This guy's getting alot of linkage because he declared himself a sudden Republican today. I wasn't going to link it; epiphanies, for some reason, tend to bore me. There isn't usually much to say.

But he's pretty good, contrary to my expectations. I've been trying to put into words my exact feeling on the "Kids" thing for days now, with little luck. I just rattle on. From Scott:

Guess what folks….they signed up to join the Army, not the boy scouts. Anytime your orientation to a new job involves an automatic weapon, you should be smart enough to figure out there’s danger involved

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That isn't exactly what I've been trying to say, but its close, and its a clever way to put it.

Then, in the following post, he goes on to say that he isn't really a Republican true believer; he's just mostly so annoyed with the left that the right looks good by comparison. Join the camp, brother, there's alot of us here, and we can always use the company. Not a whole lot of people agree with either party 100% of the time, those that do are generally called "Ideolouges", and they annoy me also.

Really, I find it hard to believe this guy was ever a voting democrat. He makes too much sense to me. Look at this:

Was the war in Iraq waged under dubious pretense - possible. There were no WMD’s..as far as we know.
Did we unseat an evil dictator that was a threat to the US and the scourge of his own people - yes.
Has Bush and his administration dropped the ball a few times - it appears so.
Does the same administration believe that what we are doing is good for the U.S. , as well as the rest of the world? - definately.

Or this:

I think it’s just my personality that lead me to this decision. I think the left is too concerned with everyone’s immediate rights and needs, and refuses to sacrifice a bit of comfort and happiness in the present, for something that will make life better for everyone in the future..

I could've written those exact same statements, and I consider myself a pretty solid rightie.

Anyway, good work on a well written, thoughtful and fair post, and good luck to the author on his newfound republicanism; a lot of people with (R) after their name will probably still irritate him, but that's part of the deal.  ¶ 3:32 AM