My Blog and Welcome to It

I'm trying to enter the 21st Century. The world of technology is fun and exciting, but often overwhelming and confusing. It makes programming a VCR seem effortless. The "blogosphere" is a pioneering way of keeping up-to-date with the vast amounts of information that flood the world every day. Whether one is leaning to the left, right, center or any point in between, there is a blog site for a person's taste. I tend to lean right-center with social issues divided: support for the handicapped and disabled, a hand for the working poor, less government intervention in daily life, but decidedly for paying my taxes to support security, police, fire, and necessary services. The problem arises when most politicians and the people who have their ears try to gain influence that all of "their needs" are essential. The wealthy landowners that still get government subsidies, gentleman farmers who hire out their farms for tax breaks and subsidies, big businesses that pay CEO's exorbitant amounts while fleecing the stockholders, landlords who are never in the buildings they own, and politicians who line the pockets of friends and families with construction contracts and high-paying, do-nothing jobs are the people that I have little or no tolerance for. At the same time there are millions that are disaffected through disabilities or who are down on their luck because of the economy or hung out to dry through ageism or other such forms of discrimination. How do we truly put into effect the passionate conservatism that is such a buzz word in politics, but often seems to be just a word with no concrete actions. These issues and others will be addressed within this blog. Maybe some answers and solutions will eventually present themselves. We can hope and we can take action.