I think I’ve been a little too open about my life on Facebook and Twitter.  I have alienated a lot of people with my political views, and a lot of people have alienated me with their venom and obscenities about my alma mater.

That’s the tough part of having friends who went to and/or cheer for the rival school.  I can’t stand seeing people on either side of the fence bash the other.  Unfortunately, I let it get to me because I do have a tremendous amount of love for both.

So, to fix this, I have shut down my tweets from the outside world (unless I approve you to see them), and I have shut out anyone who has anything bad to say about either school from my Facebook wall and status updates.  Even if you’re a close friend in real life, the moment you bash a school I went to/work for, you’re done.  I even block your updates from my news feed.  I feel that’s nicer than simply unfriending you (it lets you know I still like you in real life).

That’s not the only criteria.  I’m blocking a lot of Facebook access simply because too many people see too many things.  One of the reasons I got out of TV news is too many people knew who I was.  I honestly got tired of being recognized and wanted to slip back into obscurity.  Instead, I opened up for the world on those two platforms, and now it’s causing me to have ill feelings toward people I wouldn’t have in the first place.

If you want to see what’s going on (in a more controlled manner), then keep checking this blog.  I don’t update much, but I’ll be putting up only things I want everyone to see … which isn’t a lot.

This has been lifted from my Facebook profile.  Reposting it here:

1. I am not tagging a lot of people in this because it looks like everyone I know has already completed one of these.

2. My first love is God. Then it’s unconditional love for my beautiful wife and kids.

3. I am proud I served in the U.S. Air Force, but I never forgave them for making me spend three years of my time at Ft. Hood, TX, with the Army. I almost made it a career until they gave me orders to another Army post in South Korea. I gave them back and once again entered civilian life.

4. I haven’t played a trombone or baritone in many years despite eight years of band and two years of drum corps. I also never wanted to play football.

5. I was drum major my junior and senior years.

6. I wanted to get married at a young age and have kids by the time I was 30. Mission accomplished.

7. I have many friends with different political views from my own, and I don’t want to damage my friendships. However, I’m very vocal about politics and stubborn in my beliefs.

8. I cherish and require a lot of quiet and alone time since I was an only child.

9. Even though I worked as a television reporter, I never watch(ed) the news.

10. I am quick to lose my temper despite how easy going I appear.

11. In high school, if a girlfriend and I ever broke up, I usually never spoke to them again. That cost me a couple of opportunities to date some girls I really wanted to, but it made our friendships grow stronger.

12. I’ve gotten out of many tickets thanks to my dad being a state trooper.

13. I am horrible with finances despite my mom being a banker.

14. I’m an absolute geek for Star Trek, Batman, computers and gadgets.

15. I want to lose weight, but lack the will power to tear myself away from other chores and work on it.

16. I could care less how fashionable I am. I’ve got other things to worry about.

17. My tolerance for many things runs shallow. Ditto for patience.

18. I collect a lot of toys and autographs.

19. Despite getting a degree in broadcasting and working for 16 years in radio and TV news, I *H-A-T-E* having my picture taken. My family, immediate and extended, still has yet to fully realize this.

20. God has forgiven me, but I still sometimes regret a lot of things I did while in my late teens and early 20s.

21. I didn’t cry about my grandmother dying until the funeral director gave me the key to her casket.

22. I will always regret not being able to make it home for both my Paw-Paw and Maw-Maw’s funerals (they died within a week of each other while I was in Texas).

23. I don’t read books a lot anymore, but wish I did.

24. I dislike clutter, but can’t seem to get away from it.

25. I want a tattoo, and I’ve always known exactly what I want. I’m afraid to get one, though, because my kids will see it. I even won one once, but let a friend take my place.

Here is a great article by Dick Morris.  It sums up what we who value liberty and self-progression fear.  Government can never be allowed to have so much control over its people.  It goes completely against the Constitution, but then, when have liberal Democrats cared a lot about that?

“The Obama presidency: Here comes socialism”