WHO I AM

AND

WHAT I BELIEVE

///—I am eclectic traditional.  By eclectic I mean that although traditional, I also prefer to be open-minded to accept possible improvements in my viewpoints.  I believe that life granted us by God is not to be experienced as a summary event of constant convenience and accommodation.  It is instead to be taken as a serious commitment of duty and personal improvement.  And in more applicable terms, I believe in our American constitutional way of life devoid of progressively permissive liberal or fascist (read dictatorial) ideologies [see: An Analysis].  My position includes love for our Country, our Constitution and Laws, our Flag, and our Christian God.  I am opposed to abortion, except for confirmed medical emergencies.  Capital punishment for heinous crimes as prescribed by law is applicable, irrespective of petition for spiritual relief and forgiveness of perpetrators.  I believe that marriage is a sacred event only valid between a man and a woman—homosexual unions are worldly affairs of private and legal nature that cannot be sanctified, but whose participants may receive redeeming prayers.  I support severe punishment of child molesters.  I believe that forgiveness is not a path to permissiveness.  I do not support compulsory celibacy of the priesthood of any rank or denomination.  I do not support the ordination of avowed homosexuals.  I support ordination of women who as men must also be deserving and worthy.  I support, "don’t ask; don’t tell; don’t do" for the military.  I have definite convictions on theological matters; yet, in view of the importance of the unity of our Faith, I seek the grace of our Lord in allowing me a broader understanding and cooperative spirit.  I believe in the education and spiritual elevation and not in the indoctrination of our youth.  I support limited terms in government for elected office in all phases and levels; and, I support frugality, honesty, integrity, transparency, and accountability by all government servants on all levels—elected, appointed, and career.  I oppose nationalization of our health insurance system.  I support tightest protection of our national borders in conjunction with allowance for lawful entry and strict prohibition of illegal immigration.  I oppose unfettered amnesty for illegal immigrants in the absence of prequalifying repatriation requirements.  I support open markets; yet, I categorically advocate the label and practice of “fair” markets and not “free” markets.  I consider that transfer of our industrial base abroad has begun to shatter our economic strength:  We are under a dramatic loss of even the skills in the industrial environment, and thus We have wounded our precious and incomparable competitive spirit—let alone the siphoning of our national wealth to other countries to which we are now indebted.  The misguided bogus venture to be a “service” economy has instead rendered Us a “servant” economy [see: Empire State Building: October 1, 2009—a different day of infamy].  The underlying problem America faces today is not economic: it is cultural.—///