The Peregrin Falcon

As a thirty-something, who used to watch the television show “Thirty-Something”, I have witnessed how the people in my age-group approach political definitions. Some use the actual meaning of the word as described by a dictionary. Some use the colloquial feeling of the word to derive a vague guess. Still, others are only interested in using the self-named representatives of conservatism to arrive at a conclusion.

Conservatism is not oppressive:

Conservatism as I have been taught, at the core, is a set of ideals wrapped around the desire to govern one’s own destiny as one chooses without interference from a ruling body politic. In other words, conservatism wants people to be free to choose right or wrong, to choose wisely or poorly, to choose faith or agnosticism with as little as possible input from a government.

Conservatism is not a zealous want to rule everyone’s life and make each individual fit into a pre-packaged, pre-determined mold that only a few elite can ever achieve. Conservatism is not racist, sexist, classist, fascist, communist, war-mongering or any line of thought near what many in today’s world would have you believe.

Welcome to The Peregrin Falcon. As this is the first entry in, what I hope to be, a long series of entries, it is a good time to divulge my intentions. Before I do however, I want to make it clear that Peregin is intentionally misspelled, yes I can see that, and yes my grammar teachers would take points off; the Falcon is a place for thought, opinion and humor, not for human perfection. I make mistakes, sometimes they are intentional. The primary focus of the Falcon is to be a place to explore the world of politics, science, American popular culture, and general complexity of our times. At the Falcon, I will strive to always be honest, forthright, and up front about my views. Lastly, the Falcon will be a safe haven for conservative values, ideals, and thought. I encourage debate, both liberal and conservative. I also reserve the right to post or edit posts or refuse posts of any and all comments on the Falcon. So, keep it fair (state both the pros and cons of your positions), keep it clean ( if you don’t know what clean is, then watch some black and white television with your family and take notes ), keep it civil, and give credit to authors, bloggers, artists, historians etc. the Falcon is not a place to be a plagiarist.

I hope you enjoy reading what I have enjoyed writing.