Too Much Thinking, Not Enough Writing

As I drive around doing my job I have time to listen to talk radio and time to think about stuff. However, when I get home I seem to spend more time watching TV and playing Spades than writing my thoughts down. I think what bothers me is that I get the flashes of ideas, and I think they are pretty good ideas, but I find it very hard to put them into words. So I dally and do nothing. Let's see if I can change that.

So, my last couple posts had to do with the culture wars. I've come to the conclusion that the venom, hatred, fighting and all the other nasty, mean part of the war of cultures all comes from the Left.

I know that there are Conservatives and Republicans who aren't angels, but most of the tough fighting is fighting back. Ann Coulter comes to mind. I had a friend like her when I was young. We were out doing evangelism one day and some guy accosted us and started telling us about his belief in Gnosticism. (This was in Santa Cruz, California.) My friend Chris started ripping the guy apart and wasn't exactly polite about it. He had me laughing because he was ridiculing this ignorant Gnostic (yeah, I know) and showing him for the pompous fool he was. Later my friend told me he felt the rules had changed and he didn't need to be polite and listen to the guy because he had approached us.

I've remembered that lesson. And most of our commentators and politicians on the Right should take it to heart. They are trying to stay 'above the fray' when the very people they need to do battle with are reporting on them and slandering them.

Part of the culture war needs to be targeting the guardians of the news portals. We complain of the media, and rightly so, but there are many reporters and a few senior editors. Those senior editors make the decisions as to what is news and what isn't. They decide on the slant and encourage young reporters to write a certain way, allowing the liberal ones to pass muster, while any conservatives or balanced writing never sees the light of day.

It's time for the Right to rally together and go after the Left with all they've got. We have facts on our side. If we present ourselves in line with the truth, we will have the majority and will be able to guide our nation away from the disaster the Left is heading for.