I want to take a moment to apologize for up and disappearing on all of you several months ago. I’m afraid that shortly before the Christmas holidays, things got kind of crazy around my house. I found myself having some health problems, and in the midst of doctors and tests and things, I just couldn’t handle politics.

I kept meaning to come on here and write a post, explaining where I was and that I’d be taking a short break. But honestly, I was so mentally loopy from all the pain medication and just being under the weather, that I literally just forgot!! I’m so sorry!

I feel especially bad about all my friends who were concerned about me. I’m so sorry to make you all worry! But thank you to everyone who sent me concerned emails, checking in on me to make sure I wasn’t dead, hehe. Don’t worry, I’m still here!

Despite taking my little siesta from politics, I was kind of snapped back into it with all the drama surrounding the special election in Massachusetts for the late Ted Kennedy’s seat. I’m sure like many of you, I was glued to the news Tuesday night, waiting to see which way the voters of Massachusetts would go.

Let me just say, holy crap, was I ever shocked!! I mean, obviously I had hoped that the tides would turn and people would start to wake up to what the progressives have been doing within the Democratic party, and the effect their policies have been having on our nation after only one year of the Obama administration. But I seriously didn’t think that enough people had woken up yet to really sway an election away from the Democrats in Massachusetts!! It’s Massa-freaking-chusetts!!

But wow, I seriously couldn’t be more proud of my fellow Independents in Massachusetts! I’m not excited about this election because of Scott Brown, or because he’s a Republican – I refuse to put hope in a single candidate, or even a single party.

Rather, I’m thrilled with the outcome of this election because of the Independents of Massachusetts, taking a stand against monarchistic politics, rising up and declaring their independence from anyone’s political machine. Way. To. Go! The news kept making a big deal about how Democrats out-number Republicans something like 3-to-1 in Massachusetts, but what most people need to realize, they’re ALL out-numbered by Independents like me. And that’s what made the difference: independence.

I wish more people in this country would wake up and realize that loyalty to a single party or a single candidate isn’t the answer. Any one person can – and most likely will – let you down. And worse, party loyalty I think is just a tool to drive us apart.

Rather, I think the answer should be loyalty to principles. Loyalty to standards, beliefs, convictions; loyalty to our country, to what it stands for, its history, and how very bright its future could be if we stand by the principles we were founded on and the principles so many of us still believe in today.

But that can’t happen until more of us wake up and realize that our history has been skewed by far too many people with far too many agendas. We need to wake up, we need to familiarize ourselves once again with our own true shared history, and realize the legacy that we’re risking because of our complacency. We simply cannot be the generation that ends the dream of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Jay, Adams, Paine, and all the other brave men and women who risked their lives, honor, and sacred fortunes to give us all freedom, liberty, and the prosperity we have all enjoyed for so very long.

So let’s keep it up! Let’s keep learning, keep educating others, keep rediscovering our principles, and keep fightin’ peacefully – but purposefully – for what we believe in. Massachusetts is just the beginning. We simply cannot stop now!!

I have so much more to say over the coming days. During my little siesta I had lots of time to think and I have a lot of thoughts I’d like to share with you. Particularly some thoughts I had recently about the other side of Alinsky’s influence on Progressives and the Democrat party. After having what I thought was just a friendly political discussion with a liberal friend – which he interpreted to be an argument – I was struck with an interesting thought about the other side of Alinsky’s tactics that I don’t think many people notice. Or at least, they don’t seem to talk about. Meaning, the effect those tactics have on Democrats, on liberals; what it means to them.

But I shall save that for another day, since this is long enough and I have to get some sleep! Congratulations to Scott Brown, but you should know, sir, we’re gonna watch you like a hawk!

But most importantly, congratulations to the people of Massachusetts! Congratulations on your hard-fought, hard-won independence!!

I apologize for the lack of new updates recently – my family and I have been getting the house ready for a visit with my siblings and their families. They’ll be arriving over the coming days as we all get geared up for the big family get together. While I’ll be doing my best to keep myself apprised of all the political goings-on, I won’t have as much time to spend blogging. I’ll do my best, but I’ll have to keep most of it under wraps; my liberal brother is here too, so we will all be doing our best to keep our tongues well bitten in order to avoid any confrontations.
So I’ll be blogging as much as I’m able, but I most likely won’t be as prolific as usual. My apologies, hope you understand!

I’m heading out of town tomorrow and will be gone for at least a week, if not longer. I’m going up north for some medical treatment (no, not Canada, I’ve had enough socialized medicine for one lifetime) , so if it goes well I may end up staying longer. So we’ll see. I will be taking my laptop, so I should be able to answer emails, but I’m not sure how much time – if any – I’ll have to write new entries. So I apologize for the forthcoming gap in new NObamaness! I promise I’ll make it up to you when I get back home.

In other news, I apologize for not writing a post about the tea parties which swept the nation. Unfortunately I was unable to attend my local tea party due to my health, but I was with all of you in spirit! My congratulations to everyone who attended for keeping the tea parties peaceful, pleasant, and within the law! (Although I was a bit disappointed with Washington, DC! What were you guys thinking, throwing a box of tea bags over the White House fence?!?! As a fellow Washingtonite, I’m ashamed – unless it was a tourist who did that, you all should have known better! I’m honestly shocked no one was arrested, they certainly would have had probable cause. Such lunacy! Surely you all must realize that stunts like that aren’t doing the movement any favors – thanks so much for putting a dent in our credibility.)
Other than that, I definitely have a post brewing in my brain over the vulgar sexual insults that certain news anchors in the MSM threw around that day (I’m looking at you, Anderson Cooper! Any respect I may have once had for you, it has been thoroughly flushed down the drain.) I thought I was to the point where nothing from the MSM could shock me anymore, but that unfortunately did. I wish the FCC would follow through on their pledge of consistency and slap NBC with a fine or two for their participation in that vulgar tirade. But yeah, like that’ll ever happen.

