Who Am I?

Crediblity is the coin of the blogosphere.

Malcolm Gladwell speaks of "stickiness" as a key component of the successful spread of ideas in his fine monograph "The Turning Point." Stickiness in the blogosphere sense seems to me to rest almost solely on credibility. If you can't trust the salesman, you won't buy the product no matter how good it may be in reality. The sole product of a blog is information, so the credibility of the blogger is key.

I am a diehard conservative Republican. I have never voted for a Democrat or an Independent in my life, nor do I foresee any time when I would do so. This is not to say that I agree with everything any Republican has said or done. I simply disagree fundamentally with the worldview of the Democratic Party much as Edmund Burke did with the worldview of the French Revolutionaries who were today's Democrats' ideological ancestors.

As for public policy, I am pro-life, pro-business, pro-gun, pro-states rights, pro-property rights, pro-militarty, pro-flat tax, pro-marriage, and pro-free trade. This makes me anti-Democrat. I would also argue it makes me pro-American, but your mileage may vary.

I am a male.

I am a lapsed Episcopalian, lapsed due to the current unannounced schism which has divided the American branch of the Anglican Church. I currently attend a Methodist church and am happy with it.

I am a businessman. I prefer to work for Fortune 100 companies, which have sufficient stability to try new things without requiring immediate return on investment.

I am too young to have acquired any wisdom and too old to be naive.

I grew up in a corrupt Democratic-controlled state and happily left it.

I served 9 years in the military, first as a cadet, then as an officer.

I have lived in Japan and in Turkey, as well as all over the U.S.

I am a college graduate.

I am single.