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July 31, 2007
Not So Breaking News
Other priorities have stretched my capacity of late, so I haven't been around here much. But the kitchen's painted (first coat), the lawn is cut (and growing fast, due to Saturday's big rainfall), and I'm managing to keep up at the day job. Plus, I have made time (a little, anyway) to sit and read to the boy, or talk with the wife, and y'all know to be patient while I take care of things that-a way.
I checked the feeds and found that arguments abound, as they often do, in the blogs and of the blogs. About, for instance, whether or not blogging is influential. Or, for that matter, if one should narrowly focus one's content or write about "what grabs ya" at a given moment. (Links courtesy of Kleinheider and Brittney)
Of course you read the official word that Sen. Ward Crutchfield will step down in about a week or so. I have found the whole resignation ordeal to be a little heavy on pomp: just sit down, you're a convicted felon. On the other hand, I also understand about steering battleships. I'm just grateful that we will have an election, as spoiled as it will be by intra-party maneuvering and power-junkie jockeying. It beats having Curtis Adams name my next state senator.
Speaking of which, some information sort of just fell into my lap(top) about one of the candidates who's said he's interested in the District 10 seat. I have hesitated posting about it, in part because it is old news, in part because its main thrust is unproven, and in part because I don't want to be seen as siding with (or against) anyone at this point. "What?" you ask. "You endorse candidates in just about every election."
Yes, and I have never stated a "policy" per se on what I will or won't say about candidates here. Basically, though, it works like this: I list as many as I can find, and provide the public with links to and about them. As I research the candidates, I form opinions as to how I'll personally vote. I then freely post those leanings, because I think enough people find it valuable to read the opinions of someone who has thought it through. But I am not sure if I want to get into posting negative opposition research findings before I've even made up my mind.
Political News | By joe lance | 07:25 AM