Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?

Just to clarify--the title of this post has absolutely nothing to do with the post itself... :-D

Up until about 2004 or so, I had zero interest in politics, local, national, or international.  My parents have always been conservative and have followed politics, but I had no interest in it until the 2004 Presidential election.

The next year, I went to college and ended up majoring in (among other subjects) International Politics and Military Affairs.  That major, while not really helpful on the domestic politics side of things, did introduce me to the world political stage, and more specifically (having gone to a military college), the military side of global politics.

Around 2007, I started to become interested in domestic politics and started to follow various news websites, mostly Yahoo and MSN.  I didn't have access to tv at the time, so I never started to watch any news shows, and still don't to this day.

In 2009, I began an MBA program and picked up a subscription to the Wall Street Journal.  The MBA was a complete departure from what I had studied as an undergrad, and was my first introduction to the world of business and economics.  With the WSJ and business classes, I became extremely interested in politics and the economy.  With the recession and resulting flailing about in Washington, I started to come up with my own ideas of what could be done to fix Washington and put America back on a sustainable path.  Over the past year or so, I've worked with a number of folks and have come up with several policy proposals.

Enter this blog.  I've decided to present my policy proposals here, as well as offer up my political commentary/analysis, and general thoughts on politics.  Being a staunch Roman Catholic, as well as a very conservative independent, I've got an interesting mix of motivations and reasons to think the way I do.

Specific policy proposals I have, and will post here once they are finished:
-Social Security reform
-Tax code reform
-Military spending reform

Those are just the issues I've already performed research on, and am more than willing to tackle any others.

Many thanks for the folks who gave me the idea in some form or fashion to start this blog: Meredith, Mew, Fabs, Mike, Matt, Ange, and Pops!  All of them, in one way or another, fostered my political debate or encouraged me to research the issues.