The new blog explained including a mission statement

So I'm joining the 21st century in progress, sue me. I decided to start this blog as an outlet for my thoughts, rather than annoying my facebook friends incessantly, badgering pedestrians, the mailman, and that possibly mentally challenged weird guy at the park who I run into twice a week and who never remembers who I am the second time. I live on long island ( not IN IT, folks) I have a wife, 4 kids, and a dog who I love dearly, usually in that order, but the depth chart does change from time to time depending on prevailing conditions.

I used to be a rich banker A-hole, but now I mostly play guitar with my band The Mondays http://themondays.com/ host a radio show called The Edge with my partner Mark Santomauro, http://theedgeradioshow.com/ do some freelance radio and tv work, and hang around with my border collie Sienna, who is probably smarter than your average member of congress.

My political party consists of me, pretty much, as I am a Libertarian Imperialist. I believe that any man or woman will succeed or fail based primarily on their own as a direct result of their own words and actions. I believe in nation smashing, not nation building, I don't believe in helmet laws, seat belt laws, drug laws, or anything else that interferes with my god given right to pursue happiness. I used to be a liberal, but hanging out with liberals cured me of that. Then I became a conservative, and hanging out with conservatives cured me of that as well. So, if you agree or disagree with me on any particular issue, don't expect it to continue for long.

I'm hard to insult because I don't really care what you think of me for the most part, I am pretty comfortable in my own skin. I think we are all being sold a bill of goods with this Red Vs Blue crap, and its time we all started realizing that the true battle is us against them, them being the Know-better-than-you-crowd in DC, currently played by the New Socialist Party that holds power, but soon to be reprised I am sure by Big Business Party in November. I firmly believe in American exceptionalism, I've been all over the globe, and mostly, except for the food, it sucks, its comprised of long lines, weak lighting and armies of civil servants.

Popular opinion and conventional wisdwom do not sway me in the least. Most people for a long time thought the world was flat, now, most people think its round. In fact, the earth is an oblate spheroid, and it doesn't care what you think.

So please, read a little further, stop by when you can, comment if you'd like, educate me when you feel the need, and spank me if I am really asking for it.