Waiting breathlessly for the 2009 political season to begin, I am hungry for an Obama Administration to takes it's place in Washington.  I will never have to go more than an hour or so without some form of entertainment.  

But really, it is a bit scary when you think about the coming year.  The crazy left will be released from their straight jackets, free to roam the assylum and run the country.  And while they spend the next year goosestepping around Obama, it will be up to conservatives to play backstop to their antics. 

So in 2009, we are given an opportunity to do something more than just sit on the sidelines and watch.

I'm resolved this year to not be bullied and pushed around by liberals.  Instead, I will renew my courage to stand up for my conservative and religious principles.  I will not be ashamed to tell folks that I watch the PBR, believe in traditional marriage or that I am proud of my Catholic faith. 

So, I've created a list of New Year's Resolutions that should give courage to conservatives, should we find ourselves faint-of-heart against the onslaught of liberalism gone wild.  Print these out, hang them by your calendar or your desk...and remember that if you don't stand up for what is right...who will?

A Conservative's New Year's Resolutions:

1. I will not accept the premise of a liberal's question or statement.  This is perhaps the most important thing that you can do in everyday life to combat the growing acceptance of the religions of socialism and environmentalism.  Don't accept that you are barbaric, sexist, racist or a bigot.  Don't accept that you are uneducated because you haven't walked the halls of Ivy League schools, or that you are unrefined because you enjoy the rodeo or Nascar.  Don't accept that you are a woman abuser because you watch football, or that you are a slave because you love your husband.  Don't allow liberals to place your values, your community and your preferences on trial.  You are an American.  Your forefathers melted into this pot...and damn it, you have every right to believe and live the way you want to.  You are practicing your right to pursue your happiness...not the happiness of your neighborhood enviro-wacko or tightly-wound metrosexual. 

   So how do you put this resolution into practice?  When someone around you makes a boneheaded comment like, "Come on, conservatism is dead.  It was on the ballot in November and Americans voted no."  Instead of accepting their premise and replying, "Well, once they see what Obama's socialism is like, they will wish they had voted differently."...instead, you should reply, "Where was conservatism on the ballot?  Are you referring to Senator McCain?  He's about as conservative as you are.  In fact, he detests conservatism and ran from it every chance he got.  So, how was conservatism on the ballot?"  Don't follow liberal logic...because they have none.  Accepting the premise only mires you in they tornadic thinking...round and round you go at 95 miles per hour without stopping to consider logic, reason, or rational thought.  Take my advice, you'll have a more prosperous year if you vow to never accept a liberal's premise.  Make him accept yours! 

2. I will tithe and/or donate time and money to private organizations that help the poor.  It is supremely important that Conservatives lead the community in seeking solutions to their problems through private means.  No government handouts.  This means that, even in hard economic times, we need to be sure that charities receive support from us and from our community to continue their critical work.  We need to ensure that there are places NOT on the public dole, for people to go when they are facing tough times.
3. I will follow and actively work for a conservative group, so that my voice will be heard.  Though the federal government isn't ever on our side...there are many conservative politicians and organizations that can use our help.  Choose an issue like evolution, election reform or environmentalism.  Choose a local politician such as a state legislator or mayor.  Or choose an organization like Operation Family Fund or the Center for Education Reform.  Pick out an issue you are passionate about, and follow it.  Learn about the issue and talk to others who are passionate about it.  Then write letters to local newspapers, volunteer for your organization, or help a local politician get organized and raise campaign funds.  (Or, start a blog...and send me your web address!)  Though we were just slapped by the ruthless brutality of a lost election...it is time to prepare for another battle.  Staying "active" is the best way to "be in shape" for bikini...I mean, election season in the coming year. 
4. I will teach my kids historical facts, and reverse the disease of liberalism that they have caught in school.  Like a nasty bout of viral diarrhea, liberalism and historical fiction are spread quickly and easily among our kids in school and college.  This year, determine that your kids will not be one of the mind-numbed robots that accept lies and hatred fed to them by their teachers and professors.  Teach them about your faith, teach them about the true story of Thanksgiving, or the real reason for the Civil War, or why we lost the Vietnam War.  Read to them the Constitution and ask them to read the Declaration of Independence to you.  Teach them how to fly and care for your family's American flag.  Ask them to listen to one hour of talk radio with you. Buy your kids an age-appropriate book that tells some small part of the American story...the Revolution, great American inventors, the building of the Railroads, the pioneers and the West, the Presidents, the Founding Fathers, or the history of our military.
5. Read at least one liberal book.  I know, your skin may crawl when you read this last one.  But it's an important one.  There is nothing more important than understanding where your opponents are headed with their suffocating laws and Stalinist tactics...pick up a book by a liberal you despise, hold your nose, and read.  You will be amazed at how easy it is to pick apart their over-exposed psychopathy.  And this will make your other resolutions easier to accomplish.  If not from a keener understanding of liberals, at least you will be motivated by revolt and disgust.

Those are a few simple but important steps that you can take to build a better political life in 2009. 

And one last resolution:  Let's resolve, as Conservatives, to not play the piñata, this year, for liberals or Republicans.  This year, I'd like to be the bat.

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