About me (and my little blog too!)

I seem to be (or at least have been told that I am) a rather opinionated person. I feel that I do have certain views on many topics that don't normally get the public attention that they deserve. My views, in my opinion, are not necessarily in the minority. However I do believe that a lot of other opinions out there seem to be spoken with much louder voices ("quality" not "quantity"). It's a shame and a rather unfortunate irony that some of the worst ideas and beliefs in this country are often accompanied by the best marketing.

One of my goals here is to work on changing that. I have a lot of faith in the American people. And I believe that most of us quietly know what is truly right and wrong. Maybe because we know these things to be true we don't feel the same need to openly justify them? Thus, we don't talk about them enough and the wrong ideals get way more press. And that causes the public to think that's the popular view.

It's my opinion that, "The minority view gets the majority of the coverage." (I'm quoting myself there.) As just one tiny, current example (this should get you going!) I give you California. Yes, California, the closest thing to a true Democracy that we might ever see. (And a shining example of why America is a 'Republic'! ...but that's a rant for another day.) Their ballot this recent "Super Tuesday" brought 'Proposition 8' in front of the people. They decided to let the voters finally decide on how to legally define 'Marriage'. According to polling data collected since the proposition was introduced predicted there to be a strong vote to squash this amendment and allow "gay marriage". But to everyone's surprise the vote went in favor of the traditional definition.

Now, I have no real arguments for of against legally recognized same-sex unions. In order to have a truly free society however, there must be provisions in our laws to support that kind of lifestyle. Apparently though, you can't just redefine the religious institution of marriage to suit today's secular needs. I know a lot of you may disagree with me here, but marriage is a life-long union before God between a man and a woman. It has been since God ordained it, and should stay that way. Now that doesn't have to, and shouldn't affect the right of life-long same-sex partnerships to benefit from the legal and social advantages (and disadvantages) that marriage affords to "traditional relationships". Perhaps I can expound on this at a later date.

But back to my point....
It says a lot that a popular vote in California could make such a decision. California, the home-base for liberal thinking and social progress. For a state that is almost always certainly a 'sure-thing' for democratic presidential candidates and 'left-wing' thinking to make such a supposedly "right-wing" decision could surely be described as nothing less than unforeseen. And it makes me curious as hell what most of America REALLY thinks about a lot of the other issues making noise today. And that is exactly what I hope to uncover with this little experimental "blog" of mine. Well, that and people are getting tired of me filling up their Facebook walls with my rants and tirades... :-)

So please stay tuned. It just may lead to you getting informed, getting pissed, or even getting active. But my hope is that however it effects you, it all starts with you getting thinking!