I’ve been reading a lot of Heinlein lately (on “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” now), so I guess the personal/social responsibility stuff. It seems like a lot of bullhorn liberals are all about “what about me or these poor people over there?”, instead of “what can I do for my country/state/neighborhood to make it suck less?”. I think doing little stuff like quitting smoking or losing weight so the rest of us don’t have to pay more for medical bills is a big step in building this nation. This nation starts with the person in the mirror.

Yeah, I love guns too. I just don’t want insane people to own them (sorry NRA).

And I know we can’t pull out of Iraq safely without having some asshole dictator as bad (or worse) than Hussein to stabilize that region. I was completely against the Iraq war when it kicked off (I was stationed in Korea at the time), but I know we can’t just pull out everything now.

And even though I support Obama, I am very wary of his ‘Campaign of Hope’. I hope to get more substance from him soon; as soon as Hillary drops out. I’ve even agreed with some (not all!) things that McCain has said about the housing crisis and economy.