Begin at the beginning.

I realize there are eighty million bazillion blogs out there but I'm not adding my two cents to the fracas in order to be recognized; I'd just like a place to sort out my views on current events, sometimes to figure out my own positions - I like things to be "fair and balanced" (I'm a Libra through and through) and I see way too many extremist rantings from both the right and the left. Not that I am middle-of-the-road. If I had to be labeled I guess I'd be a libertarian/capitalist/"twoo" republican/economic conservative/social libertarian. In short, I think government should be as small as possible and should quit sticking its nose in citizens' private business. Especially the Federal government. Yes, that includes people's bedrooms. As long as you're not harming anyone else - especially children - what you like to do and with whom, as consenting adults, is nobody else's business.

I am not anti-union (I was married to a union member), but I think unions have bloated themselves to the point of doing their members more disservice than service these days, to the detriment of efficiency and effectiveness. I think socialism is evil. I think that too many people fail to either think for themselves or to think things through (and I am also guilty of that, quite often). I also think that the USA is the greatest country based on the greatest idea ever conceived - government of the people, by the people and for the people. Now if the people would step up and use their brains in a consistent manner, we'd all be better off :D

I don't like name-calling by lefties, righties or in-betweenies. There IS such a thing as civil discourse, and by God I intend to practice it. So if I don't, feel free to call me out on it.