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The Cat Herder on Saturday, July 08, 2006 10:54:41 PM
The Grand Inauguration of the “A Lot Like Herding Cats” Blog
So many amazing things have happened in the “blogosphere” over the last few years, perhaps the greatest thing being… they have actually gotten attention! Bloggers have been included in political convention coverage, they have been called upon to co-host and fill-in host when the main host is away (like the Northern Alliance bloggers who sometimes cover for Hugh Hewitt, my favorite drivetime source of intelligent thought), and hardworking bloggers have spread vital information and by doing so, helped break major news stories that the “mainstream” media would never touch because they don’t want to harm a fellow liberal.
And then there’s me. I’m out here in the middle of that wonderful field of red Bush country -- I’m a conservative, I’m a Republican, I’m a Christian who actually believes what the Bible says about things, and I love to talk about issues. But with a very few exceptions, whenever I voice a position on something, my coworkers , associates, and acquaintances argue it, dispute it, pooh-pooh it, ridicule it, just don’t want to hear it. If I told them the sky was blue, they’d want peer-reviewed documentation to prove it.
Trying to get out an idea and actually have someone consider it?…that’s a lot like herding cats. So when I got interested, and decided it was time to try my hand at blogging, what better name could I use than “A Lot Like Herding Cats”? So here it is, the first try and the first post. I’m not a reporter – I spend my time at a job every day, and I’m not in a position to find and break news like some bloggers do, but I’d be glad just to be a repeater, and pass news around, and do my part to get the word out about things, events, and ideas I think are important. And I’ll be a thinker and commentator too – I’ll put down what I think about an issue, and I know a lot of liberals who will automatically say I’m wrong. But that’s OK – people have the right to be wrong (I’m just glad it’s them!). So, out of all the blogs out there, give mine a try -- you just might like it!