Just Because You Are A Liberal Doesn't Mean You Have To Be Stupid

I was opposed to the Keystone Pipeline when it was routed through the environmentally sensitive Sand Hills region of the Ogallala Aquifer, but once the route was changed to protect the Aquifer, I supported the Keystone Pipeline.

I support local businesses and protecting the environment, but when Bass Pro Shops planned to build a store in my area and bring 250 admittedly minimum wage jobs and tax revenue of $1.5 million per year...or they would build a store in the next county and take their jobs and tax revenue with them, I supported the development in my area.

I support the constitution, but when the President of either political party says they may need to take action to save hundreds of thousands of Americans from a catastrophic terrorist act, I support my President.

I believe that when 97% of scientists tell me that climate change is a problem, that climate change is a problem. But I also believe that, until we develop alternatives to fossil fuels, we need to use as little Middle Eastern oil as possible.

I know people who are opposed to anything to do with oil or gas or coal, who are opposed to almost all business or development, and who are opposed to rational national security...but being a liberal doesn't mean you have to be stupid in your beliefs.

There is such a person as a rational liberal. I know, because I am one.

My next post should be titled: "Just Because You Are A Conservative Doesn't Mean You Have to Be Stupid." I may write this post when I meet a rational conservative who is not dogmatic. It could be a while.