In the beginning...

So here's how it started... me and my bud, Matt were emailling back and forth about the travails of being a Liberal in a Conservative State. You see, we're pretty bright fellows and tend to think too much which is a trait we share with many of our fellow Liberals and in contrary to those who claim to be "conservative". In fact, here's a posting from our more recent rants about the lack of logic in the conservative arguments about most everything...

"I love being in the South in general but there's something in the drinking water here, I believe, that makes some people really illogical. They claim to be "conservatives" which would imply a gov't "hands off" orientation but then they expect the gov't to create and enforce laws restricting private, consentual behavior between adults, to sponsor bigorty and prejudice against minorities, to invoke long prison sentences for the most minor offenses, to subsidize their private, religious schools, to suspend habeus corpus as needed, to disallow tort case awards to hapless victims of big business' greed and incompetence and , and then they expect the gov't to not spend any money doing this! But, then, if they are the victims of circumstance, they want that same gov't to protect them. If there's a tornado or flood or hurricane or crop failure, they immediate dial, 1-800-big-govt and want money and help sent without hesitation! If someone wants them to secure their guns from children and "accidents", they fall over themselves to get the courts to protect their "rights". If their wife or daughter is raped, they suddenly think the "morning-after-pill" is okay and abortion is a vaiable option. If their child is molested, it's suddenly okay for the gov't to establish and pay for programs to monitor predators. In sum, most "conservatives" are situational. As long as they think they are in the majority and nothing happens to them to shake their foundation, they can remain that way. But as as soon as the bottom drops out on them, they find a clear path to the "other side". Just like "fox holes" cure atheism, calamity cures Conservatism!"

So we decided to start this blog and to make our thoughts public. Now I realize that's a freedom we enjoy in the USA but, trust me, there's a Conservative out there who would gladly take this right away in they could... another contradiction in logic. It's all just a part of living in Texas, being a part of a very exciting state with some very peculiar political "concepts". I hope you enjoy the thread...