Who am I?

I am an average American.
I don't subscribe to the Republican or Democratic rhetoric.  I don't think conservatives or liberals are right all the time.  I think for myself and come to my own conclusions. 

I am a self proclaimed moderate and am proud of it.  Both Democrats and Republicans view the term moderate as an insult because they don't want us thinking for ourselves.  They want us to blindly vote for them so that they can continue to get their big salaries and big kickbacks unopposed.

I believe in democracy but that doesn't mean that I think the American form of democracy is perfect.  We have massive problems with gerrymandering, pandering to special interests, and laws that promote our 2 party system.  All this works to make our representatives care much less about us and our needs.

I believe in God but that doesn't mean that I automatically vote Republican.  It also doesn't mean I'm a social conservative.  I believe that there is a very good reason why the first amendment to the constitution says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".

I think that America has some serious issues that need to be addressed soon and I'm not convinced that we are ready to face those issues yet.  I think that if want to preserve America's place in the world that we need to start acting proactively rather than hiding under a rock and pretending our problems don't exist.

I am going to propose real solutions and many of these ideas will be unpopular because change is never easy and often scary.

I hope I get followers that want to read about my American Dream and discuss the various benefits and disadvantages of my ideas.  I'm sure as heck not perfect (just ask my wife) but I think I have good ideas and will defend them.  All I ask is that everyone attack ideas and not people.  If you think my ideas are stupid, say so and try to logically explain why they won't work.  Calling people names never changed anyone's mind.

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