Posted by
Wil on Sunday, July 08, 2007 8:23:25 PM
My Biography:
This is my second go around at blogging. I am a 36 year old science teacher in a private school in Northern California. I am a Christian first, a Conservative second, and a Republican as long as they continue to adhere to my ideals.
I spent 6 years as an Arabic Linguist in the Navy, and so I have very strong opinions on geopolitical and foreign policy issues. This is ultimately why I restarted this blog, I cannot stand idle while Republicans abandon the fight against terrorism and while large portions of America fail to see what is at stake with this battle.
I left blogging for two reasons. One is it was taking too much of my limited time away from family and the home portion of work. Now that our third daughter has been born, I have a little more time, and I am putting strict guidelines on myself: I will post a new blog posting every Sunday, and only look around at other blogs and comment on Sunday and Thursday. I put these limits on myself to keep this activity in its proper place. Two, I left because I felt like on the immigration issue, some people were so angry, so vitriolic, that I could not discuss the issue with them. I ended up repeating myself over and over, saying the same things, trying to me a mediator between two sides who had nothing in common. I cannot convince people, I can only state and defend opinions. I have learned that to try to convert someone politically is to end up frustrated. Reality is, that disagreement is a key component of politics. Go to a left wing blog sometime, and the passion makes this look tame. Whats scary is when both sides agree on something so clearly wrong.