Posted by
dphillabaum on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 1:49:56 PM
I think that those of us on the right have been waiting for something like this for quite some time. As my previous post of today indicates, I don't really waste much time on the so-called mainstream media and I prefer to find what I want to know more about on the internet.
Two things I am concerned with are the legal system of this country and the health-care system in this country. I don't claim any of the credibility that so-called journalists or pundits have, but, in my view, I have something more valuable. I'm young enough to still be somewhat idealistic and to be close to the emerging trends to see how they're influencing things at the periphery... and presumably how that portends for the future.
I'm a recent (2006) law school graduate and I'm entering graduate school at the University of Virginia to pursue an M.S.N. and licensing as a Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. I currently work for a top-10 global law firm, doing litigation work. Ultimately I hope to be self-employed as a CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist) and use my law degree in management/in-house counsel for a health care organization.
In the summer of 2007, I will be attending Officer Candidate School ("OCS") to become an officer in the US Army reserves.
I have blogged for a while now, most notably as part of a group blog for my small business at
www.suaspontegroup.com/blog . I will leave the ideological blogging here and continue to focus on business, the law, and leadership at that blog, if anyone is interested in that.
Through this blog, I hope to trade ideas with my fellow center-right free-market, robust-foreign-policy types out there. I hope, in particular, to explore how we can make our courts and our hospitals more efficient and better reflective of the type of country we want to be. This means getting judges appointed to strictly and faithfully interpret the Constitution, deregulating health care, embracing preventative care, moving away from a fear of death (think hospice, palliative care, etc), and removing certain torts and malpractice actions from the realm of absurd legal actions by getting better control of the courts.
That's enough about me, from now on my comments will relate to my above interests. I arrived at townhall a few years ago. I have always been impressed with Thomas Sowell and Pat Buchanan--not because I always agree with them, but because they challenge me to rethink my positions and because they have a consistency that is rare in this day and age. I also listen to/read other townhall contributors like Hugh Hewitt, Christopher Hitchens, Mark Levine, and Bill Bennett. Some others I don't always agree with, but appreciate that they're on the same general team are Michelle Malkin and Rush Limbaugh. It will be interesting to see if TownHall launches any bloggers into a certain realm of fame because of their ability to presumably have their comments and backtracks viewed by very powerful figures in conservative circles. It's great to think that, via this blog, I will be able to reflect and synthesize what I read right here and hopefully trade feedback with others.