Unmasked: Who it is that I am...

After joining up on Facebook and Myspace to connect with a couple of old friends and receiving some negative criticism over my choice of personal photo and the content of my blog, I feel the need sufficiently exists for me to describe myself more fully for those who do not know me or understand who it is that I am. Since childhood, I have been an avid supporter of our 2nd Amendment Constitutional rights. Today, our society has been devolved to the point where the mere mention of the word "gun" brings ridicule and scorn from those who think the only people allowed to possess firearms are either those in the military or the police. That naive assumption couldn't be any further removed from reality.

Our founding fathers knew that an individual's right to keep and bear arms was essential to the protection of personal freedom and remains one of the bedrock freedoms of our constitutional republic. I am proud to be an American and proud to stand up for and fight to protect our constitutional rights and freedoms. At present, I feel that our Constitution is under severe attack from the current federal administration and if their agenda continues in the path it has set before itself, we will no longer be a free nation, but a nation besieged by tyranny and hence the impetus behind the rantings on my website. It is my 1st line of defense against tyranny and it is secured under the 1st Amendment. God help us if they take away our 1st Amendment protections, because if that happens, our next line of defense will be for us to fall back upon the 2nd Amendment.

I am not an individual who spends his free time following the latest trends on television like American Idol. I am not an individual who spends his free time in idle chat on the instant messaging, cell phone texting, or social networking circuits. I have far more important things to do with what little time I have left in this world. I think what bothers me the most is that there are far too many people in this country who are willfully ignorant of basic civics and are too complacent in their debt ridden and vanity driven lives to give a shit about what's happening to the underpinnings of the precious freedoms they so casually take for granted.

I am a faithful and loving husband, I am a proud and loving father, I am a Christian, I am a conservationist, I am a student of history, I am a warrior against the culture of death, I am an admirer of individual achievement, I am a defender of individual freedom, and I am proud to be a citizen of the greatest nation in the history of the world. I love life, I love family, I love good friends, I love the great outdoors, I love good books, I love good music, I love summer nights at the local drive-in movie theater, I love good BBQ and I love good beer.

I grew up in the Black Dirt farm region of Orange County NY, about an hour and a half NW of NYC in a little village called Florida. Florida NY is the place where William H. Seward was born. For those of you who don't know, Seward was Secretary of State under President Lincoln, orchestrated the purchase of Alaska, and survived an attempt on his life the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Anyway, I married my better half back in '95, and fathered four magnificent children - 2 boys older and 2 girls younger. Today, I live in the Searsville area just outside of Montgomery, NY located in the beautiful Mid Hudson Valley region. Coincidently, Paul Tuttle Sr. of O.C.Choppers lives about a mile down the road from me. I've lived in Orange County, NY my whole life. It's a shame that this state is going to hell in a hand basket both politically and economically. If it wasn't for my family and my job, I'd be so outta here.

I thank God for all that I have and acknowledge Him for all the good graces He sends me each and every day.

You may not agree with my views. You may disapprove of my hard line stance on the issues of the day or the principles I live by. You may even think I am an over-zealous right-wing nut job. That's fine by me. It took a lot of work to get to where I am today. I am a prime example that maturity in life is better late than never. I've made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot of hard lessons along the way and honestly, I wouldn't want to go back and do any of it differently - well... maybe one or two things ;) So the next time you look at that picture of me standing there holding my 50 caliber black powder Hawkins mountain rifle with its full length replica civil war sniper scope, take the time to read my blog entries or check out my Photoshop talents, perhaps you'll have a little more perspective and understanding of who it is that I am.

Thanks for listening,
Mo

"Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you." - Benjamin Franklin