5views.com

I’ve been away, or at least a little preoccupied.  I was with my family dealing with the illness and death of my father.  I appreciate all of the thoughts and prayers of those who have expressed their concern.

I don’t know how much I want to say on this site about all that has happened.  I’m watching as many pour out well-wishes for the family of Tony Snow and recently for Tim Russert’s, but I’ve also watched as many slimy liberals have used it as an occasion to spew their usual venom.  This is something that I’ve experience before in a small way, and I really don’t want to deal with it now.  I realize that I’m small-potatoes next to those I’ve just mentioned, but that doesn’t make it any easier.

So for now I’ll just say that I’m back, and blogging will resume as soon as I’m caught up with things.

I’ve been trying to find the right time to approach this issue on 5views.com. With the changes that I’ve mentioned are coming, I think it’s best if I take the time to spell out where I stand on the issue. Generally speaking, as a white, male, conservative Christian minister I am considered an enemy by the more extreme elements of the Domestic Violence (DV) industry. People like me are usually misrepresented to a point that comparisons to Hitler are not uncommon. So it’s important that I speak for myself rather than let others define what I believe about the subject.

If you’ve noticed the ad on the site and wondered, the answer is yes, I am the author. It’s a book that I wrote back in the 90’s, self-published as an e-book in 2004 and took to print in 2007 (also self-published). This post is to give some background on the subject and a little bit on why I got involved with the subject.

The main reason that I got involved in the issue is that I am a Christian minister and I feel that this is part of my calling. But like any human being on the face of the Earth, I have been exposed to abuses, either directly or indirectly. That, too, contributed to my interest in the subject. However, I will say that my approach is ‘unorthodox’ when compared to the mainstream of the Domestic Violence Industry. And that’s a good thing.
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When I started 5views.com in January of this year I had hoped to focus on the city I live in, Tacoma, WA. So I listed with a local feed aggregator and started blogging on issues that would interest people living here. I decided to be as nice as I could, since I was stepping into their ‘domain’. Holding back on issues that mattered to me wasn’t easy, but I quickly learned that that little group wasn’t ready for anything else.

When I started I thought that I was walking into the lion’s den as a conservative in a liberally dominated local blogosphere. Well, it turns out that it wasn’t a lot of trouble, but it was annoying and largely fruitless. I was amazed at how little liberals want to actually think anything through on their own. With a few exceptions the responses were just the parroting of liberal talking points.

So now that I’ve had time to figure things out, I’m going to change the focus of the site a little. I won’t be holding back on local issues anymore. Nor will I be focusing on such a small piece of geography.

Here are some things that are on the horizon for 5views.com:
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I guess I should start by explaining the site and my handle.

This site, 5views.com, is the result of a lack of outlets for conservative views in Tacoma, Pierce County and Western Washington. The name is from two things: 1) a small, relatively unknown area in Tacoma that barely qualifies as a neighborhood by most people’s standards; and 2) the symbolism that conservative views are universal and even exist in this little enclave on the left coast.

My handle, “Republican By Default” represents my frustrations with the Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) and their inability to represent the views of real conservatives. The handle simply means this, “I am a Republican because I won’t waste my vote on third party candidates and I won’t damage this area any further by voting for a Democrat. So even though the WSRP doesn’t represent my views, I will likely vote for their candidates because the alternatives suck worse.”

Upcoming blog entries will spell all of this our further, but for now I’ll just say that conservatives are alive and well and living in Tacoma, Pierce County and Western Washington.