"Those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it"                 Winston Churchill

The purpose of the Mountain Observer Website is to provide objective and factual analysis of the political, economic and cultural condition of the American Nation, and to recommend and advance appropriate Conservative direction.

Over the last few years Conservatives have realized increasing success in communicating with the American people about the failures of Statism, notwithstanding the results of the 2006 elections, a GOP failure. That Democrats succeeded, often by razor thin margins, was only made possible by running "conservative" candidates, a flattery to Conservative objectives.

The time has come to look more toward American Conservatism itself, distinct from the coastal GOP, and examine the future as Conservatives envision a new strategic direction.

The Mountain Observer will continue to focus on this transition, first recognizing that there are significant differences among Conservatives themselves which must be sorted out, ultimately by the American electorate. It is the purpose of this website to assist in communicating the issues and the options on a more broadly popular level, and to advance some new thinking, in certain areas, in the Conservative discussion. The political orientation of the Mountain Observer is best described as American Nationalist Conservative.

More specifically, as an editorial policy, the following principles will continue to be observed:

The premise of American National Conservatism is that the ongoing survival of the American Project, or Idea, is a function of an educated understanding, preservation and, as necessary, recapture of the founding principles of the Republic, including a recognition and acceptance of the fact that the legal and cultural foundation of the Republic itself rests on a Judeo/Christian Faith and Tradition, under one God, who created everything.

A further premise of American National Conservatism is that there is a unique American character and vision of ourselves that is a product of our national foundation, and freedom, documented by our Constitution as originally understood and strictly respected.

American Conservatism is not an ideology at all, but a process of organic analysis of the world as it is, accepting human nature as it is. On the other hand, “progressives”, and under this umbrella I include all the various manifestations of secular humanism, consider human nature malleable and improvable, generally through secular state action, inevitably with the help of a sledge hammer. Thus the various ideologies of Statism. Thus the horrors of the Twentieth Century. The American Founding initiated a Divinely inspired experiment in republican democracy, unique in world history. It is our purpose to defend the experiment, from ourselves.

The Mountain Observer will insist on documentable and supportable academic soundness in its thesis.

Our purpose is to present the Conservative message based on objective reality.

We will not debate with collectivists. We will dissect their ideas and destroy them. We have too much important work to do to be uselessly distracted.

Within these guidelines, as further detailed, third party participation and commentary are welcome and invited.

Original Mission Statement      Mission Statement 11-05