Who the Hell am I , Why this Blog and What Is It All About!!

A "Liberal". That is what I've been labeled by..well right wing "conservatives" here on the net. But what exactly is a "liberal"? Well, if being a liberal means that I am the complete opposite of a conservative Republican... then I am PROUD to be a labeled LIBERAL. (FYI. .found this funny image through google.. )

To first define what a liberal is I used google.. of course. I google EVERYTHING don't you know? Here is what I found;

• broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant ...
• having political or social views favoring reform and progress
• tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
• big: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
• a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
• free: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"

Yeah.. that sounds about right.. Most every one of those sounds like me with exception of the second to last one. Self regulating my ass!! The Corporate pigs and greedy mo fo's who run them are NOT very good at self regulating which has been completely obvious the last 8 years. But, we'll save that for another day.

I found this definition for conservative;

• Disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.

Yeah.. that sounds about right..and sounds just the opposite of me.

I find conservatism a complete oxymoron? Actually there "values" are a complete conflict and , well are quite hypocritical. But I'll delve into that in another post at another time. Don't want to give it all away in the first blog, now do we?

So, who am I and what am I about? Well, I'm a 35 year old mother and , well , yes wife (as the title implies). I'm a self employed Gen X generation, the child of a baby boomers. I was born and raised in NY, which may have predisposed me to being a "liberal", although there are a few conservatives I know also born and raised in NY. One of which happens to be someone that was really close friend once upon a time. We grew apart, although at the time I didn't realize just how apart we would grow. Let's just say she is on the other side of the spectrum. I'm not really that surprised though. She is good people and so is her family, even though they are conservative (that is a joke folks)

There was a time when I could give two monkey's butts about politics. Yeah, I was one of those who only voted in one election THE Election, who never really watched the news nor cared to. I was more concerned with the nightlife section of the local newspaper to figure out which club/bar/scene to hit that weekend.

Of my other half, he really has no opinions that I know of. He thinks the stupid, religion is stupid because all it does is cause wars (he has a point). For the record, I believe in God but not religion. I'm a "spiritualist" or a gnostic..which is one that is always seeking the truth. That too, is probably a trait of a "liberal". Thank god he doesn't have too many opinions and if he does he usually agrees with mine (and most definitely on the most important one to me, health care). What a nightmare if I married him and he turned out to be a right wing republican and I just didn't see it. Don't laugh, it can happen. Met a nice woman this week who had that happen to her. Had no idea her now ex husband was so conservative on her political views. She is liberal like me (accept she didn't want Hillary as President, but that is okay.. I forgave her..LOL). She now has one child that is liberal like herself and another that is conservative like his father. Boy, get Thanksgiving and family dinners must be interesting in that family.

But back to what I was previously discussing. My lack of any political knowledge or care. I have a confession to make that will make my fellow labeled "liberals" shutter. Are you ready for this.. I was stupid enough to have voted for Bush in the second election ( I voted Gore in the first). Yup.. you read it right. Why, you might ask. Pretty stupid reason in hindsight but I felt changing presidents mid war (Iraq) was a bad idea. Turns out that war was a bad idea and the premise a lie. I decided I will never make that mistake again and so I have become more involved, shall we say, in the process. I was also tired of living with consequences of others votes but knew I couldn't complain unless I used mine (and not just every 4 years) and made the smart choice for the smart and right reasons. After having been an independent I finally registered with a party. I'm sure you can guess which one (Democrats.. the third one really just messes up elections and swings it in the wrong direction, IMO). I always identified more with that parties ideologies anyway. And, I lost any respect I had for the Republican party over the last 4 years of Bush's presidency.

Please enjoy the blog, leave your comments but try to keep it clean. Now.. in the liberal spirit I will not be close minded in listening to "your side" after all, we are an open minded bunch. I will lose it , however, when your "side"or argument against something is a lie you heard from the likes of Rush Limbaugh and many of the other idiot right wing nutso's out there. Come at me with REAL facts and information even if that means you'd have to find it and read it for yourself. Don't just regurgitate someone else's opinion you heard on a radio show, tv show or what have you. That reminds me, I'm seriously thinking about de-friending a FB person (not a former close friend, but a former classmate) who keeps posting clips and news bits about all these conspiracy theories.. like the infamous Obama Birth Certificate thing for one, and many others. I've seen stuff that equates Obama to a Nazi for crying out loud. I think some, not all , conservatives are like conspiracy theory nuts who walk around the house with foil on their heads for fear the government is reading your mind with their special satelite. LOL. (Hey.. kudos to the person who can tell me what movie the foil on the head reference I just made is from ;) )

But in all seriousness..I don't think all conservative people are mean, greedy or selfish.. I really don't. There are a few that I do. One particular jerk from AZ really gets my goose on a political forum I participate in when I have some time. He's such an arrogant (insert expletive here) . There are some that swing right that I do admire and respect, so do not take offense. My tirade is not meant to offend, but just to vent my frustrations of the GENERAL and not the specific individuals of that "group". So, if you are one and we are friends..we'll just be sure never to discuss politics and you'll be sure never to read my blog and we'll get a long just fine. I promise. I'm sure there are a few people I'm friendly with whom I've never spoken politics with that , if I ever did, I would find they were more "conservative" and that's just fine. We're all entitled to our opinions right?

But I won't only go into politics.. I promise. I'll talk about the news, the weather and my adventures with my 3 year old... raising him, disciplining him.. the sleepless nights of being up during hacking post nasal drip coughs (like last night..I'm sooo tired) and other things that end up really frustrating me. It's like great therapy. Hopefully you'll find it amusing.