Gets up out of bed and steps on the scale, almost three hundred pounds. Not too much for a guy just over 5’9”.

Goes into the kitchen to start the coffee. It seems cold so he turns on the tap and lights the water on fire. Reminds himself to write a thank-you note to the oil company for the fracking, how he uses the new technology to keep warm in the morning.

Steps out on the front porch for the morning paper. His mailman, one of the local school teachers, comes by and hands him a letter.   

Back inside lies the paper down and as it unfolds he sees a front page editorial that says the state will stay free of Labor Unions. 

Opens the letter and sees it’s from the company he works for telling him his salary has been cut again.  He tells himself to remember to personally thank the boss for his Labor Union-free workplace when he gets to work. No Union dues. He can spend his money the way he wants.

Takes the paper and reads an article that the Federal Government should get off the peoples’ back and not charge such high rates for water.

Hears an explosion and hopes it is not from the oil derrick over next to the elementary school.

Looks back at the paper. Reads where millions in the state do not have medical insurance. Proud that they can face their illnesses ‘like a man’ without help from the Federal Government.

Reads an article that the Federal Government should do more to bring water to the dry parts of the state.

Reads an article that his state has the one of the highest teen pregnancy rate in all the states. Reminds himself to write a letter praising the State Department of Health for their new Abstinence-Only Website.

Reads an article that tells how deregulation of business and industry had led to an economic boom in his state. Just then hears another explosion go boom in the distance. Wonders if that is the local fertilizer plant or the local oil refinery blowing up. Or maybe that is the new oil train that comes through blowing up.

Reads an article that discusses how his state complains that they pay too much taxes to the Federal Government, much more than they get back.  Want to secede, form their own Free Republic. He reads on and learns that California pays back more than twice as much taxes with about one-third more population. New York with one quarter fewer people pays back almost twice as much. Ohio and Illinois with about half the population pays more taxes back to the Federal government. New Jersey with about a third of the population pays more taxes back to the Federal Government. He throws the newspaper aside in disgust, complaining about Liberal Media Bias.

Remembers that this is the second anniversary that he was accidentally hit with lead shot from the State Senator’s shotgun.  It was during a citizens shooting rally for gun freedom he attended. He almost forgot last year because he was in the hospital recovering from an infection caused by the pellets the doctors could not remove.  He won’t forget this year to send a thank-you note to the State Senator.

Now it is time to go to the Open Carry Gun Rally. Gets his favorite short sleeved western shirt out and pulls the front together and is able to snap most snaps closed.  Gets his favorite pair of cowboy boots, the ones with the extra rounded toe area and the thick gummy rubber soles.  Pulls them on with the extra long pull straps. Gets his gun belt out.  Won’t fit around his waste any more so he slings it over his shoulder.

And so on to the rest of the day…