During a Vice-Presidential Debate in 1992, Ross Perot’s running mate, distinguished Admiral James Stockdale, uttered a phrase which many of us have asked since time in memorial:

Who am I?  Why am I here?

On the occasion of my 500th post on this blog that bears my name, I would like to reflect on those questions for a moment.

As my introductory page states, I am a 52 year old Christian American Conservative.  I was raised by members of The Greatest Generation.  My father landed at Normandy.  I love God and I love this Sacred Land that I was blessed to be born in.

I am the youngest of three children, growing up with a step-sister, who is gone now, and a sister, with whom I remain close.  I am a well-trained husband, and I  am the father of a special daughter, who has been a blessing to me over and over again during her 24 years.  I have helped to raise three step-sons, and am proud of all three of them, as I am equally proud of my two grown nephews and my niece.   And I plead guilty to spoiling my 3 and 1/2 year old grandson, Robert.

I am a son of the South, currently residing in the Northwest corner of Mississippi, after living the majority of my life in Memphis, Tennessee.

I love music, having sung in churches since I was 19, a legacy from my earthly father, who possessed a beautiful tenor voice.  I have also played rhythm guitar since that age.  I even got to see Elvis Presley in concert in the early 70s from the top row of the Mid-South Coliseum.  He was wearing a blue jumpsuit.

The majority of my generation had similar experiences, as I did, growing up.

We had basketball goals hanging on our carports.  We played football in our front yards.  We had black light and Farrah Fawcett posters in our rooms.  And we all ran out and bought Frampton Comes Alive double albums.

We said yes ma’am/sir and no ma’am/sir, when addressed by our parents or any adult, especially in the South.  And all the parents in our neighborhood treated us like we were their kids.

The origin of my web identity goes back to 2008, right before the national election.  I found a Conservative website named Hot Air, owned and managed by the phenomenal Conservative, Michelle Malkin.  I wanted to contribute comments, but I needed an anonymous handle.  I came up with the name kingsjester in homage to the King of Kings, and because of the fact that I bear the middle name of King, as did my father before me.

The  jester part of my handle came from the fact that, like my father before me, I love to laugh, and having been blessed by God with a quick wit, and a quicker mouth, well…it just seemed natural.

I am currently in my sixth year of reading God’s Word all the way through.  I read 4 chapters a morning, before I sit down to write this blog.  I view this not as a ritual, but a necessity.  He teaches me something new every day.

My Conservatism comes naturally, having been raised by my parents to love this country, and watching them exercise good old-fashioned American values in our home.  My political leanings were solidified for me in the 1980s, as I was privileged to spend my 20s during the presidency of Ronald Wilson Reagan.

I suppose that is why I so fiercely oppose the presidency and actions of Barack Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm).  Having seen and experienced so many great things that living in our country has to offer, it chapped my hindquarters to watch a sitting President of the United States go around the world, apologizing for the greatest country on God’s green Earth.

And then, later in this nightmare called a presidency, this Chamberlain wannabe, who is supposed to be defending our country from enemies foreign and domestic, held secret meetings with fanatic worshipers of the very ideology that was responsible for massacring 3,000 of our citizens on September 11, 2011.  Frankly, it made my blood boil.

And now, this bozo and his minions in the MSM, and on both sides of the aisle, are attacking the grassroots movement known as the Tea Party.  In fact,  syndicated columnist and hardcore Lib, Leonard Pitts, Jr, reports that:

…The noteworthy thing about the CNN/ORC poll, which was conducted Aug. 5-7, is not simply that it found 51 percent of Americans now regard the tea party unfavorably, up from 26 percent when they first started asking this question in January 2010. No, what’s telling is where the dislike is coming from. You see, the spike does not reflect a change of mind from the tea-party faithful. Approval numbers have remained relatively stable over the 19-month history of the survey, starting out at 33 percent, peaking to 38 percent twice, falling back to 31 percent this month. Once one drinks the tea, apparently, the tea stays drunk.

No, the fluctuation has come from those who previously knew nothing about the party. Twenty-four percent of Americans said in January of last year that they had never heard of it. Only 5 percent say that now.

As that number has fallen, tea party disfavor has risen.

To put that more simply: The more Americans learn about this movement, the more they dislike it.

Bull.  The Tea Party is America.  That oversampled CNN poll is nothing but a worthless Liberal propaganda tool.

So, tell me, Leonard…How do you explain the fact that, just yesterday, gallup .com reported that Obama’s job approval rating is now tanking at a new low of 39%, compared to Bush’s 60% at the same time in his presidency?

Thanks, everybody, for your support.  We’ve got a lot of work to do.  November 2, 2010 was just the opening act. It’s up to all of us. 

I know that I’ve got at least another 500 posts in me.  We’re just gettin’ started, y’all.  Let’s roll!