Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Open-Minded Conservatives, More Prevalent Than You Think

So, there's a quiz going around on Facebook.  You know those quizzes...."Which Disney character are you?" or, "In which city should you live?" or, "Which flower are you?"  The quiz I took today was, "How open minded are you?"  I scored 70%.

You'd think I'd exclaim, "Wow, 70% and I'm a conservative!  No way!"

But, I wasn't surprised at all.

Most conservatives I know are open-minded individuals.  It's the Leftist propaganda and the media that portray conservatives as closed-minded, finger-pointing sticks-in-the-mud who want to hurt the earth and starve the poor.  In fact, Leftist propaganda and the Democrats have done such a good job of convincing everyone that conservatives are closed minded that even some conservatives believe it themselves.

Take my conservative friend Cici who stated that she was liberal on certain issues like taking care of the planet and talking to homeless people.  I had to remind her that she can be conservative and recycle, and be a conservative and nurture relationships with the destitute, too.

The charity works that conservatives and primarily churches do for those less fortunate comprise the backbone of this great nation.  Shut down the churches in America and the poor will literally starve!  (Shh, that's a secret, big government wants you to think that they do it all.)

We conservatives aren't the stereotype that liberals would like you to believe.  Are there some closed-minded conservatives?  YES!  And, guess what?  There are closed-minded liberals, too.  I'm sure that for every closed-minded conservative there's a doppelganger closed-minded liberal.

As my friend Ann said, "don't confuse people with a strong faith and a belief system with being closed minded."

True words.  I have faith.  I have a belief system.  And, I have an open mind...to help those less fortunate, to not be lofty or put on airs, to care for the earth that God gave us, to try new things and travel to new places, to understand other points of view and other cultures, to live and share and learn.







Friday, July 18, 2014

BFFs: Putin and Obama


A friend of mine has some wise words about the crisis going on in America and the World.  We should take heed.  Please know that she's a gorgeous, California-living, actor/model, bi-racial, intelligent free-thinker.  She is NOT a conservative conspiracy theorist.  She gets it.  Her words follow...

"Malaysia acting stupider than before. Release the manifest and not give "details." It is obvious that this aviation company is waist deep in heavy espionage and are not very good @ it. And I get the sick feeling Putin & Soetero-Obama jointly pulled this shit to distract the world from the Mid East. He was horrible at the press conference and not a shred of sympathy. Just glossed over like his eyes. Spooks should not run countries. They have too many favors to repay and too much dirt to hide. Malaysia knows what it has done, counter intel knows and I think it goes beyond the Barbie Doll factories. Bottom line is there are some evil droids running the show and they all serious sociopaths that need to be terminated. At this point Americans are so pissed if they pulled a Lincoln, we would not have a race war because the Blacks and Whites are pissed about the border, and in general feel maligned and conned. All that ammo stockpiled is to be kept from you to go into you. Can you not see that those that swim to uphold the law are so angry that they do as they please? They receive no discipline, the cameras break, the evidence vanishes, the hard drive is gone, the lights were off so the camera missed it. But when YOU do something they can tell you exactly when and where. We are being played like the last song on the RMS Titanic."