Again With The Economy!
Topic: The US Economy
Well, once again we're hearing in the news from the Kerry camp that the economy sucks. Jeez, talk about beating a dead horse! I will be adding to this post FACTS about the state of our economy (something we apparently can't depend on from the largely left-biased media anymore). I challenge anybody to dispute these FACTS! Click the "post your comment" link below to respond if you so choose!

Do Moderates Really Exist?
Topic: Do Moderates Exist?
Clintlodger & I agreed when we decided to create this BLOG that this particular issue could be interesting to explore. For kicks I posted the issue in our "Suggest a Topic" posting area as follows: "Clintlodger (as I mentioned in the opening comment of this BLOG) claims to be a moderate. I disagree on the premise that nobody can be truly moderate on all issues, therefore cannot be truly moderate at all. Would any one care to comment? I suggest we create a topic on weather one can be a moderate?" I did not expect any reponses to this suggestion (since we've just recently got this BLOG started) but somebody using the alias "Liberal Rebellion" wrote back in response to the question with questions of thier own. I guess that validates this as a legitimate topic and makes me happy that somebody found our BLOG! So for "Liberal Rebellion" I sent email to Clintlodger advising him that you have a few questions for him! Clintlodger has written me to indicate he will be writing a paper on this subject which we will post to this topic. I am anxious to see his position. In the meantime I am moving LibReb's comments from the "Suggest A Topic" posting to this new one to keep it in context with the subject. Please feel free to view LibReb's comments or post your own by clicking on the "Post Your Comment" link just below this paragraph.

Suggest a Topic!
Topic: Suggest A Topic
Please respond to this posting to suggest new topics for comment, discussion or debate. Click on the "post your comment" link just below this paragraph to make a suggestion!

About Clintlodger & Grog
Since nobody knows this BLOG exists (except for our immediate family) we've agreed to register our BLOG with popular search engines. If I get that done correctly you should be able to find us by typing "Clintlodger and Grog" in your favorite search engine. We've also decided to post our BIO's so you can get a feel for who we are. Mine will be posted to angelfire.com/blog2/grog/bio.htm. Clintlodger will post his BIO to angelfire.com/blog2/clintlodger/bio.htm. For now it may suffice to know that Clintlodger is a college graduate, having earned his Masters in Philosophy from UCSC. He has recently returned from teaching high school students in France. Clintlodger, I believe leans to the left. He is from the west coast and claims to be a Moderate (I disagree on the premise that one can't truly be completely moderate on all the issues). I, on the other hand, am not a college graduate. I did make a short-lived effort to complete an Associates program at SJDC in Stockton. After a year of that I thought I would be happier pursuing my music aspirations by working and playing the club circuit in the south and north SF Bay area of CA. I am a blue collar, family guy who after about 15 years of voting as a registered Independent have decided this year to vote as a registered Republican. I chose a side and my views obviously lean to the right.

Welcome to Clintlodger & Grog's BLOG!
Welcome to our BLOG! By "our" I mean my brother-in-law, Clintlodger and myself, Grog. We decided to create this BLOG site because so much is going on culturally and politically in our country these days. We both agree that much is going on and that a BLOG is good way for each of us to express our views out there as well as for you to interact by putting your views out there, also.

We intend to keep our BLOG forum open for anyone who would like to participate. We will allow HTML in your postings--so web links, graphics and even sound bytes are permitted and encouraged. We do, however, declare our intent to edit or remove any posting which may be considered unjustifiably offensive. Bad language is acceptable if it serves your point, but please show some restraint. Pointless comments which serve no viable purpose will be removed. Clintlodger & I are both open minded to and welcome even extreme, unpopular views for the sake of debate. The purpose of our BLOG is to open a forum for everyone to present and debate their viewpoints.

Thanks to AngelFire for providing the webspace for our BLOG!