Back to packing for me! I’ll see you all in a week! In the mean time, everyone keep up the great work and hopefully I’ll be well enough to see you at the next tea party!

I wanted to apologize to everyone for that long drought without posts; I’ve been going to see doctors pretty much every day for the past two weeks and it’s absolutely wiped me out. But hopefully I’m through with that for at least a little while and I’ll slowly be able to get back to posting as normal.
Thanks for your patience!

As I’m sure most of you have noticed, I haven’t blogged in a while. The simple reason for that is I have company visiting for Thanksgiving. A lot of company. Seriously, this house is chock full. And it’s going to get even more crowded tomorrow, as even more family members arrive.
Another reason besides just being busy with company has to do with a little family rule my parents have established in an effort to keep the peace. That ultra liberal brother I mentioned, the one that ultimately led to me creating this blog for fear of his personal reprisals, he’s coming. To prevent any sort of nuclear explosions, my Mother has outlawed any political discussions for the duration of the Thanksgiving holiday. Since I’m normally the one who recounts the daily political news to the rest of the family, I’m going to avoid reading the news while everyone’s here so that I’ll avoid any accidental slip ups out of force of habit. So I’m taking the week off so I can spend some time with the family and prevent any catastrophes. It’s shaping up to be an already stressful week anyway, since my Father’s brother died last week and my ultra liberal brother has taken it upon himself to drop one hell of a bombshell via email shortly before their arrival. Everybody’s already on edge anyway, so I just don’t think politics will help any.
I hope you all might consider stepping away from the news for a little while too. There’s been so much stress lately that I would hate for it to taint anyone’s turkey or anything. So take some time for yourself, shut the world outside, and keep it from poisoning your home over the holidays.
Have a lovely Thanksgiving, everybody! See you in a week or so.

I’ve given this a lot of thought and I’ve finally decided how I will react to President Obama.

1 – I will show President Obama precisely the same amount of loyalty he and the Democratic party were kind enough to show to President Bush. Although I am no fan of Bush, I feel it is only fair that they finally get a taste of their own medicine, so to speak.

2- Unlike the Democrats, I will not hold Obama responsible for things beyond his control, and I will not fault him for failings which have absolutely nothing to do with the responsibilities of the president.

3 – I will not behave as though history immediately pauses and restarts during the transition from one administration to the other. In other words, I will not fault him for the residual effects of previous presidents’ policies, so long as he does not involve himself in making such residual effects worse.

4 – I will not engage in childish behavior, such as mindlessly and repetitively dressing him up as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, or any other infamous leader, purely for the sake of manipulating the masses.

5 – I will not question his intelligence simply because he may have an accent that I don’t particularly like. However, I reserve the right to comment in the event that he continues to switch at will between his normal speaking voice and his “Black Southern Preacher” voice. Cause that’s just plain silly.

6 – I will – as I always have – maintain respect for the office of the presidency. I will respect the office itself. I do not, however, have to respect the man who occupies it.

7 – These rules will be in place until President Obama truly and completely earns my respect, trust, and loyalty. Such respect should not be freely granted without first being earned. I’m not sure how he could possibly do that, but if by some miracle he actually does, only then will I regard him as my President.

I’m sure I might have a few more to add to this as I continue to consider how best to proceed. I’ll also need to come up with a new headline for this blog, since this site is no longer about making a decision about who to vote for. If you have any ideas, please feel free to share them! And if you have any suggestions about further guidelines about how to respond to President Obama, please post those as well.

Good luck, everybody! The next four years probably won’t be a lot of fun, but please, we absolutely must maintain our honor, maturity, integrity, and dignity. One of my worst fears is that those of us who didn’t vote for Obama will sink to the same lows previously displayed by some Democrats during the Bush years. I don’t want us to turn into them, I don’t want us – independents, republicans, PUMAs, whatever – to be just as childish as they were. Please, as we continue to fight for what we believe in, we need to make sure we maintain our maturity and dignity as well. We cannot allow ourselves to indulge in moral equivalencies as they did. Let’s rise above it and show them what we’re made of.

Before the voting begins, I wanted to talk specifically about this site for a moment. I’ve been giving it a lot of thought, and after an email exchange with Robert from POW in CA, I’ve decided what I intend to do with this site after the election results are in. Click “more” to check it out!

Because I’m currently disabled, I’m allowed to vote early by absentee so that I don’t have to wait in any lines on November 4th. So this evening I went to my poling place, made sure to vote by paper, and cast my vote! I’m so excited and glad to have that done and out of the way.
There’s a reason for this post, however, beyond just announcing that I got to vote early (neener, neener! Hehe ) I don’t know about you, but in my state I was offered the choice between electronic and paper voting. I just want to remind everybody, if you have the choice, please, please, please, choose a paper ballot! There are SO many questions and concerns about the reliability of electronic voting machines. Not only can many of them register your vote incorrectly, but if for any reason the voting machines are disabled or tampered with, more often than not there’s simply no paper trail of your vote. If any evidence arises at all that the electronic voting machine is tampered with, I believe that all the votes cast on that machine are then thrown out.
Please, please, please, do NOT let this happen to your vote! All the while I’ve been trying to remind everyone that their vote is precious, that it deserves to be backed up with solid facts and research. Well, your vote is also precious enough that it deserves to be counted. So please do everything you can to ensure your vote is counted: vote paper!