Just launched my new political blog

Nice Mac I'll hop and register tonight.

Edit: Correction I wont be registering...lol. But have it bookmarked
 
Good stuff Mac. Looking forward to reading it more :).
 
I think I have to set up the registration bit, still learning how to work the thing. Thanks for the kind words guys, this is gonna be a lot of fun.
 
Wouldn't you rather some dissent? Always hearing the same views is akin to incest; some rather strange side effects can ensue.
 
I hear plenty of dissent, and there is no way to escape my own views. I have comments enabled for any dissenting opinions.
 
First piece is written and posted, not really the greatest to start off with and it's a touch long. I'm still trying to feel this thing out and probably will be for a little while to come. There are a lot of interesting things to write about but I thought this one was important and is currently germane. I'm constantly battling with myself about whether to keep it as objective as possible or to give my opinion. In this case I decided to objectively lay the facts out and then give my opinion as respectfully as I could possibly muster.

http://www.thepoliticalblender.com/
 
How about both? A section for opinions with facts to back them up and a section for pure factual articles without opinion. Would be nice to find a news outlet with zero added opinion at all.
 
Noticed a typo.

Nobody likes taxes, especially when the government spends our money so recklessly, but if you want your federal retirement benefits to be their (should be "there") when you retire we need to draw a line in the sand and insist our political leadership (in both parties) make the hard decisions that they have been cowering away from for decades.
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Looks good though :)
 
Don't listen to him Mac; my students/peers never hated me. Regardless, don't run from your opinion. You are wrestling with whether to make the essay factual or opinionated, which I think is an error. Now you don't want hyperbole because that just makes any argument you present easily dismissed as the work of an ideologue. But do not run from your opinion; the moment you pick a topic you have expressed an opinion. The trick is to craft your perspective subtly, picking your evidence to show the entire picture but keeping your opinion strong. In short present a thorough argument but remember that your opinion is what matters most; you are the writer. If you do that then you will have some better flow and the transitions will be easier. Overall I like the entry; you do not like the idea but show that if it is law we must not run from the consequences. In short quit playing to the sound bite and man up. There is much in the essay you could expound on and it could easily be the basis for a multitude of entries. I would say more but I do not want you to think I'm just being an ass.

Full disclosure: my BA is in US History and my graduate work was in US Intellectual History (a combination of history, literature, and philosophy) with an emphasis on the interplay of systemic changes (mainly economic and social) on the development of government. I spent two years as a TA at FSU and then taught AP and honors high school history for nine years. And I may have edited a few of sixer's essays.
 
I appreciate the input. I definitely could have written more on this and taken some of the tangents that were there (that's initially why I hyperlinked pro forma session). I don't know if I want any of my writing to be longer than this though, this one was 800 words and I think if it gets much longer it could turn people off from reading it. What are you doing on the North Shore now Chuck?
 
Taking care of my family while my wife is off being a money making ho. In other words I am a stay at home man bitch, swimming in a sea of estrogen.
 
ChuckTheHammer said:
Don't listen to him Mac; my students/peers never hated me. Regardless, don't run from your opinion. You are wrestling with whether to make the essay factual or opinionated, which I think is an error. Now you don't want hyperbole because that just makes any argument you present easily dismissed as the work of an ideologue. But do not run from your opinion; the moment you pick a topic you have expressed an opinion. The trick is to craft your perspective subtly, picking your evidence to show the entire picture but keeping your opinion strong. In short present a thorough argument but remember that your opinion is what matters most; you are the writer. If you do that then you will have some better flow and the transitions will be easier. Overall I like the entry; you do not like the idea but show that if it is law we must not run from the consequences. In short quit playing to the sound bite and man up. There is much in the essay you could expound on and it could easily be the basis for a multitude of entries. I would say more but I do not want you to think I'm just being an ass.

Full disclosure: my BA is in US History and my graduate work was in US Intellectual History (a combination of history, literature, and philosophy) with an emphasis on the interplay of systemic changes (mainly economic and social) on the development of government. I spent two years as a TA at FSU and then taught AP and honors high school history for nine years. And I may have edited a few of sixer's essays.
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Oh god. Now you went and forced it on him without consent. You realize this is tantamount to intellectual rape? If this is what being a man bitch is all about, count me out!

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And I may have edited a few of sixer's essays.
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Yeah, he did. It was brutal and ugly and I never want to talk about it ever again!

Seriously, he helped a lot and I ended up getting my BA in English Literature and my MS in Library and Information Studies.
 
The latest article is up, this one is on national defense.
 
Thanks Beaver, and thanks to everyone for taking the time to read it and comment.
 
Thanks amigo, stayed up way past my bedtime to finish that. Wound up being a LOT longer than I anticipated, twice as long as the other two and I didn't even get to deep into the weeds on some of the issues.
 
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