Try saying that three times really fast...

So, it seems my insane conservative ramblings have turned a few heads... Well, that's assume that each Anonymous post is by someone different each time. I really doubt that's the case, but it raises an observation I've made! Here I am... People know me. Granted, if someone randomly comes off the internet and starts reading, they won't know who I am. This is not by choice, I might add. I would gladly post information about myself, but I still live at home with my parents and family, and I don't want some freaky leftist to get angry and drive by to egg our house. If it was my own house? Sure! I think it'd be one of the most awesome things to have happen to me! (Which I will then promptly blog about and show you how leftists can't control themselves... But I abstain!)

But here I am... I have a reputation. I know people and those people know me, and they come here and they know it's me saying all these things. They can say "oh, that crazy GS is at is again", and they'll know it's me jawing about stuff they think I'm clueless about and go on to assume all my insights into life, the universe, and everything is all clouded by my Christian conservatism. But then here comes this fleet of "Anonymous" people with the intention of giving no conversation but the basic liberal rigamarole, trying to trap me with the typical extreme interpretations of what I've said. I respond with an attempt to clarify in the interest of pursuing a conversation and POOF! They vanish completely. Apparently, they either felt their job was done with the simple questioning of my opinions, or they were so completely blown out of the water that they couldn't respond without denouncing their whole perspective on life! Honestly, I'm not sure what to think. Personally, I don't care... BUT! I think it's telling when people come on to my blog and aren't willing to put some of their reputation on the line for what they say. Are they afraid someone else is going to see what they think? Are they afraid that I won't be friends with them anymore? Are they afraid that I'm going to hunt them down and spam their blog with anonymous comments?

I don't know... But I'm open to hearing what your explanations are! Capella and I are the proverbial polar opposites when it comes to politics. We aren't both glued to our respective parties, of course... And we agree on some things and disagree on some things, but we're still friends! So, it's obviously not me who going to chew the other out for sharing their views on the government. Plus, responding to Anonymous in all these comments is so confusing... I don't know if it's the same person or not, so each time they comment, I have to assume they're someone entirely different. Kind of gives them an unfair advantage, wouldn't you agree?

So here's a little warning for you folks. When you comment on my blog anonymously? That's fine, really, but I will have a hard time treating what you say as being serious, and I will ALWAYS assume that you're not coming back to resume the conversation, and that you're merely some random Google visitor who thinks it's in everyone's best interest to bash me and then flee and not actually continue the conversation. You're only hurting your own argument.

What a lovely example of government bloat.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803080438

In a nut shell, the IRS is going to send letters to 130 million households in an attempt to pretty much say "yo! you've got a rebate coming!" Yep. A letter saying you're getting a rebate. No, the rebate isn't actually in the letter... It's just telling you that you're getting a rebate, which is going to be sent to you somewhere around May, which is nearly 2 months away. Do you know how much this is going to cost in just postage? The typical stamp is about 32 cents right now. Multiply that by 130,000,000 and you have a brilliant total of 42 million dollars. In stamps. Just to tell you that you have a rebate, which is going to cost an additional 42 million dollars to send to you. Of course, the Democrats are quick to jump on President Bush for this colossal waste of money (as if Bush has direct control over the IRS?), but I'm going to take this in a far different direction.

This is just how the government works! I mean, there really is no denying it. It just can't manage money very well, and I've never seen a government that does. But, for some reason, thousands of people think that the government will magically recover from its inefficiency and make a national health care system that actually works? Are you all insane? The facts and examples are right in front of you, and all throughout history. The government is FAT, and I don't mean omnipresent, I mean in the sense of bloat and eating up far too much money. All you have to do is look around you to see that. With all the examples and proof that the government is bloated, how can you WANT to get the government involved in your health? How do you think the government is going to NOT be as slow, inefficient, expensive and careless with your health care as it is with everything else?

Someone's lacking common sense...