Something to Think About

It's interesting the kinds of folks who visit this humble little blog and take my words so seriously. This story about Rep. Cynthia McKinney seemed to get quite a few folks into a tizzy.

One poster complained that I was a right winger who was interested in taking a break from the constant stream of controversies and scandals. Nope, that's not it. Scandals are a great thing to write about, regardless if you're for or against the party involved. Bloggers, like newsies, love scandals because it makes for an easy narrative.

One poster divined that I was a right winger because I chose to write about McKinney instead of writing about the creep at the Department of Homeland Security who was caught in a child pornography sting. Well, besides the fact that I do this blogging thing not as a job, but as a hobby, there are limits to how much time I can devote to any matter. Should I have posted something on the official involved, Bryan Doyle? Possibly. As it is, there aren't that many people commenting on the story now, despite the fact that the House is now looking at holding hearings on the DHS hiring practices. There's a story there, and some bloggers on the right and left are taking it on. The fact is that if this guy did the crime (and it certainly seems that way), and should do the time. And those who hired him and supervised his activities need to be reprimanded or fired because of their failures.

Meanwhile, the Plamegate moves on, and I haven't devoted too much time to that recently, but plenty of other people who are doing it.

Because I spend more time writing on rebuilding at Ground Zero - which is the one true constant on this blog, it means that I have less time to devote to other issues, which are also important. Just because my priorities don't match with yours doesn't mean that I'm a right winger or a left winger (hey, because my leanings don't go far enough for some). It's because I'm a solo blogger for the moment who blogs about the things that interest me. That you, my readers, keep coming back shows that these items interest you as well regardless of whether you agree or disagree.

It means you feel deeply about the issues, and that's a good thing. You should have the courage of your convictions and stand and debate about them. And I welcome the debate.

But as an aside, there is one thing I will not tolerate. Simply tossing a couple of curse words or other such nonsense in the comments will not be tolerated. Keep the comments PG-13 (and no, this doesn't apply to today's commenters and I applaud your civility, but to some posters in the past).