I decided to switch back to my previous theme. I was not 100% satisfied with the new one. It was too, well, modern for my taste. This one is much better, I think.
This one looks, well, more blog-like.
Now to move all the code from new theme back… 🙄 Joy. 🙄
Update: Thankfully, I did not have to do the work that I thought that I was going to have to do. I didn’t cut and paste the code for my ads, I simply copied and pasted. Man, I’m glad I did that! Saved me a ton of work. 😀
As you can see I have changed the look around here a bit.
A new version of WordPress has dropped and with it came a new theme for 2014; and contrary to what most liberals might think about we conservatives, even we paleoconservative types — I do like to keep the blog look with the times. Unlike some bloggers, who have had the same theme since the day they started blogging; I like to keep the place up a bit and not have it become stale or even dated.
I hope you like the new, updated look. It’s bit nicer than the old one. Also too, I decided to do away with those annoying side bar ads that would come swooping in from the left and right. They were annoying and did distract from my wonderful content. I also tend to believe that they really did not make any difference in the blog’s income at all.
I did stay with the basic design concept, I just changed to a new template, which is much nicer I think.
I wish you all a happy Sunday, and do come again! 😀
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
I am watching a Alex Jones video at the moment, and I might post it. Therefore, I am informing my readers of something:
I pulled two postings, one of which where I criticized Alex Jones unfairly, and based on information that, quite frankly, was produced by those who simply hate Jews. For the record, I do not hate Jews at all. I have issues with Zionism, but that does not equate to hate at all.
Quoting myself:
As a Christian man, and as someone who grew up in southwest Detroit in the 1980′s; the idea of a white ruled Nation that basically treated blacks like dirt — like the south did in the 1950′s and how America did, during the days of slavery, makes me want to puke. Sorry, if that offends the white readers of this blog. Sorry, I am just not wired to hate people that look different than me; just not my nature at all. As much as I know that black on white crime is a big problem, as much as I know that communism is a horrible thing, as much as I know that some, not all — blacks do hate white people, which is festered by the leftist mentality. I just cannot and will not hate blacks. I am just not wired that way.
Furthermore, I have stated on this blog more than once, that I simply do not hate the Jewish people. It is time that I put that statement into practice; So, I deleted two postings, that could be interpreted as hateful towards Alex Jones. I might not agree with Alex Jones 100 percent. But, I won’t trash him with videos, made by hateful bigots. It is simply not my nature.
Alex Jones and myself might not agree on the who, what, where and how of the destructive powers of this Country; but when you get right down to it, we do agree on one thing —- that protecting and defending this great Republic of ours is vital to our liberty. For things that I might have said about him in the past, I do apologize to any and all fans of his. I tend to be very skeptical of conspiracy theories and because of that, I did reject Alex Jones outright. Perhaps I was wrong about that.
I will try and do better. 🙂
Seeing that the drive-by trolls are starting to become a problem again, I am putting comments back on moderation for the foreseeable future. I don’t need the stupidity and I am not in the mood to have to delete the stupidity.
So, moderation is back on.
I was sitting here tonight and looking at some of the photos from the Reagan Library. While doing so I came a bit of a realization — I have done on this blog; what I have decried others doing: I have become a bit of an offensive conservative. Sure, as a Fundamentalist Christian; I have issues with Zionism, Judaism, Islam and Roman Catholicism; however, that does not excuse some of the stuff in my sidebars. So, I am going to remove them. I will, however, keep the gospel tract there for someone who might need to read it.
The reason for this is this: I was looking at the photos from the Reagan White House era. President Ronald Reagan was a Conservative; but, he was never an offensive man. He simply stuck to his principles, but not in an abrasive, nasty way. I realize now, that I should be following Reagan’s example of this; when it comes to all things. This is simply the Christian way, and I have failed in this area. Christian and Conservative principles are a good thing; but if they are exercised in a manner that is offensive, they become quite useless.
I will try to do a bit better from here on out.
Between taking my Mom to the doctor’s office and trying to get some sleep; I just was not able to do any blogging. Plus too, I am just not in the mood today.
Maybe tomorrow or later tonight; if I am in the mood.
Till then… silence.
My sleeping habits have become rather messed up. I sleep like a dude who works midnights. Up all night, sleep all day.
I guess I have something in common with Ann Coulter. 😉 (anyone that reads her stuff knows what I mean…)
I am doing this now before the Holidays get here.
