Left leaning conservatives unite!

Here comes the flame mail.....

I am a relatively conservative guy - don't want the government writing checks they don't have the cash for, and can't quite understand who lets them run into deficits anyway......must have some folks who failed accounting 101! BUT, I do think that the Republican's don't quite have the market cornered on good ideas. As a matter of fact, I think they're pretty much just concerned about padding their pockets and those of their buddies in "big buisness".

As for my left leanings - I think:

1) We should have a sort of national health insurance - (gasp!)
2) Health Care Organizations should be required to be "NOT FOR PROFIT" - (eek!)
3) The Auto companies should be required to make their fleets average 45 mpg, make it a challenge, not an accounting game - (maybe taxing SUV sales more would be a good idea too!)

Ok, you're probably thinking - there's a party that already says that stuff, IE the Dems. I'd agree, but there are problems. No, it's not just the whole "who want's to vote for a party with a jackass as it's mascot (00ps, read - DONKEY). It's their insistance to pander to the extreme left of their party. To those folks who derive some sick pleasure from making sure we have the right to marry men, women and livestock regardless of any effect on the religious backgrounds of the act. Or those who make sure that women have the right to murder, not just their husbands, but also the unique creation of two individuals which would otherwise could become our next Einstein, Dalai Lama, or unfortunately our next Hitler or Stalin.

Anyhow - I'd love to see the Dems get into office if they were able to get a moderate elected. The problem is - I can't morally justify endorsing a candidate who agrees to accept this platform. My vote for them would be my tacit approval for the extreme left wingers to hand out coupons for "1 free abortion with every gay marriage" at the city hall!

There is an answer though......

Here's the idea of the century - Take these "hot button" issues out of the political party platforms, and put them to a national referendum! That would get us left leaning conservatives off the hook - we could vote our conscience on these issues that are mucking up the political process, and still vote for the candidates we think would do the best! Then, the Republicans wouldn't have a stranglehold on the masses of "conscienceous objectors"!

Just a few thoughts that I've been stirring for a while!

Ending the obesity rollercoaster!

We're one week out from my official start of my divorce from food! I meet with the dietician and medical director on Wednesday at Memorial's Bariatric Center. I say "we're" one week out, because I'm including my wife and family in the mix. They also will be drastically affected by my commitment to end this dysfunctional relationship with food. In response to this, my wife has felt the need to make all those things she thinks I'll miss once the diet and surgery are in process. I told her she didn't have to do that, but I think she feels the need to, so I let her. It's not that I don't appreciate it, it's just that at this point I'm just tired of treating food as an olympic event. I'm tired of feeling the need to cram a whole bunch of crap into my stomach, only to feel like crap for hours afterwards. I think my mind has finally said - "you're right, this is crazy". Anyhow, here goes "everything" - I hope this mindset can continue as long as possible - it will help while undergoing the "traditional" calorie counting diet after seeing the dietician this Wednesday.

First post, brief - but to the point...

This is the blog of one 37 yr old male living in a house with 4 women (all related to him), 4 cats and one stubborn fish who refuses to die! Here I will post ideas, experiences and things of no pertinence at all, but that are a part of what tickles my fancy each day/week/month I post here.

Enjoy!