I started this new blog with the full intent of posting something weekly or bi-weekly, depending on how much time I had.  I have failed, so far, to keep to that schedule.  I am going to try and make time at least every other week to update this blog.  There are so many issues out there to express an opinion about these days, that it's really rather difficult to decide on one.  If I wrote about everything that angers me, interests me, etc...  I'd have to post something every two or three hours!

So for this entry, I think I'm going to focus on something I just recently discovered.  I listen to Glenn Beck almost every day.  It's rare that I miss his radio show, and just tonight, I set the DVR to record his TV show every night.  I don't know why it took me so long to do that.  I guess maybe the same reason I've not kept up with this blog!  Maybe a little thing I like to call...lazy!

Anyway, he started this movement called the 9-12 Project and the We Surround Them initiative.  I heard about these for many days on his radio show and just never went out there to learn more about it.  But today at lunch time, I was reading an article by Chuck Norris on Townhall.com and in there was a link to all the Tea Parties that are going to happen on tax day, April 15.  If I have this correct, I think these are all a part of Beck's initiatives.  I clicked the link and followed the pages until I came to one for Indiana.  I have to say that I was impressed and moved by the number of people that had already singed up.  I also felt an immediate bond with them because they signed up for the same reason that I did.  Namely, that we're sick of the direction this country is heading.  Both in politics and in general.

We all see the erosion, or worse the non-existence, of American, Religeous, and Common Sense values in society and we also see the utter incompetance and corruption of our elected officials.  We also all want to see this trend come to an abrupt end, before Obama and his ilk have a chance to take us so far down the path to Socialism that we may never be able to return from it.

Glenn has stated that he will not attend or endorse a tea party if it is a partisan campaign event.  What I read today on this website, www.meetup.com/The-Indy-Defenders-of-Liberty, was anything but a partisan rah-rah party.  The general feeling is just what I described above.  People are sick and tired of working so that others don't have to.  They're sick and tired of the nanny state, of gov't bailouts, of agenda driven public offcials, etc...  We all want to ensure that our freedoms are not taken away from us.  We want the return of common sense, both in society and in gov't.

It can happen, but we must organize if we are going to be able to change anything.  I read somewhere today, and I can't recall where, that all conservative thinking people need to combine as one.  Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, etc... and form a common bond that is based on a love of this country, its history and traditional values.  But most importantly, we must come together and re-establish the Constitution of the United States as the driving force for the governance of this country.

The current band of thieves, criminals, and general dunderheads that make up our federal and state governments need to realize that we have had enough of this crap and that their elected positions are in jeopardy.  Notice I did not say jobs.  These are not jobs, never should have been treated that way and should not be allowed to continue as such.  If they don't uphold the oath of office, then they get sent home where they belong.  It's as simple as that.

So please, visit the website above.  This specific one is for the Indianapolis area, but there are groups like this all over the country.  I'm sure you can find one close to you.  Get involved and do what you can to make our voices heard, before it's too late.