I was having a brief chat with a young lady yesterday; all of about 20 years old, and from what I can tell, a very nice girl.  She has asked me questions about what I do with this publication and what it’s all about, so I gave her a brief outline.  When the conversation got to my very conservative leanings, she asked me what that meant.  I didn’t quite understand the question; but she really didn’t know what being ‘conservative’ means.  I gave her a very fast thumbnail explanation of the term citing smaller government, lower taxes, and fewer regulations; and she kind of understood…sorta.  

Well, that chat inspired some thought, and I decided that it’s more than likely that many of her age group, (all age groups really) may not really understand the differences between conservatives and liberals, and all those in the middle, etc.  

So, Cherisse, thank you for bringing this to my attention; this article is addressed to you, and the many others, mostly younger people like yourself, that have never been taught or heard anything different than one might expect from the agenda of a modern public school system.  I hope it will give you some sort of real insight as to where ‘conservatives’ and ‘liberals’ are coming from.  As you’ll see, you have to consider your own values and principles, and balance them between what happens, what you might like to happen, and what should happen according to the law of the land, (i.e., the US Constitution).

With Election Day and all of the political races heating up and drawing to the grand finale, much of the focus has been on the Presidential Race.  However, among the other most closely watched races, financed heavily by the left against Republicans, is the newly created US House seat identified as Florida’s 18th US Congressional District.

In that race, freshman US Representative Allen West is facing political newcomer Patrick Murphy.  I thought I’d take a closer look at that race and share my thoughts.

Make no mistake about it; Allen West is making waves and powerful enemies in DC.  The proof of that bears out in the millions of PAC dollars and attack ads against him.  The liberals hate him, and have accused him of everything from beating up seniors and hating women to torturing an insurgent in a war zone, and twisting lots of other stuff to mar his record and good name.

In reality, Allen West is a proven leader who is not afraid to do what needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.  Case in point is the much ballyhooed incident in Iraq in which a detainee, insurgent, enemy, or whatever else one cares to call him had information concerning an imminent attack against then Lt. Colonel West’s unit.  The ‘sanitized’ interrogation methods being utilized up to the point where Allen West stepped in were simply not working, and the ‘intel’ was desperately needed immediately.  Therefore, Allen West took matters into his own hands; essentially, he removed the insurgent from the interrogation area and discharged a pistol round near his head, likely causing a bit of tinnitus.  Was this an approved technique?  No it was not.  In fact, Lt. Colonel West broke the rules, and he knew it was going to cost his career dearly.  

Just some thoughts of mine as the calendar closes in on Election Day and in the simplest terms possible, what it all means.

Putting aside all of the other very important races, we have to ask some questions; starting with, regardless of which presidential candidate prevails, the incumbent president or the challenger, will things really change?  I say they will, but only to the degree of how more or less bad things will be.

Under the current administration, we have joined much of the rest of the world and are currently on a disastrous course economically, have likely already become Greece minus the formality of declaring it, and crashed through the guardrail and well into the death fall off the cliff.  Sadly, too many of the lemmings in this country won’t recognize it until we come to a sudden crashing halt at the bottom and everything goes up in flames, and then they’ll blame someone else instead of looking in the mirror.

To be completely fair and honest, the current president did not start us on this course, (as it has been building up for many decades, since the Wilson Administration even).  However since taking office, he has not only done nothing to steer us off of it, he has accelerated the speed at which we are travelling to the edge, lying about it all the way.  

Understanding as I do his true nature; that of an anti-Colonialist with exclusively anti-American, radical, and communist mentors and teachers throughout his life, I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that his goal is and always was to destroy America.  I also believe that he is not only very aware that his policies are driving the final nails in our coffin, he is glad to see it.  

I have heard that sort of rhetoric several times this cycle, from what I consider otherwise very intelligent people.  That would be several times too many.  In what may be my shortest Op/Ed article ever, I have this to say.

Not voting IS VOTING!  If you squirm every time you see something from this administration that defies logic; if you gag when you hear them pandering to an enemy; if you recognize that the make-up of the current Supreme Court is in dire straits and will get much worse; and if you’re bothered by what’s going on, and you just can’t stand it anymore, but you just don’t really 'love’ Romney, because he wasn’t your first choice.  I get it!  Really, I do, I get it.

But here’s what I get more than anything else; NOT VOTING, MORE THAN EVER, IS THE EXACT SAME THING AS VOTING FOR OBAMA.  

For God’s sake, this administration has legions of dead people voting for it; please don’t make the mistake of not off-setting a dead person.  Bite your tongue, grit your teeth, eat some crow, hold your nose if you have to; but damn it all to hell, get out and vote for Mitt Romney!  Any other vote or non-vote is a vote for a second term of Barack Hussein Obama; one which we will never recover from.

Don’t even think that somehow voting your conscience and casting for Ron Paul or Gary Johnson is the ticket.  Neither of them can win, and both of them know that, and I might add, if they truly loved this country, would drop out of the race and support Romney.  Simply put, our nation cannot afford anything less than a Romney victory.  

Think long and hard America, the future of our nation depends on you.