I Am Out of the Closet!

This announcement has been a long time coming. I think everyone has expected it. Just no one dared to say anything to me, out of fear I would get mad and deny it. I have seen the signs for a long time. I think my readers saw the signs a long time ago, possibly even before I read the signs. Hey, I don’t act like a typical Republican woman. I am unmarried and over 30. For shame! I ignore group think. I move to the beat of my own drum. I figure if I come out and be totally honest I can do a better job at blogging and stick to it. It is rather hard to stay on the internet and express my thoughts when I have this deep dark secret stuck in the back of my head. So here it goes. It’s now or never. OK, I can do this.

I…I…I…I am…I am…I am…

A LIBERTARIAN!

OK.  Now that is out of the way.  I feel better.  Do you?

I am still not quite ready to become a card carrying member of the Libertarian Party.  Part of that I suppose is the fact that I live in the Upper Peninsula, also affectionately known as The U.P.  There really is no organization of the Libertarian Party up here.  In actuality though, I think most Yoopers are Libertarian, they just don’t know it.  Another part is that all my life I have considered myself a Republican.  So I need time to ween myself off the party.  Since the Republican party has been around for quite some time there is more organization, if you want to call it that.  There is more opportunity to get involved in grassroots activities.  There is an opportunity to get together with like minded Conservatives who think that the only alternative is the Republican Party.  But together like minds can get together and realize there is a better alternative, either organize to become Libertarians or change the Republican Party back to it’s Conservative core from within.

During my recent trip to “Happy Camp” I was doing some reflecting.  I was also keeping up with the news and what Obama and his minions are doing to ruining this once great free country.  As I had said previously that I was reading The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater.  I also said that I would do a book report of sorts on the book.  Sorry I did not follow through on that thought.  I will get to a book report.  They will be dispersed within multiple posts.  During part of my trip to “Happy Camp” I had become bed ridden for about a week or so.  I couldn’t do nothing but sit and watch TV.  That was rather boring.  I stared at my bookshelf.  I decided to finish the Barry Goldwater book.  I also decided to read the George Orwell books, Animal Farm and 1984, that came with my Amazon.com order.  Even though Animal Farm was mainly a satire on Communism, I could see many a similarity to the current political situation in the U.S.  And I am talking both parties!  1984 was quite freaky.  Even though Mr. Orwell set the book in England, he was very prophetic, concerning both countries.  Perhaps it is over dramatic to compare modern times to the incidents in the book.  But it seems as though slowly but surely, we are headed in that direction.  Currently, I am reading Ted, White and Blue by Ted Nugent.  Oh too good!  I will get into my thoughts on all books above, soon enough.

I want to get caught up on some of the things that have been going on since my most recent hiatus.  General Motors is now Government Motors.  This whole “Cap and Trade” debacle.  Because of “Cap and Trade,” I may be stuck in my house for the rest of my life.  Obama wants to implement a “Green Police” who will walk through a person’s house before they are allowed to sell it, to make sure it is up to the gubmint’s  “green standard.”  Well I am sorry, but my house was built as a summer cottage in 1930.  I do not think that it will stand up to Obama’s green standard and I am just barely getting by, so I can not afford to “green up” up my house.

Some Senator Ensign fella admitted to adultery.  But the biggest, most recent adultery announcement is South Carolina Gubner Mark Sanford suffers from JFK syndrome.  That kinda falls into one of the similarities that I can see between modern politics and Animal Farm.  It’s one of the things that those of us in the barnyard can’t do, but the privileged pigs living in the Jones’ farm house are allowed to do.

Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska.  At first I was shocked.  I was rather worried it was a bad move for her.  But now, I think it is the best thing for her, her political career, the people of Alaska, her supporters and/or conservative libertarian minded Americans.  What does the future hold for Mrs. Palin?  I don’t know.  But I think it can only go up from here.  I will keep following that.

Even though I have come out as a Libertarian, I still plan on attending the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference on beautiful Mackinac Island.  Would I still be attending if I did not live so close to the island?  Prolly not.  Since I have not had a vacation in such a long time, I will be staying on the island.  Got my hotel reservations made.  Paying way more than I intended.   But it will be worth it.  It really is pain to stay in St. Ignace and traverse back and forth on the ferry.  I mean there are parties that don’t start until just before the last boat leaves the island.  And well that just ain’t no fun to know there are parties that I can not attend due to time constraints.  I will also bring my bike to the island and just take a ride around the island to clear my little mind out.  So if you see me there, buy me a beer.  Just a warning, it won’t get you no further than a conversation.

Oh, I guess I heard that Michael Jackson passed away.  Did any of you hear about this, or is it news to you?  Even after the memorial, CNN is acting like the Michael Jackson channel.  Ugh!  FOX News has made a few mentions, but they have been sticking to the news, at least lately.  I guess CNN doesn’t want it’s liberal viewers to know the truth about what “The Great Messiah” is really up to.  So it’s a nice little distraction, I suppose.

There are probly way more things I have left out, but there are some dishes in the sink that are screaming, “Wash me!”