*looking back over MySpace this morning, I ran across some of my first blog entries and decided to trasfer them to this blog. A sort of house-keeping chore, if you will. The following blog entries were the first three I wrote. This one was the first, written last June. Awww..... :)
Dare I blog after all the crap I've talked about bloggers? I think the CNN blog coverage initially turned me off to the whole notion. I mean why do we need cute, 20-something women searching the internet for normal people’s opinions about world events instead of actually covering real news? Perhaps journalists have just gotten that lazy...
On the other hand, Blogging is the epitome of free speech. Here I am, a virtual nobody who, through the wonders of modern technology, can have my views posted for all the world to see. Will anyone read this? No. But that’s not the point. The point is, I can bitch about whatever global injustice I desire and feel like I have been heard. If nothing else, free speech may prove therapeutic. The sad part is that there is no spell-check on this program so I’m forced to type this in word and then copy-paste it, or else look like a total idiot... and since I’m hopeful that at least one person will read my deranged rantings, I guess it’s worth the effort. Hmmm.... It apppears rantings is not a word... damn spellcheck....
Note: I should point out that I realize this is not what the founding fathers meant by free speech. They invisioned free speach for rich, white males not poor, white women.. or anyone else, for that matter. But fortunately, the founding fathers are all dead, and what's more, it doesnt matter what they intended. The miracle of the constitution is that somehow a group of somewhat well-meaning men, despite their intolorance, racism, sexism, and any other ism we can think of, managed to capture truths beyond themselves. Hopefully, in 200 years, people will be able to say the same of today's leaders...
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