Pontificate

At the behest of a best friend, I decided to write a political blog. Cable and television networks say they are unbiased, but leave out information to give a subtle slant to steer public opinion towards their preferred positions. I am looking for biased and passionate people from any political orientation to freely fire away on my blog. The only rule is no personal attacks on people commentating on the blog, but attacks on political figures are freely encouraged.

Republican Party Primary: The Battle of Diverse Ideas

People commonly stereotype the Republican Party as a group comprised of white Christian Evangelicals, while stereotype the Democrat Party as the gay-loving people who embraces all races. Democrats champion equality to an absurd level. They believe the world will be a better place if every group makes the same amount of money, if every organization hired equal amounts of men and women, whites and minorities, gay and straight and dogs and cats. Recently, Democrats are obsessed with changing the definition of marriage to include gays and lesbians. People see the Democrats as the party of diversity because of their efforts to make life equal for everyone. On the other hand, most people do not realize that the Republican is also a diverse party.

Instead of catering to ethnicities and sexual orientations, Republicans cater to issues and ideas. Libertarians, Constitutionalists, Establishment Republicans (Republican National Committee types), Isolationists, Conservatives, Moderates, Big Business types, Tea Partiers, Christian Evangelicals, Mormons, small government types, Economic types, Federalists, strong federal government types, balance budget types, family values and national defense are examples of groups and issues Republicans care about. Amongst this alphabet soup of issues, Republicans tend to prioritize these ideas based on importance. For example, Ron Paul supporters primarily support isolationism and a strict original interpretation of the Constitution and the Forefather’s words. Rick Santorum supporters tend to be Tea Partiers and Evangelical Christians who are big on family values, balanced budgets and a strong national defense. Mitt Romney supporters tend to be Mormon, Big Business and Establishment types and moderate. Newt Gingrich supporters tend to be conservative, National Defense types and care about the economy. Someone may complain, I’m a family valued Mormon, isolationist and I value National Defense that supports New Gingrich, so your perfect little boxes for each candidate does not fit. I don’t disagree with this distinction. I made my little boxes based on what issues the candidates primarily campaign on and the demographics of their primary supporters. Whoever the Republican Presidential Nominee will become (Probably Romney) that person must convince a majority of people from different ethnicities and backgrounds that his ideas transcend group identity politics.

Spencer "The Neanderthal"

One day, after Lisa baked something in a pan much like this, I placed it on a new hot pad that I found like the one in this picture. Lisa noticed what I've done and exclaimed, "I married a caveman!" She then pointed out that I placed the pan on a placemat and not a hot pad.






I said, "Thanks for complimenting me, I like being called a caveman." I would rather be called a caveman than a girly man. I guess girly men would know the difference between placemats and hot pads.

Besides mixing up hot pads and placemats, Lisa showed me the wonderful world of duvets. I've wondered the best way to wash blankets when they get dirty. Duvets solve that little problem. Of course, cavemen would probably end up mixing a duvet for a bed sheet.

"Just have one of your own already!"

Rachel, LiLu's friend, posted the above quote on a picture of LiLu holding the same little baby in a different picture. So, meet Brian, our NEPHEW.



It seems like the moment we left the altar people ask this same basic question, "When are you going to have a little one?" The standard answer will be, "Not now." In the meantime, we have been taking advantage of Brian because he conviently lives upstairs. Brian is a laidback little baby that we love holding until he cries, then we just pass him off to one of his parents. Its a role nothing different from a grandparent.

Lisa's Mom knows how much Lisa likes holding the little man, so on a facebook photo she posted, "Get your own grandkids, Lisa!"


Kiki, my Mom, made a declaration to LiLu that she wants to have, "In-state grandkids." She made this declaration in-lieu of her trip to Chicago to visit grandkid #2. So, while others can't wait to spoil our future kids, we will have fun spoiling someone else's little treasures.

The Jump into Blogosphere

For the past few years, I have been an avid follower of my quick-witted sister's blog, the MoJotopia, and after reading many brilliant posts over the years, its time for Spencer's world.









To make this chaotic universe work, I actually have to start taking photographs more often. While I dated LiLu, my wife, she confiscated my camera citing the inexcusable lack of mission photos. I had one or two envelopes, she had three or four photo albums,

I don't have an explanation for my weak desire to take pictures, but an easy and illogical explanation is that I am just complementing Mo, my sister, in another way. She graduated with a degree in photography, while my wife took my camera. Mo and I are only 14 months apart in age, but that is as close as it gets as far as personality similarities. We do share some Lercher traits like the sharing of frequent bodily function jokes and the desire to cook and eat good food, but for the most part, we are quite different. So this blog will motivate me to show the people of Earth Spencer's world through pictures and brilliant prose.