The name- I am using the defense department version.

residual forces- (DOD) Unexpended portions of the remaining United States forces that have an immediate combat potential for continued military operations, and that have been deliberately withheld from utilization.

According to St. Paul at Fraters, I am the Strategic Reserve for the MOB (The Minnesota Organization of Bloggers)

Residual Forces is a solo operation, and is authored by and funded entirely by me. To find out who me is, Check out the About Me page.

Useful/less background on why I started blogging
I was asked by some one once, “Why I don’t join the military?” The guy said that I am so adamant in my support for it and its use, why not join?

One answer was that I exceed the height to weight ratio for the US Marines. The other answer is that some people need to stay behind to provide rear support. With out some one at home keeping the home front aware of what is happening and the truth, the soldiers oversees will be criticized and demoralized.

One of this country’s darkest days was the Viet Nam era. Men and women who gave or risked their lives were not welcomed home as the heroes they were. They were winning a war in Asia, only to be defeated at home. I can only be glad I was not old enough to be a part of this disgusting period in American history.

Soldiers were spit on. They were accused of crimes that may never have happened. There was little or no evidence that they happened, but the accusations were accepted as widespread and standard operational procedure for the military, by the public, but more dastardly, the media.

It was one of this countries darkest days in my opinion, and I will do what I can to make sure the will of the people is not corrupted by ideologues.

Why would I do this, blog that is?
I started this blog to have an outlet. I used to spend countless nights crafting letters that I’d send into the local papers for their editor’s consideration. It was quite unsatisfying to have my letters turned down and see the garbage they actually did print. Watching the “news” had gotten to be quite depressing, if you are a conservative who can’t believe what he is seeing the media portray as fact. I watched day after day the way that the media slanted their stories, subtly, but slanted nonetheless. It wasn’t so much what they reported, it was the way they reported. Using negative words for one thing, and then positive words for the opposite. Subtle. But effective to the unaware viewers.

The media is also guilty in my mind of censoring the news. They may call it editting, but they are doing damage to America. Their refusal to admit that there is a Red America (I hate the hole red state blue state thing) and report on its views. Since the 2004 election, some media corporations (yes there are corporations in the news media, all you progressives!) have sent out reporters to find Red America. I have heard only one or two accounts so far, but they seemed astonished that there weren’t tall builings everywhere and the people could actually speak in complete sentences.

And so one night after finishing Blog “Understanding the Information Reformation That’s changing Your World” by Hugh Hewitt, I was in. I finally got it. Blogging was the new printing press. Any one could say anything. We are no longer beholden to the ideologes in the media. It almost seems that the first amendment was written for blogs.

So on January 16, 2005 I registered the domain name, got a host, and wham!
Residual Forces was born

Last update November 17, 2007

Over the (almost) 3 years this blog has been around, both the blog and I have gone through many transformations. Starting today, we’re no longer playing nice when it comes to Republican politics. I’m a plain old conservative now. I believe in the principled issues, and that is all I feel duty bound to defend.

The experiences in the last year have taught me all too well that a political party is only as good as those leading it. I do still love the Republican party, but with henchmen and scumbags calling all the shots and making the decisions of who is “the worst Republican ever” I want nothing to do with the party right now. And when they perpetuate lies about good honest members, and defend their tactics, well, it isn’t worth banging your head against the wall while they are pouring concrete on your feet.

When honest and mature hardworking people resume control of the Republican Party and return it to honor and integrity, I’ll be back, but until then no thanks. Call me a quitter, or whatever you like. I’m just not going to be bullied around, plus I know that I am harming my Districts because of the battles I have waged.