So, many might ask why my title is "My Conservative Life." Well I grew up and still live in a house where Fox News is the authority and my father went out and bought an industrial radio so he can listen to his daily Rush Limbaugh injections. My father is a staunch conservative, where I am not so far away from his conservatism but not as extreme as he is. Some nights at dinner Rush Limbaugh has gotten my father so wound up, he is on a perpetual soapbox, which isn't a problem, well sometimes it is.
I asked my father if he cross checks stories with other news sources and he said yes, I would consider my father an extremely well informed citizen , he goes to town hall meetings and is constantly watching or listening to the news, he also started reading parts of the healthcare bill and complained that it was in lawyer speak. So what my point is is that my father is on a constant streaming of media, he knows exactly what is going on and where, however sometimes I think that the media gets him revved up, he gets excited over specific topics and threatens to up and move to Ireland or to Texas because they have the right to seceed from the United States. He speaks of important rights, for example, the right for us to protest if we do not like what the government is doing, which is our right and what the founding fathers felt was important for our country.
Media can be good or bad, in my father's case it is a little of both. It inspires him to stand up for what he believes in yet sometimes it leaves him worked up and my father is not easy to deal with when he is worked up!
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