Transplanting a Liberal to a Conservative State...

It's like giving a child something sweet for the first time in their life.

Take it from this transplanted, life-long (until recently) Californian who wrote the article I included in this post. She was born, raised and seemingly a forever resident of Californicatia until she had a "need to move" to Middle America.

Since living in Middle America she's realized there's a whole different world out there. One that isn't so biased, so culturally challenged. A mid-continent "melting pot" of ideas, nationalities, cultures... of norms that one would never knew existed without experiencing it first hand.

She's exposed the west coast of our mighty fine United States of America as, well... the most aloof, ultra-biased and ultra-liberal portion of our nation. She's realized there's true conservatives who mean well, do well and interact very well with one another but they reside in Middle America. She realized there's folks who truly do have realistic values, goals, ethics. Unlike the liberal mindset that's always going for the "one-up-on-you" trophy, regardless of the price, the cost. 

She's realized that those in the mid-west. Those who live in the "fly-over" states, those who are not bordered by any ocean or sea... She's realized those folks are truly hard working, understanding, compassionate, dedicated, loyal, diverse, family oriented, sincerely patriotic folks. 

In other words she's realized those who live in Middle America are truly good, conservative Americans.

Imagine... all of this from the mouth (and mind) of a former West Coast, California

native... former die hard liberal who saw the "light"!

Me? I was raised and grew up on the West Coast but I wasn't raised as a liberal. My parents were from Illinois, one of the "fly over" states. They had very strict conservative traits. We were raised by those mid-west standards. We're Army brats to boot so conservative values run deep in our bloodline. 

I don't have to transplant my family to the mid-west to realize the difference in values, culture. I live my conservative life here on the West Coast. I'm one of those "odd men out" folks I guess but I can live with that. It's just getting more difficult to cope with the liberals and fascists that seem to have overwhelmed a once great portion of our mighty fine United States of America! 

Overwhelmed it and are currently ruining it... IMHO.