It hardly seems like 10 years have past since the day 19 terrorists turned passenger planes into guided missiles. The leading story in the national news up until just before 8:46 am EDT was the disappearance of Chandra Levy and whether or not Congressman Gary Condit was a withholding information regarding their affair and her disappearance. Then within the blink of an eye, America was under attack. A clear day with beautiful blue sky was marred with death and destruction. I still remember the raw emotion I felt as I sat in my living room, watching the 2nd plane hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

Since embracing, articulating, and helping to spread conservative principles roughly ten years ago I have been called 'corney', 'old-fashioned', 'cold-hearted', and a family member even equated me to Hitler once.  Name calling seems to be the only way liberals can debate these days because so many of us are fully informed about their true motives: the reduction of our freedom in return for the state having more control over our lives.  

Watch this old cartoon to refresh your memories about why freedom is the best answer to America's challenges and why we must all turn away the modern peddlers of 'ism-juice' like Jen Shilling, Shelly Moore and all the other liberal Democrats and their taxpayer funded union bosses.

I am pleased to announce another new feature at CouleeConservatives.com: texting notifications.

This feature will allow you to receive text messages on your cell phone when we have breaking news or other information to distribute in a timely fashion.

If you are already a registered user of the site you can visit your account settings at http://www.couleeconservatives.com/user and select the 'Mobile Settings' to follow the instructions there to register your cell phone.

If you do not have an account you can create one at http://www.couleeconservatives.com/user/register  Simply fill out the information including your 'Mobile Settings' and, once your account is approved, you will be all set to receive text messages.

Let me know if you have any questions or other suggestions.

I am pleased to announce a new feature for the web site: The CouleeConservatives.com Recommended Reading List.

As concerned citizens of this great country we all recognize the importance of education and a lifetime of learning.  I pray that the selections we recommend here will help you to remain informed and advance your knowledge in a positive way.

The selections that are currently displayed are all books that I have personally read over the past few years or in the process of reading today.  You'll soon discover that my interests are in political and military history as well as thought provoking fiction. Please feel free to suggest any others that I am unaware of or simply have slipped my mind.