(Vanity) Confessions of a Crunchy Con, or, You Can't Judge a Conservative by his Birkenstocks

grey_whiskers ^ | 10-01-2006 | grey_whiskers

[grey_whiskers]

Scott Adams, author of Dilbert, once quipped, "Everyone is somebody's else's weirdo."

That's very true. But don't think that just because someone has failed ONE of your weirdness tests, that they will fail ALL of them.

Free Republic ought to be proof of that :-)

Full Disclosure: Have you contributed to the FReep-a-thon yet ?

Cheers!

[alwaysconservative]

I must be a crunchy con, too. But we ARE a minority, LOL!

[Tax-chick]

How many children do you have?

[Talking_Mouse]

I moved from NY to the wonderful state of Florida five months ago. I moved partially because my brothers and I decided one of us had to be "in state" for our parents who are in their mid 70s, and partly because taxes made it impossible for me to own a home within 80 miles of my job.

I moved down and found an apartment less than 6 miles from my job. I ride my bike to work 3 times a week now. I fill my gas tank once every 2 weeks now, instead of twice a week. I am losing weight. I enjoy my commute, instead of dreading it.

When I buy my house, in 9 - 11 months, it will be within 12 miles of my job so I can continue to ride my bike to work. Does this qualify me as a crunchy-con?

[grey_whiskers]

A pair of cubs.

(I looked on your Freeper page. I will refrain from comment except to ask "How did you DO it?")

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

When I buy my house, in 9 - 11 months, it will be within 12 miles of my job so I can continue to ride my bike to work. Does this qualify me as a crunchy-con?

Check out the link to Rod Dreher's piece I posted in the vanity article. I'd say if you agree with most of those points, you're a crunchy con ;-)

Cheers!

[Pyro7480]

Crunchy con ping!

[don-o]

Rod is a friend so will mark and ping

[SuziQ]

Heh, I loved that column by Rod Dreher. I, too, see myself as a crunchy con sometimes. To me it's a matter of stewardship of God's Creation. Besides which, I LOVE my Birkies; they are the most comfortable shoes I own, and I own several pair. I even do the goofy Northeast thing about wearing socks with them. Hey! My feet get cold up here in MA, but pretty soon, I'll be wearing them in MS, and won't have to deal with the liberal crunchies in the Northeast anymore!

Frankly, we'd love to live 'off the grid' as much as possible, not only to reduce fossil fuel use for the environment, but to save money, too! There's nothing particularly liberal about wanting to keep the environment as nice as possible; don't know why we should cede that to them.

[Welsh Rabbit]

I don't think being concerned with health and exercise is in anyway at odds with being a conservative. Most conservatives I know make an effort to take care of their bodies.

[grey_whiskers]

I don't think being concerned with health and exercise is in anyway at odds with being a conservative. Most conservatives I know make an effort to take care of their bodies.

Insisting on cycling to work, wearing birkenstocks, and patronizing non-traditional medicine have historically been the province of the left.

Wait for my Part II in a couple of days, you'll either agree completely or start shouting at your computer screen :-)

Cheers!

[NutCrackerBoy]

Bump.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I see a chiropractor, a massage therapist, and take supplements as opposed to prescription meds. .. not doing so well in the exercise department) intend to work on that soon.

[rockinqsranch]

Hah...This is comforting to know. My wife and myself have joked for twenty years that we are probably the ONLY VRWC sporting "Birkies" and driving SAABS (3). It's good to know we are not alone.

[Chanticleer]

I actually like, gasp, clean air and water. I'm partial to trees, too, but I don't hug them. I don't buy most of the environmentalist left agenda, but I believe conservation is conservative, so I guess that makes me a crunchy con.

[Tax-chick]

Congratulations :-).

My comment was mainly directed at Rod Dreher, who would, I feel, have less time and money for his Aesthete routine if he had more productive things with which to occupy himself.

[Lil'freeper]

Color me one, too. Birks - check. Cod liver oil - check.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Well, he and Julie have 2 kids, and they homeschool. Hey, it's a start :o)

[stevio]

I guess my being a "Crunchy Con" parallels a lib's lifestyle except for the fact that, I don't want the Government in my life, respect the genius of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and believe in God as the final authority. Peace out.

[CajunConservative]

Thanks for the ping! Why should the libs have all the good causes right. lol j/k