First time out

After about 97 assorted people who have seen my web postings, commentaries and observations (and one in particular) asked me repeatedly why I didn't have a blog, I gave in. Here I am, here it is, let's see what happens when we open the door, let's see who bites, who drops by and who can offer up some insights that will help make a crazy world seem a little more sane.



Tonight (March 30) is the fifth anniversary of Keith Olbermann's "Countdown", on MSNBC-TV. You should be watching that instead of reading this. You don't get many opportunities for bald-faced, blatant honesty on TV anymore: don't miss this one. And every night at 7 PM, central. The crank up your video or DV recorder and keep pace with Jon Stewart ad the "Daily Show". If you are still with me after those recommendations, you belong with this blog. If not, thanks for dropping by.



I am deluged of late by stories and articles from every publishing source imagineable, all of it poltical in nature, of course. And my email is swamped by requests for signatures on petitions, pleadings for donations and assorted, misguided souls who actually believe what the government tells us and expects miscreants like myself (and perhaps you) to fall in line. So I don't want to begin this blog on any particular topic, but rather to open up the floodgates and find out what has you aggravated, concerned, nauseated or driven to some level of personal of disgust. Something may also have you overjoyed, and that would be welcome, as well.



I think everyone is fearful of the future, both the immediate and the long term. Who will be our next commander in chief is a bigger unknown that it has ever been in our history. Why and how that person gets elected to that job is a huge collection of unknowns.

Join in here. There is plenty to talk about and plenty of time to talk about it in. More to come. Life goes on in Texas.