“Feelin’ the Blues in a Red State“
What do I mean by this, some people ask.
Well, I am a Republican – born and raised by a family of farmers in Nebraska of the Catholic faith. Taught morals, understand the rural community and the benefits of a good education. I have faith (although, it’s not completely Catholic anymore – I call it Self Christian Religion) and friends. Conservative has always been the nature of my upbringing and youth.
Today, I live in Omaha, Nebraska – close but far from the rural life my parents live. I joined the military at age 25, and toured various parts of the world. I got more than a fair share of exposure to many cultures, and many of my friends were from different areas of the United States. I have a lot of Internet friends now, situated around the nation and the globe.
It’s fair to say I’m not the man my community raised me to be.
I’m old-fashioned Republican – one who wants the “little government, but big ideas” type of administration. Economic strength through value. Open-minded discussion, hopeful for the future and peace. Very 80’s style view, in reality.
So now, in this day and age of neo-cons and moral assertionists, I slowly go from Right to Left, from Red to Blue. I’m feeling the Blues in this here Red state, and it’s rather disappointing. I’d like to sit somewhere in the middle, but I don’t think that’s going to be possible in the future. I morn for my children of this distasteful bi-partisan mess we call “the US government.” Although, I still respect the law and authority it assumes.
Yes, I’m crude and sometimes obnoxious if not abrassive. Take that as you will. But it is not my place to be something other than I am, and I don’t care if some Conservative, overly-religious person gets offended. This is not your world alone.
This blog is just my every day expression of political, religious, and regular music to the beat of my own soundtrack.
*NOTE: As of March 7, 2007, I have ended my Republican membership and joined the Independents. After 17 years of being a Republican, I decided I don’t really vote along party lines anyway, so why be counted among the Conservative idiots.
Thank you for a window into the mind of McDucky.
Kinda not been doing the intarwebs thing so much recently, as you may have noticed. The desire to write has kinda drained from me, replaced with other stuff life demands of me. It’s not a bad thing, but the creative side is taking a nap. Kitten said it’s being channeled into other things, like DnD, which I have picked back up in a big way.
Suffice to say, the Steppenwolf of Junkie has slowed to a crawl.
Hope you and yours are doing well. We’re surviving over here, trying to make our future better. Miss you.
It’s not all about the two party pollitical system, which is very broken in my opinion.
You seem like a very bright guy, have you ever considered that BOTH of our current mainstream pollitical parties just might suck? Check out my page sometime…but only with an open mind.
Trust me – I don’t like the spineless, screwed-up Democratic group that’s presently in power any more than I like the ultra-Con dickhead Republican group that’s presently in power. It would be nice to have another party with the moderates or someone more – you know – intelligent than what we have at the moment.