Why I could never be a liberal.

Being born in 1960 I was a mere child when we probably went through what I consider to be the most significant era of social change which was in fact the decade of the 1960s. I cannot recall the significant events of the early 60s like JFK and Bob Dylan hitting the scene.And in fact in the corridors of my mind most of my memories are just brief clips of time. The unrest and tragedy of Vietnam I remember being shown by Walter Cronkite and the Ed Sullivan show , the Smothers Brothers and the sad and tragic assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King were clips I recalled and the sadness that came with them. There was a plethora of events that came with that era. And one of the aspects of that era that will always stick with me was the hippies of the 60s . I remember the long hair , the bell bottoms, Peter Max posters and of course the landmark music that came out of that time.

I really used to dig the hippies. And I thought that whole atmosphere was too cool. Because those hippies were all about peace and love and " Give Peace a Chance ". And even though I was young and really only cared about being hall monitor at my school and Willie Mays, I was well aware of one thing. And that one thing I was aware of was that the hippies just wanted us on this whole planet to give each other one big collective hug. And that was something I could totally get behind. And quite frankly even today I could totally support that type of sentiment. And the hippies of back then as far as I am concerned had it right. My Mom is a Liberal and she was kinda of hippie-lite if you will. And as most of you know as obnoxious and hard headed as I can be , I love my Mom. These were the Liberals that I would first be aware of in my young life and I was happy to have an offbeat if you will association with Liberals. But as life and decades have passed I know one thing. That the Liberals that I was aware of back then in my early life resemble not one Iota the Liberals that I see in life in the Internet age.

 The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich

                                                       P J O ROURKE

As time went on and we progressed to the 1970s that peace and love movement morphed into something that was entirely different from the " Woodstock " era. And it was at this time when liberalism took an ugly turn. We got the Chicago Seven and the Weather Underground. The ACLU started getting into the public consciousness. And going on their anti God crusade. Which first and foremost is my biggest gripe with liberal Ideology. The antipathy and dare I say blatant contempt for God and Jesus and Christianity in general. They won't admit it but they look down on people who are so deluded that they would believe in something such as a supreme being and the son of God. And that the Bible is just a 2000 year old piece of fiction on par with Moby Dick by Melville. The modern Liberal basically thinks that they are intellectually superior. Only they will use terms like " Rational Philosophy " and " Pragmatic Reasoning " and other synonomous titles. And if you so as much declare that you believe in a God you immediately get labeled " Gun Toting Fundamentalist Christian " . Because they immediately have a need to pigeonhole you into a stereotype. And I am not a shining example of Christianity to be sure.In fact I rarely go to church. Nor am I what one would call Intellectually deep thinking. But I do believe in a God and I have a very clear sense of right and wrong. So if things like the value of family , a hard work ethic and personal responsibility, and feeling I will be accountable for how I conducted myself in this life are antiquated notions, I will be happy to be intellectually inferior to all these supposed great thinkers. I am not particularly impressed with great thinkers, I am more impressed with action.

And when issues like a cross on a hill where I live or praying in a park or even these days saying the pledge of allegiance in school comes up it is all about " Separation of Church and State ". Which somehow they have convinced themselves is in the bill of rights. And Libs while claiming to be anti religion will always take up the defense of any other religion that is not Christianity because all of a sudden they bust out the bill of rights and cite " Freedom of Religion ". I guess in the modern age the first amendment applies to any religion that is not Christian. There is a term for that " Hypocrisy ". They say quit shoving religion down their throats. I say quit shoving your secularism down mine.

I proclaim that as we keep asking God to remove himself from our social consciousness God has been happy to accomodate us and Gods removal is directly proportional to the ever growing chaos and danger of life on this globe . You gonna sit here and tell me things are getting better ?

 Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family

                                           Gertrude Stein

 A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.

