I'm a 55-year old male, an independent Constitutional Conservative, Christian (since 1996) and a Vietnam veteran (Marine Corps). I voted for Howard Phillips (Taxpayers Party in '96; Constitution Party in 2000)in the last two presidential elections, and have little regard for the career politicians in either major party.

I wrote social, political and spiritual commentary for the excellent Conservative website TooGoodReports.com for 2 1/2 years, until it shut down this past January due to family illness. Since that time I've been writing a book, now almost complete, showing that modern American liberalism is nothing but a disguised socialism (Politics of Deceit: How 'Liberals' Lie...And Why They Have To). The essay posted on 10/28/04 contains an excerpt from that book.