My Conservative Manifesto 2022 Rewrite

Welcome to my 2022 Conservative Manifesto rewrite (MCMr).  This is a Jerry McGuire manifesto, not a Unabomber one.  The original was plagued by copy paste and formatting errors.  This is the newer, shinier, ever so slightly revised 2022 version. Maybe some views have nuanced slightly since the earlier MCM tag version.

Welcome to my Conservative Manifesto.  i know there are a myriad of books, articles, and maybe even radio talk shows that espouse a "conservative belief system", so why am i taking the time to write out semi comprehensibly what it means to me to be a conservative?  What i believe may not be widely espoused. At least you'll know where i'm coming from (and maybe a little bit why).  Conservatives, like liberals are not all the same - there are different shades and beliefs that fall within the concept. 

i thought that i would try to articulate, maybe superficially, where i stand on some of the issues. This whole process of defining my beliefs started years ago when i was lurking on a "Conservative Thinking in America" thread, posted in the now defunct Amazon Gold Box Political Forum. In this thread, conservatives were discussing issues (started that way inevitably ended up insult session by ever so tolerant liberals).  Anyway, one day i decided to post why i viewed myself as conservative and basic policy views. That turned into my first version.  When i am more on, i write in more of a stream of consciousness style (some of the best paper i wrote in school i wasn't sure what i wrote until i read).         

Do you want hints on where this will go?  Too bad, you get them anyway.  i consider myself as a fiscal conservative in favor of a small federal government and states' rights. i am not, however, religious.  Some of the online political tests seem to paint me as a slight Libertarian (barely outside the scope of conservative). Think a little further right than Milton Friedman with a little more elevation. Maybe i am far-right (economically).  i do have some difference with the mystical beast known as the typical conservative.  i am a fan an international policy that espouses military isolationism and not a huge fan of guns.  i am sure there are other policy concerns where i differ, but you will have to read on to find out what they are.  Captivated yet? 

Now that i got that out of the way, i should state that i am not a very good writer.  i will have run-on sentences and fragments and other grammatical errors (i'm not a grammar national socialist) and overly long "paragraphs".  i do not guarantee a high level of cohesiveness.  My editor is Blogger grammar check (originally Word 2007).  My manifesto will be separated into sections (mostly self-contained).  These sections will consist of bite sized (minnow or megalodon) views of topics and sub-topics. i might even put some of my previous weblog postings in these sections.  i might just touch on topic superficially; this is not meant to be completely in-depth (though i can be convinced to extrapolate on certain topics).      

Enjoy reading this if you can, whether it is a particular segment or the entire document. There will be a lot of words, but this isn't meant to be War and Peace.