Reverse_Vampyr

• New name, same snarky goodness.
  I apologize that it's taken so long to get back on here and update y'all on what's been going on. Long story short, I have been contemplating a change in nom de plume for quite a while. It got tedious always explaining what "Reverse Vampyr" meant, which indicated to me it just didn't fit well.I wanted something that spoke to my love of America and liberty as well as my penchant for hard rock. And
  
  
• The blog formerly known as Reverse_Vampyr...
  I'm currently in the process of switching my online persona, will be announcing a new blog address soon (I'm importing all my posts, so hopefully things will continue fairly seamlessly). More to come soon.In the meantime, Happy Independence Day!
  
  
• Conservatives to "Go Galt" on July 30
  Back in February, I participated in the Tea Party protests here in Dallas & Ft. Worth. And I plan to attend the big July 4th Tea Party at Southfork in Dallas this Saturday.Although I've seen a lot of placards saying "Atlas will shrug" and have heard a lot about Conservatives wanting to "Go Galt" in protest to our government's runaway spending and irresponsibility, this is the first protest I've
  
  
• I'm not quite dead...
  Those of you who've been reading this blog for any length of time know that I used to post pretty much daily. Sometimes even several posts a day. But that was back when I had a full-time job and had the time to blog before work and during lunch. Since being laid off back in January, I spend a lot more time either looking for work or working multiple freelance jobs in order to make ends meet. Add
  
  
• Does government-run healthcare prove we're undeserving of liberty?
  This week, ABC (the All Barack Channel) is teaming up with President Obama to blanket Wednesday's broadcast day with hours of propaganda for his communist health care proposal. And the more I think about a government-run health care system, the more I want to vomit. I cannot for the life of me understand how so many of my fellow Americans have gleefully resigned their independence en masse to a
  
  
• Sen. Barbara Boxer imitates Dr. Evil
  Barbara Boxer (D) would have to work REALLY hard to beclown herself more than she did this week when she chided Brigadier Gen. for calling her "Ma'am." Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying on the Louisiana coastal restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He began to answer one of Boxer's questions with "ma'am" when Boxer immediately cut him
  
  
• Coming this fall from Government Motors...
  The 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition!
  
  
• "The Letter" to our government
  I've been so busy over the past week, either freelancing or getting ready for my daughter's wedding this weekend, that I just haven't had time to blog. However, this was simply too good not to pass along. It's a letter that was sent in to Glenn Beck, and it pretty much sums up how I feel about the direction our government has taken over the past few years and is currently heading under President
  
  
• Dr. Obama's prescription for America?
  Last year, candidate Obama made a big deal about creating a nationalized health care program which would "...give health insurance to 47 million Americans who are now without coverage." Of course, what he failed to mention was that the figure he cited includes American citizens as well as illegal immigrants. And the fact that it will cost well over $1 trillion dollars (which we do not have) to
  
  
• D-Day, 65 years later
  65 years ago today, American troops stormed Normandy's Omaha Beach in the largest amphibious assault in the history of warfare (29,000 American soldiers dead, 106,000 wounded and missing).In 1984, President Reagan gave a stirring speech at Pointe Du Huc where he honored the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion who triumphed after losing more than 60% of their men valiantly scaling the 100ft cliffs