                                        Abbie Hoffman

Living in the polarized society of today is a trick endeavor. Now any Dept of Government seems to be telling us exactly how we should live. I kid you not I was watching a press conference where Kathryn Sebilius was instructing the press on how to cough into your sleeve. Talk about arrogance ! But basically the DHS, EPA and other assorted Departments are now setting down mandates that give us instructions on how to live. I thought laws were made by congress and the states. Silly me what was I thinking ? The hippies of yesteryear were Liberals who believed in small Government and less intervention. So by definition I guess I would fall under the Liberal category. Although they would never invite me to dinner I am sure. Todays Liberal wants Government intervention in every aspect of your life and now the Tea Party is the small Government bunch. So basically Liberal Ideology is the new establishment thinking and the former establishment is now considered the radical element in this country. If you believe that marriage is between one man and one woman you are an extremist now. If you believe that putting a mosque at groundzero is offensive you are an extremist. And if you believe you should be able to keep more of what you make by your efforts or believe that the second amendment protects your right to own a gun you are an extremist. Patriotism is now the new fringe. Loving the country of your origin is now considered blasphemous. You think this kind of thinking a bit extreme ? Well let's take a quick look , the Tea Party bunch has been labeled everything up to and including the new third reich. And we are told by the liberal media that they are dangerous and fanatical. For example the first video here was from the G-20 summit in Toronto as Libs were protesting all the evil coroporate powers. The second is from one of those rabid and violent Tea Party demonstrations I always hear about. I would like to point out that tear gas has never been used at a Tea Party demonstration and if it ever is in the future I suspect it will be because those in opposition to the Tea Party with their counter demonstrations will be the ones who coerce such actions.

Now before we go any further I want to state this very clearly it is not Liberals I do not like , it is their tenets I do not like in the modern age. Because as I have stated emphatically the Liberals of my childhood in no way resemble the Liberals of the modern age. And because I like the Tea Party many here will try to point out how they are just tools of the Koch Brothers and I will in turn say that George Soros who probably has way more money also uses Liberals of today for tools as he gives you sites like Media Matters and now NPR and other assorted Liberal causes to engineer social chaos in order to exploit that opportunity to have more financial gain on the country that happens to be in calamity at any given time. Remember how he manipulated the British Sterling ? So it cuts both ways.

I know that there are probably many points I could see eye to eye on with Liberals. Who doesn't want a cleaner planet ? Only a fool would keep polluting with impunity. Who does not want a better world ? Only a psycho would want the status quo. I believe in Capitalism but not the " Unfettered Capitalism " of the Milton Friedman crowd. Because mans heart tends to be dark we need some degree of regulation and oversight. I don't like the fact that children go to bed hungry in our country as we give aid with money we don't have to despots all over the world to prop up our interests. I don't like the fact that when a person needs their healthcare the most a insurance company will drop them. I find that to be immoral ! Yes I want people to have healthcare. But for those who think that this healthcare bill is great, I want to ask you a couple of questions. Why did their need to be a provision in there that any business with a transaction over $600.00 had to do a 1099 ? How in the f**k does hiring additional IRS agents improve yours and my medical care in any way ? I believe in helping the poor and watching over our seniors. But I want to say this about social programs. I do believe I have a moral responsibility to help the poor get back on their feet, I do not have a moral responsibility to carry them ! Do you think it would have been possible for this country to come about with the type of entitlement mentality we have now ? The younger crowd coming out of our schools now not only believe this they come out of our schools with an attitude that the world owes them something.

Liberal Ideology now consists of terms like fairness and social justice now. And I like fairness too , but I live in the real world and from where I sit life has never been fair and no matter how much you try to make it that way it will not happen. And when I hear someone talking about social justice I do not hear someone with a nice Ideal , I hear someone with an axe to grind. I am not a Republican and I am certainly not a Democrat. I used to be till Democrats went so far the other way that they no longer represented my world view. Now I do want to say this it would be nice to have a utopia here in the USA that Liberal Ideology thinks they embrace where all was fair and equal. But it too would never work. And that is because no matter how close to that Ideal we came , there will always be one who wants a little bigger slice of the pie. That's human nature. The maladies of the human condition are on display 24/7 in real time now and all of us are seeing the results. In my state which is liberally dominated they find it more Imperative to outlaw Mcdonalds then put a child molester with a long history to death. We just elected an Attorney General who will be sure to come down hard on what few businesses are left here in California , but won't bother too come down hard on cop killers in her own former city. We would rather protect the Delta Smelt then allow water to flow to the central valley so farmers can grow food in a world that grows short of food. If these are Liberal Tenets I say no thanks , I will stick to my simple minded , God fearing , hard work and personal responsibility principles that I believe in. I have said it before I am not to impressed across the board with either party at this point. And I am even less impressed with these Ivy league educated talking heads calling the shots these days. A higher education apparently from what I observe does not make you smart. So these are just a few reasons I could never be a liberal. Because it seems when I turn on the television these open minded deep thinking individuals engage in one type of dialogue , HATE ! But I am still willing to try to find common solutions to both our problems. Liberals are God's kids too.