For years I have been meaning to start a political blog. I have sat on the sidelines watching the blowhards yell and scream about this and that on various blogs and under various headlines in the NY Post, the Huffington Post, even that gutter of online commentary Craigslist's Rant and Rave (which has become now the domain of 12 year olds discussing the sizes of their genitalia and racists and bigots repeating their tired attempts to rile up some sort of outraged reaction... go there now and expect the N word in capitals or statements too vile to quote.).
I like a frothy political discussion no matter what the slant if it is backed up by a good argument - from the left or right - but I also enjoy sparring with the senseless ranter occasionally because it is good fun to taunt a lunatic. Not a very mature position I suppose, but there it is... mockery is fun!
As the name of this blog might suggest I consider myself a moderate, which is to say that those who watch Fox News will consider me a raging Socialist although my views are probably to the left of Ronald Reagan they most likely align more closely with that ex-President than Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity fans.
I feel a bit sheepish as this blog comes on the heals of the avowedly moderate Rally to Restore Sanity, which might seem to make calling yourself a moderate seem entirely unoriginal. But having said that, I believe that moderate bloggers are and will be few and far between, and thus I wish to present my biased version of unbiased political commentary.
Oh and for the record, I also write crossword puzzles and may seek to publish some here. I don't know perhaps not, we'll see.
And so it begins...
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