I was leery of John McCain from the beginning. I was actually looking forward to voting for Duncan Hunter, but he dropped out of the race before I had a chance. I thought about becoming a Fred Head, but alas, he didn’t make it either. I ended up voting for Mitt, just a few days before he dropped as well. Right now, with my track record of every candidate I have gotten behind falling out of the race, I am thinking of supporting whoever becomes the Democratic Nominee. I am curious whether or not my support is actually detrimental to a candidate.

My blood runs cold at the thought of any of our present choices becoming the President. Both Hillary and Obama have openly stated that they want to turn our country into a Socialist Paradise starting with Nationalized Health Care and then moving on to stripping the profits (and incentives to produce) from our oil companies. Obviously the schools they attended didn’t have economics as a part of the curriculum.

What choices does that leave us with? Ron Paul? I am all about getting rid of the IRS and getting back to a smaller government which actually looks at the Constitution to see what it is supposed to do, but I think his chances are about as slim as a snowball in Global Warming. He also scares me with his ideas about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is just too much, too quick, our country is not ready for that amount of change in one big step.

Where does that leave us? John McCain, War Hero. The only thing I like about McCain is his stand on the war. But you have to wonder about him. War is a dirty business, and there are things done there that you really don’t want discussed in the parlor over tea. I can understand his personal position on torture and Gitmo, but I think that it is wrong to tell our enemies what we will or will not do, what lines we are willing to cross, and those we won’t, but if our Nation’s security is at risk, we should have the freedom to cross those lines if needed.

What about the price of gasoline? All three of the main candidates have proposed their solution for the high price of gas at the pump. The problem is, they are just pandering to the voters. They don’t have a solution. At most, they have a plan for very short term relief for a problem that has far reaching implications. We need to get out of the way and let our country do what our country does best, and that is, find a solution.

Stop this talk about confiscating profits. Stop trying to regulate every aspect of our lives. Give us the freedom to think and experiment. We will never find a solution to any problem when the government has us so tied up and regulated with petty rules that every time we try to do something we trip over the red tape.

Open up our oil fields to exploration. We have technology to drill without destroying the countryside now, let’s use it! John McCain said on the Glenn Beck Radio Program last week that he would as soon drill for oil in the Grand Canyon as to drill ANWR. I agree with Glenn’s commentary on his statement that he was all for it as well, if there was oil in the canyon. Of course, that is a gross example, but we have oil reserves in this country, we have huge coal reserves, we have some of the best scientific minds in the world here and the best facilities. LET US USE OUR OWN RESOURCES!

But, that is just My Arrogant Opinion.

Somebody tell me quick, where does Jimmy Carter get the idea that he is God’s gift to peace in this world? I think it is time for him to sit out on the porch rocker and start boring his grandchildren with tales of the good ol days when he was President and managed to screw up the county worse than any President in history.

It is US Policy to NOT negotiate with terrorists, not to go out of our way to make nice-nice with them. This man is sticking his nose into the business of one of our best allies and not even in a manner that would support them. Is he looking for the job of Anti-Christ who brokers peace in Israel then breaks it?

Being an ex-President does not give him the right to start dictating foreign policy any more than being an ex Vice President should give Al Gore the authority to run rough shod over domestic pollution policies here in the US. Someone needs to tell both of these idiots to SHUT THE HELL UP and quit meddling.

But, that’s just My Arrogant Opinion

This won’t be a long post, but I did want to get something up on here so it didn’t look empty. It will take me a bit of time to shake out the cobwebs and get things on here the way I like them, and I will probably run through several themes before I am done.

You can look for My Arrogant Opinion on politics, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economy, and life in general.

Just so you know what you are looking at, I am a conservative, politically, socially and economically. While I am not an anarchist, I certainly believe that the government is far and away too large and is not doing what it was charged with doing by the Constitution.

I hope you will stop back by soon as I hope to be posting regularly and would love to hear from you.