Pro Constitution, and pro Republic. Am I saying that the democratic party is an anti-american party? Pretty much. I simply cannot support a party that happens to believe that people who create jobs, such as small business owners, are an enemy to America. This is why I switched sides.
Now why I call myself a paleo conservative as opposed to a neoconservative or just a Republican is this: I simply believe that Wilsonian foreign policy is a tragic mistake. This is not because I happen to hate Jews or because I am some sort of Israel hater, I simply know that every time the United States of America involves itself in foreign policy affairs the outcome is never pretty. Perfect examples of that are Korea, Vietnam and the first and second Golf wars. Put very simply, I am NOT a hawkish type conservative. This is not to say that I am a pacifist or something silly like that, I believe in justified war, like we got during World War 2. That happens to be the only constitutionally declared war.
This is not to say that I disrespect the United States military. I leave that to people like Lew Rockwell. I respect Lew Rockwell in his brand of libertarianism, but I don’t respect his opinion on the United States military. but he is entitled to his opinion and unlike the Trotskyite fascists on the right; I don’t wish to see his opinion suppressed.
So there you have it the truth about me. Despite what has been printed about me in various places; I’m not a hater. I’m just someone who believes in true conservative principles unlike some who claim to hold the mantle of conservatism.
If you can donate, please do so. If not, thanks for reading anyway. If I have to use Christmas money to renew the domains and pay for the hosting again I will. So far not one person has donated at all. And I can’t halfway blame ’em —- I’m not exactly most loved blogger in the world and too, economic times are hard and a lot of people are having to tighten their belts, present company included.
I think you all for reading and I wish you all the best for Christmas and New Years.
Signed,
-Patrick
Your humble host