So Here is the first posting,
I will not start with some grandiose dream of maybe some publishing house or publication will stop on this blog like a rest stop on the info bahn and say, "Oh what insight…Please write for my publication. Here is an invite to our tawdry upper east side parties. " No, this will probably be seen by a few people who know about my site, and those who google, "tawdry." So let me first welcome those of you in the small pool who enjoy both porn and extensive vocabularies…
What is this site, and why did it come to fruition? Well, I have to say I have been somewhere between writing down thoughts and ideas, and "holding court" in verbal diatribes my whole life. My interests have never been narrowed down before, however. I have always been someone who follows history, current events, and politics from before I could walk. Since I am educated, think for myself, and am not some sort of apologist for how great this country is, I tend to lean a bit to a certain political persuasion. But those of you who may disagree with my thoughts are free to make comments and post them, no matter how ignorant and close minded you tend to be…
I also enjoy sports, and like to talk about them at length since they tend to reflect the inner fabric of our country. When we have nothing in common with people, sports is the best way to kill a few minutes of torturous conversation. Also, I noticed it is a great way that some propagandists in the media can weave their beliefs into our moral and societal fabric. For instance, Muhammad Ali ("slave name" Cassius Clay) is an athlete that transcended sports. Right? Most of you may nod, but why? Oh, because he dodged the draft and spouted out propaganda from a group of people who endorse race wars. Is an athlete who speaks about gun or abortion rights someone who "transcends sports?" Probably not. What about Len Mattiace, who stood up for Augusta National's side in the 2003 Martha Burk attacks? Was his stance showing how brave he was? No, and because Sports writers shape the fabric of how we watch sports. Many of them are failed journalists who hang in the circles of your elite media, and get their news from reading the NYT editorials. So, you may disagree, but in the end watch it when you read your next Ralph Wiley "thought piece."
The third interest is of course pop culture. As I advance in my years, I seem to not only find interesting things going on with what fascinates the millions in our country as entertainment, but also how I seem to be losing touch with so much of it. Like my father who took the day that music dies literally (there is a band after the Crickets?), I seem to becoming lost with what seems to be called entertainment.
So there are the categories, this may evolve to a degree, and if you are annoyed with it already, then perhaps the forward edge of freedom is not a place you want to stand a post on...
